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Comedy writer Larry Wilmore, right, with moderator Ta-Nehisi Coates, at Wednesday's Aspen Ideas Festival event, Race and Humor, at the Hotel Jerome.

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Family Day with Will Vinton and The Amazing World of Claymation. We caught up with Will and talked about his Claymation beginnings, the secret to great projects, and to find out what's next! LISTEN TO OUR CONVERSATION BELOW.

Hands-down, the coolest movie trailer out there right now is the teaser for "Public Enemies." Have you seen it? Johnny Depp plays John Dillinger, the Depression-era bank robber who, in his day, was a notorious celebrity.

The success of "Coraline" has helped redraw the top executive ranks at animation shop Laika.

The "senior black correspondent" on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" will shed some light on diversity tonight at a town meeting.

Chris Lehman, author of "The Colored Cartoon," and ImajiMation Studios' Brandon Schultz.

Singer George Michael's been known to cause some havoc before. When corporate lawyer Eli Stone starts hearing Michael's song "Faith," in all its glory, inside his own head, it's only the first sign that there's ...