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Per Wayne State School of Law professor Khaled A. Beydoun, “Money drives the yearning for a white contender who can capture the imagination of new audiences and the maximum dollars only whiteness can bring.”

They looked like title contenders Friday night, with Jack Thomas throwing for five touchdowns and running for another in a 56-21 rout of previously undefeated North Hollywood in the Division I quarterfinals.

That's what makes me think they can be a Super Bowl contender.

Does that bode well for mass-appeal contenders aiming to follow in Nolan’s footsteps this season, or will voters again choose a film with lower earnings at multiplexes?

James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” the story of Bob Dylan going electric, will finally be unveiled next week, the last of the year’s contenders to land.