By Lisa Respers France and Stephanie Elam, CNN Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, which did not appear to go over well with her husband Will Smith. While presenting the award for best documentary, Rock joked, “Jada I love you, ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it.” The camera
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Troy Kotsur made history at the 2022 Oscars, becoming the first deaf performer to win an Academy Award in the best supporting actor category for his role in “CODA.” His co-star in the film, Marlee Matlin, became the first deaf actor to ever win an Oscar when she won for best
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By Chloe Melas and Lisa Respers France, CNN Ariana DeBose won best actress in a supporting role for “West Side Story” at the Academy Awards on Sunday and made history as the first openly queer woman of color to win in the category. This is her first Oscar nomination and win. DeBose has received acclaim
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By Lisa Respers France and Marianne Garvey, CNN What happens when you mix the woman who gave us “Lemonade” with the legendary tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams? You get a full-on performance of the Oscar nominated song “Be Alive” from the film “King Richard,” brought to the world from a tennis court in Compton,
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Florida’s got yet another spring breaker in town: Scot, a massive great white shark, has been recorded swimming off the Gulf Coast. Scot, an adult male, measures just over 12-feet long and weighs 1,600 pounds, according to OCEARCH, the non-profit marine group that spotted the big fish Thursday. Scot is the
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By Brian Lowry, CNN “CODA” won best picture, but that historic breakthrough for streaming service Apple TV+ at the Oscars was overshadowed by one spontaneous act, as Will Smith delivered a viral moment that will be remembered and talked about for years. The most memorable exchange on the film industry’s biggest night wasn’t the kind
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By Susannah Cullinane, CNN Taylor Hawkins became a drummer after being wowed by Roger Taylor performing with Queen. Years later, it was Hawkins who inducted Queen into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the two men even performed together and developed a special bond. Hawkins died at age 50 Friday while on tour
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By Faith Karimi, CNN Reece Feldman, 23, is living out his dreams at the 94th annual Academy Awards. The Oscars are embracing TikTok stars to help create buzz around Hollywood’s biggest night and boost the show’s ratings among younger viewers. They’ve partnered this year with 24 TikTok stars, including Feldman, Emily Uribe and Juju Green,
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN The 94th Academy Awards were presented Sunday. See below for a full list of nominees, with winners indicated in bold. BEST PICTURE “Belfast” “CODA” *WINNER “Don’t Look Up” “Drive My Car” “Dune” “King Richard” “Licorice Pizza” “Nightmare Alley” “The Power of the Dog” “West Side Story” ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING
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By Tina Burnside and Emma Tucker, CNN Award-winning country music singer Jeff Carson has died at the age of 58, according to a statement from the singer’s publicist. The singer, whose real name was Jeffrey Lee Herndon, died of a heart attack at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin Tennessee, the release stated. Carson was best
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By Chloe Melas, CNN The 94th Academy Awards will be presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday. Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall are teaming up to co-host the the event, the first Oscars ceremony with a host since 2018. Check out the nominees, presenters and how to watch the broadcast
Continue Reading Zoe Sottile, CNN On most days, Rob Kempton guards the many beautiful works on display at the Baltimore Museum of Art — but this weekend, he’s curating them. Kempton is one of 17 officers participating in “Guarding the Art,” an exhibition featuring 25 unique works selected by members of the BMA’s security team. The exhibit,
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By Chloe Melas and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office released a preliminary “forensic medical study” Saturday following the death of Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins. The report said a urine toxicology test was carried out on Hawkins and 10 substances were found, including THC, tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opioids. It added, “The National
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By Andy Rose, CNN Director, composer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is Oscar nominated for best original song for his work on the film “Encanto,” said he will skip Sunday’s Academy Awards because his wife has tested positive for Covid. Vanessa Nadal, Miranda’s wife, is “doing fine” since testing positive, according to the Oscar nominee.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Machine Gun Kelly has shared his experience hanging out with Taylor Hawkins days before the Foo Fighters drummer tragically passed. Hawkins died while on tour in South America with the band. He was 50. Kelly told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show that he and his band were on the
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By Jason Hanna, CNN Roger Taylor, the Queen percussionist who Taylor Hawkins had said inspired him to get into drumming, says he feels like he’s “losing a younger favourite brother.” And Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker remembers Hawkins as a man who helped persuade him he had potential. They and scores of others in rock
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By Brian Lowry, CNN Like any awards show, the Oscars are built on the inherently self-absorbed notion that what happens in the room and who takes home the trophies matters, in what should be a welcome distraction from the outside world. Occasionally, though, world events have cast such a large shadow that they can’t be
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s almost Oscar Sunday, which means the 42nd annual Golden Raspberry Awards — the Razzies, to its fans and many detractors — are here to remind us how offensively bad cinema can be. This year, it’s raspberries all around for “Diana: The Musical,” the universally despised Netflix flop that also had
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By Brian Lowry, CNN While some Oscar-nominated movies are still playing in theaters, odds are if you want to catch up on the nominees, you’ll be going to Streaming Land. Streaming services backed a number of movies that secured key nominations on Feb. 8, in advance of the 94th annual Oscars, which will be televised
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN To watch “Writing With Fire” is to get a crash course in journalism fundamentals. The documentary from Indian filmmakers Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, up for best documentary feature at the 94th Academy Awards, points the camera at Khabar Lahariya, an independent newsroom in rural northern India run by women from
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