Welcome to the Oscars stage, Utkarsh Ambudkar. With no host this year, Ambudkar and his rapping skills stepped in to deliver a sort of halftime report that impressed many, especially those unfamiliar with the actor’s body of work. His rap included nods to Brad Pitt‘s win for best supporting actor, “Hair Love‘s” success and several
Continue Reading Bong Joon Ho has made Oscar history. The “Parasite” director has become the first Korean director to win the honor, besting directing legends like Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. “After winning best international feature, I thought I was done for the day and ready to relax,” he joked, via translator. Once composing himself, the director
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Two police detectives in Maryland who were shot and wounded by a homicide suspect have been released from the hospital. Anne Arundel County Detectives Scott Ballard and Ian Preece were at “home recovering with their families,” the police department announced Sunday on social media. A appeared to show a line of law
Continue Reading At last, we’ve almost reached the 92nd Academy Awards, the end of our months-long trek through awards show season. And what a tumultuous trek it’s been. Much has been made of the Oscars’ remove from reality, perhaps rightly so. Again, this year, the Oscars largely failed to recognize women and people of color despite calls
Continue Reading A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed days after he broke up a fight involving the shooting suspect, authorities say. The teenager was shot in Arlington on Thursday, the Arlington Police Department said in a statement. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead, the department said. Arlington High School
Continue Reading It was videos of black fathers lovingly styling their daughters’ hair that inspired Matthew Cherry to launch a Kickstarter campaign in 2017 fund the short film, “Hair Love.” On Sunday, Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver accepted the Academy Award for best animated short film for the project. The story of a dad struggling to do
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Four junior varsity basketball players have been suspended from school after they were accused of attacking their coach, a New Jersey official confirmed to CNN. The attack took place Tuesday when members of the Malcolm X Shabazz High School JV basketball team were returning to Newark from a game in Livingston, the official said. The
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HOLLYWOOD, California — The red carpet was rolled out Sunday for the biggest night in the movie industry. Here are the top winners from the evening: Click here for the complete list of Academy Award winners “Parasite” wins best picture “Parasite” has won the best picture Academy Award, making history as the first foreign language
Continue Reading An Oregon woman told neighbors she wanted to stay at her home Thursday despite heavy flooding in the area. Days later her body was found near the property where she was last seen. Janet Conley, 62, was found dead Sunday by search and rescue workers and neighbors, according to a news release from the Umatilla
Continue Reading “Parasite” transformed its love on the awards circuit into a number of key wins at the 92nd Academy Awards, including director Bong Joon Ho, who shared the award for original screenplay. The film also became the first South Korean movie to win international feature film, a category renamed from “foreign-language film. The four acting wins,
Continue Reading The man who shot at two New York Police Department officers Saturday and then opened fire inside a precinct Sunday told investigators he did so because he hates cops, a law enforcement official told CNN. In all, two officers were shot but survived what NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said were targeted attempts to assassinate police
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The Iowa Democratic Party has released updated vote numbers and a new national delegate estimate after completing their review of 95 precincts which campaigns had flagged as potentially inaccurate. With these updates in place, Pete Buttigieg holds a 0.1% lead over Bernie Sanders in the state delegate equivalent count, which determines the winner of the
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The Department of Veterans Affairs’ watchdog is reviewing a request to investigate allegations that Secretary Robert Wilkie sought “damaging information” about a congressional staffer who alleged she was sexually assaulted at a government-run veterans hospital, a congressional aide confirmed to CNN on Sunday. The request made Friday by House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano,
Continue Reading Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company now has an Oscar-shaped feather in its hat. “American Factory,” a film backed by the Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, on Sunday took home the award for best documentary feature. The film, about a culture clash at a Dayton, Ohio manufacturing plant, was the first project produced by the duo’s
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Kenley Britton was devastated when her special “Daddy Doll” went missing on a Delta flight from Connecticut to Atlanta last week, her mother Arielle told CNN. The doll has a picture of her father and plays a recording of his voice when the 18-month-old pushes a button. Kenley’s father is deployed in the military and
Continue Reading A story about a black father trying to do his daughter’s hair won for best animated short at the Academy Awards on Sunday. In his acceptance speech, director Matthew A. Cherry mentioned the CROWN Act, an acronym that stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” and looks to ensure protection against
Continue Reading Law enforcement officials have arrested a man they say drove a van through a tent in a Walmart parking lot Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida, where Trump campaign volunteers were registering people to vote. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s office arrested Gregory Timm, the office said in a series of tweets early Sunday. He faces charges including aggravated
Continue Reading Storm Ciara caused hundreds of flights across Europe to be canceled on Sunday — the same day that its winds helped a British Airways plane to make the fastest-ever subsonic flight from New York to London. Two of Europe’s busiest airports — one in Frankfurt, Germany, the other in Amsterdam, Netherlands — each grounded more
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(CNN Español) — Las nominaciones para los 92 ° Premios de la Academia fueron anunciados en enero y esta noche se conocerán a los ganadores. Los actores John Cho e Issa Rae leyeron los nominados de este año en vivo desde Los Ángeles. El análisis de Juan Carlos Arciniegas: MIRA: Estos fueron los grandes momentos de
Continue Reading It wasn’t long before last week’s counting issues in Iowa became a punchline on Hollywood’s biggest night. “A couple of years ago, there was a big disaster here at the Oscars, where they accidentally read out the wrong name,” Steve Martin said. “And it was nobody’s fault, but they have guaranteed that this will not
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This is what they call fa-shun. Natalie Portman and her red carpet attire aren’t going to let anyone forget about the lack of female directors nominated for Oscars this year. Portman, on hand to present, sported a cape on the red carpet featuring the names of women who were overlooked this year in the directing
Continue Reading The bodies of three men and one woman were recovered Sunday from the scene of a small plane crash in Georgia, according to Gordon County Deputy Coroner Christy Nicholson. The plane took off from Peachtree City on Saturday just after 9 a.m. bound for Nashville, Heidi Kemner, a National Transportation Safety Board aviation accident investigator,
Continue Reading The former Navy secretary forced out of the Trump administration last year is endorsing Michael Bloomberg for president, saying the former New York City mayor will “respect the advice of military advisers.” “I am proud to endorse Mike Bloomberg for President of the United States. I have the utmost confidence that Mike will faithfully execute
Continue Reading The Wuhan coronavirus claimed 97 more lives Sunday in China, authorities there said, bringing the global death toll to at least 910. Authorities on Saturday confirmed the virus is now a bigger killer than the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2003. Sunday was the deadliest yet for the coronavirus, which originated in the
Continue Reading As people across China mourned the death of a whistleblower doctor in an almost unprecedented outpouring of grief and anger on Thursday, little did they know that another truth-teller of the coronavirus outbreak was being silenced, according to friends and family. Chen Qiushi, a citizen journalist who had been doing critical reporting from Wuhan, the
Continue Reading Police arrested a Brandon, Florida, man outside the White House on Saturday after he threatened to assassinate President Donald Trump. Roger Hedgpeth, 25, approached a US Secret Service police officer on patrol and said, “I am here to assassinate President Donald Trump,” according to a DC Metropolitan Police Department arrest report obtained by CNN. Hedgpeth
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg knew he had pulled off a feat that, a year ago, was unthinkable. Taking the stage just before midnight as the Iowa Democratic Party’s slow-motion disaster unfolded on caucus night, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, claimed victory before any official tallies were in. “So we don’t know all the results, but
Continue Reading Puerto Rico’s women’s basketball team has qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time, according to the International Basketball Federation. Although Puerto Rico lost to France 89-51 in its last match at the qualifying tournament in Bourges, France, on Sunday, Brazil was eliminated by Australia, guaranteeing Puerto Rico’s first qualifier victory. “Historic!” the Basketball
Continue Reading After not seeing a major snowfall for more than four years, a town in western Texas wound up with nearly 8 inches of snow last week. It was a rare and unexpected sight for many, but a 2-year-old named Madelyn was ready and knew exactly what to do. Wearing her Elsa dress, crown and gloves,
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