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New this week: Luke Bryan, Jeff Foxworthy and 2 Seth RogensThis week’s new entertainment releases include a double dose of Seth Rogen, who plays dual roles in the film “American Pickle.”

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FILE - Steve McQueen arrives at The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Breakfast in Los Angeles on Dec. 5, 2018. Three original films by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen will debut at the New York Film Festival this year, organizers said Monday. The “12 Years a Slave” director will get the opening night slot for the 1980s-set music romance “Lovers Rock” in addition to two other premieres for films in his anthology series. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Steve McQueen sets 3 premieres at New York Film FestivalThree original films by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen will debut at the New York Film Festival this year, organizers said Monday

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FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2008, file photo, Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, introduces actor, Wilford Brimley, after making a reference to fellow Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, campaigning with actor Chuck Norris, as McCain makes a campaign stop at Hudson Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5791, in Hudson, N.H. Brimley, who worked his way up from stunt performer to star of film such as “Cocoon” and “The Natural,” has died. He was 85. Brimley’s manager Lynda Bensky said the actor died Saturday morning, Aug. 1, 2020 in a Utah hospital. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Wilford Brimley, 'Cocoon' and 'Natural' actor, dies at 85Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to indelible character actor in films including “Cocoon” and “The Natural,” has died

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Review: Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’ is supreme Black artBeyoncé returns with another visual effort highlighting Black art and music with “Black Is King."

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FILE - British actor Jonathan Pryce, from left, American actress-singer Madonna and Spanish actor Antonio Banderas appear at e news conference about the musical film "Evita" with British director Alan Parker in Buenos Aires on Feb. 6, 1996. Parker, whose movies included “Bugsy Malone,” “Midnight Express” and “Evita,” has died at the age of 76. A statement from the director’s family says Parker died Friday in London after a long illness. (AP Photo/Daniel Muzio, File)

Alan Parker, director of "Midnight Express," dies at 76British filmmaker Alan Parker, whose movies included “Bugsy Malone,” “Midnight Express” and “Evita,” has died at 76

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Family says filmmaker Alan Parker, director of ‘Midnight Express’ and ‘Evita,’ has died at 76Family says filmmaker Alan Parker, director of ‘Midnight Express’ and ‘Evita,’ has died at 76

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FILE - Serena Benavidez looks at her smartphone while waiting for a movie to start at Mission Tiki drive-in theater in Montclair, Calif., on May 28, 2020. About 1,000 theaters in the U.S. are currently open, or about a sixth of the nation’s cinemas. That includes approximately 300 drive-ins. Mission Tiki, the four-screen, Polynesian-themed drive-in, turned into the epicenter of U.S. moviegoing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

In an upside-down summer, 'Jaws,' 'E.T.' are hits againWhen historians look back on the top films at the box office in the summer of 2020, they may feel like they’ve slipped into a time warp, or maybe “Back to the Future.”

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FILE - Regina King poses for a portrait at Sofitel in New York on Feb. 13, 2019. The Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday unveiled a lineup featuring King's directorial debut “One Night in Miami, a drama about a young Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay. The festival, which is set to run Sept. 10-19, has plotted a largely virtual 45th edition due to the pandemic. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File)

Toronto sets lineup, Regina King to debut Muhammad Ali filmThe Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday unveiled a lineup that bore little in common with its normal barrage of awards contenders and premier fall films, but features the directorial debut of Regina King and the latest documentaries from Frederick Wiseman and Werner Herzog