For 100 years, Hollywood has relied on Central Casting. It's the real company behind movie extras — and where stars like Gary Cooper, Hattie McDaniel, and Brad Pitt got their start.

For 100 years, Hollywood has relied on Central Casting. It's the real company behind movie extras — and where stars like Gary Cooper, Hattie McDaniel, and Brad Pitt got their start.

Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.

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Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.

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Bradley Cooper's new relationship dramedy Is This Thing On? is about a man who's never done comedy before, working out his marital problems on a stand-up stage.

Bradley Cooper's new relationship dramedy Is This Thing On? is about a man who's never done comedy before, working out his marital problems on a stand-up stage.

A new drama uses the real, gut-wrenching recordings of a call for help from Gaza to tell a harrowing and profound story.

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