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How ‘Joyland’ survived censorship and anti-trans protests — and almost made the Oscars

Thomas Page, CNN Last year, a small independent movie by a debut director premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Called “Joyland,” it was notably the first Pakistani feature to screen at the world’s most prestigious film festival. The cast walked the red carpet, posed for photographs and received a standing ovation — all routine procedures

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‘Pretty Baby’ shines a spotlight on Brooke Shields’ controversial years as a child star

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN There are many examples of young girls being sexualized by media, but Brooke Shields became a poster child for the practice, literally and figuratively, while inviting questions about stage mothers. “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” pulls back the curtain on that period, in a two-part Hulu documentary that perhaps inevitably frontloads

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