The minds behind the inventive world of Pandora are going for the gold this Sunday. For his work in fashioning the mythical world of “Avatar: The Way of Water,” alumnus Dylan Cole was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design. Read more...

Photo: Jake Sully, played by Sam Worthington (left), trains a young Na’vi how to shoot an arrow. Directed by James Cameron, “Avatar: The Way of Water” continues the story of Sully and Neytiri. The film was nominated for multiple Academy Awards, including Best Production Design. (Courtesy of 20th Century Studios)

The race for the gold has never been tighter. Streaming on Thursday, the third season of “Outer Banks” finds John B Routledge (Chase Stokes), Sarah Cameron (Madelyn Cline) and the rest of the Pogues stranded on a deserted island, free to do whatever they want after losing the gold they found. Read more...

Photo: (From left to right) Chase Stokes, Carlacia Grant, Jonathan Daviss, Madelyn Cline and Rudy Pankow stand on a pile of rocks in “Outer Banks.” Season 3 of the Netflix series will premiere on Feb. 23. (Courtesy of Jackson Lee Davis/Netflix)