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The 2018 Oscars airs this weekend, but there's a key player in filmmaking that won't be recognized at the awards — the stunt coordinator. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with stunt coordinator Jack Gill about what it's like to direct action scenes and what his favorite movies of the past year are.

In poll after poll, former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are the top two Republicans want as their 2024 nominee. In dueling events in Iowa, they pitch themselves to voters.

Global instability has rejuvenated both classified and unclassified demand for table top war games. The people who play them take the games very seriously.

Chris Rock's new comedy is strong on industry satire, but gets a little watery with the romance.

Republicans in Wisconsin are trying to remove the state's top elections official, whose role is non-partisan. Many Republicans are still contesting the results of the 2020 election.

Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned, accusing the paper's publisher of killing her piece on owner Jeff Bezos' overhaul of its opinion pages.

President-elect Joe Biden has picked Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary, ex-Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary and Gina McCarthy as White House climate coordinator.

The operator of a Bronx day care and a relative are facing drug charges after a 1-year-old boy died and three other children became dangerously ill. A third person was charged a week later.

George Orwell's 1949 novel, 1984, was a hit when it came out, slipped into obscurity, and then was reborn after the BBC adapted it. It's remained popular ever since, but the Trump administration's "alternative facts" have pushed it to the top of the Amazon bestseller list.

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the new head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says she'll focus her time in charge on getting more Americans insured.