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Norris karate chopped and kickboxed his way through more than a dozen action films, before leaping to TV in Walker, Texas Ranger.

As Hollywood celebrates another awards season filled with book adaptations, one English professor finds herself rethinking a familiar claim: that the book is always better. After seeing the film version of Hamnet, she discovered that sometimes a performance on screen can deepen the experience of the story on the page.

The 98th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O'Brien, will air Sunday night. Ten films, including "Sinners," "One Battle After Another," and "Hamnet" are up for best picture.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to the director and producer of "Andre is an Idiot," a new irreverent documentary about one man's battle with terminal colon cancer.

A young environmental activist transforms herself into a beaver in this off-the-wall eco-themed comedy. It's the liveliest film to emerge from Pixar in years.

The employees of a movie theater have been keeping a list of some of the mis-remembered film titles that ticket-buyers have asked for.

This year's Oscar-nominated documentaries include a tale of terminal cancer, dispatches from behind bars in Alabama, and stories from Iran and Russia.

Man on the Run shows McCartney's effort to define himself outside The Beatles' shadow: "Paul making this documentary was a way of coming to terms with that whole period," says director Morgan Neville.

The decorated British actress discusses her new film Midwinter Break, her role in Oedipus on Broadway and how she balances stage and screen.

The two films are among those nominated for an Academy Award for achievement in sound. They both they both feature vehicles in motion across challenging landscapes — and sudden, traumatic shocks.