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Eight years after winning an Oscar for playing a ballerina losing her sanity in “Black Swan,” Natalie Portman portrays a pop star in the midst of a meltdown in the new drama “Vox Lux.” She says she sees parallels between the two roles. (Dec. 18)

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Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer shot to fame touring with One Direction five years ago. After a “transformative period” over the last few years, the group’s Ashton Irwin says “we are still fighting for our fans on stage.” (Dec. 18)

Joel Edgerton cast fellow Australians as Arkansans in his gay conversion therapy drama “Boy Erased” — and stars of the movie say they can understand why. (Dec. 18)

Years after sharing the big screen in “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “August, Osage County,” Dermot Mulroney says “it really is a privilege” to reunite with Julia Roberts in the series “Homecoming.” (Dec. 18)

Officials with the Arizona Game and Fish Department have begun live-streaming from a video cam set up near a bald eagle on Lake Pleasant outside Phoenix. (Dec. 18)

James Taylor, Emmylou Harris, Brandi Carlile and Diana Krall are celebrating the work of singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, who turned 75 last month. (Dec. 18)

Gillian Flynn has made a name for herself as a writer of dark stories about complicated women. But she tries to keep her creative projects separate from her personal life. (Dec. 18)

“Ralph Breaks the Internet” stars Taraji P. Henson and John C. Reilly remember their long-ago introductions to the World Wide Web — through a cousin’s job and an addictive computer game. (Dec. 18)

A dinosaur named Sue, the largest and most intact T. rex ever found, has a new lair at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. (Dec. 18)

Rare tornado damages homes in Washington state