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Women and the NFL, the year of the monkey, a look at the Oscars backstage
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Feb 8, 2016
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Women and the NFL, the year of the monkey, a look at the Oscars backstage

Are things changing for women and the NFL?, a look at how Asian Americans are celebrating Lunar New Year, inside the studio of a backstage Oscar photographer.

Fans cheer as they watch a live broadcast of Super Bowl XLIX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, at a restaurant in Shanghai on February 2, 2015. A study released on January 28 by sports marketing research firm Repucom found that since 2013 interest in the NFL among the Chinese population has jumped from 1.7 percent to 7.9 percent.  AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE        (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
Fans cheer as they watch a live broadcast of Super Bowl XLIX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, at a restaurant in Shanghai on February 2, 2015. A study released on January 28 by sports marketing research firm Repucom found that since 2013 interest in the NFL among the Chinese population has jumped from 1.7 percent to 7.9 percent. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
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The first ever NFL Women’s Summit a look at how things are and are not changing, a look at how Asian Americans are celebrating Lunar New Year, veteran backstage Oscar photographer takes us inside his studio.

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