AMPAS 2024 By Alli Rosenbloom and Lisa France, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Gosling brought his “Kenergy” to a new level on Sunday while performing his Oscar-nominated song “I’m Just Ken” during the Academy Awards ceremony. The actor’s performance of the banger, a popular song from the film “Barbie,” couldn’t have been more eagerly awaited, and
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The leader of Yemen’s branch of al-Qaida is dead, the militant group announced late Sunday, without giving details. Khalid al-Batarfi had a $5 million bounty on his head from the U.S. government over leading the group, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, through years that
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — What were Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell made for? Winning awards. The sibling duo’s “Barbie” blockbuster ballad “What Was I Made For?” won the Academy Award for best original song Sunday. They beat out another “Barbie” cut, “I’m Just Ken,” performed by Ryan Gosling and
Continue ReadingBY LINDSEY BAHR and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, “20 Days in Mariupol” has won the best documentary Oscar. The joint production of The Associated Press and PBS’ “Frontline,” statuettes were awarded to director and narrator Mstyslav Chernov, producer
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — The cast of “Barbie” will go down in red-carpet history for their dedication to method dressing, as stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling diligently showed up to press events, premieres and award shows in outfits that could have been borrowed straight from Barbie and Ken’s dollhouse closets. But at
Continue ReadingJosé Álvarez (CNN Español) –– Desde el arranque formal de las campañas este 1 de marzo, los tres candidatos que compiten en las elecciones presidenciales de México se han lanzado a recorrer el territorio nacional con la intención de convencer a los votantes de que cada uno de ellos es la mejor opción para dirigir
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with Sens. John Fetterman, D-Penn., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Thursday introduced the Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act to upgrade the security of electronic benefit cards and protect families in need from thieves that have stolen millions worth of essential food benefits. Reps. Andy Kim, D-N.J., and Mike
Continue ReadingRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A small private jet crashed in woods and burned Sunday afternoon near a small airport in rural Virginia, killing all five people aboard, police said. The twin-engine IAI Astra 1125 went down amid trees along an airport road in Hot Springs, a community in the shadow of the Allegheny Mountains, killing
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. has won his first Oscar. It comes three decades after his first Academy Award nomination. Downey won on Sunday for best supporting actor for “Oppenheimer,” the lead Academy Awards nominee with 13 nods. It was his third career Oscar nomination and second in
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Godzilla finally made it to the Oscars this year — and slayed. The movie “Godzilla Minus One,” set in the waning days of World War II, won the Oscar for best visual effects, pushing aside such big-budget behemoths as “Guardians of the Galaxy 3,” “Napoleon” and “Mission: Impossible — Dead
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, Marianne Garvey and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — John Cena literally bared it all at the Oscars on Sunday. The actor appeared on stage during the telecast to present the award for best costume design hilariously appearing to wear nothing at all. No really, Cena appeared on the stage at the year’s
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Welcome to the 96th Oscars. The Associated Press is bringing you the most memorable moments and notable quotes from Sunday’s Academy Awards. Follow the 2024 Oscars live, see this year’s best red carpet looks, find the full list of winners and watch on the AP’s YouTube channel.
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The harrowing Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest,” which explores questions of complicity while depicting the mundane lives of a Nazi family in their home adjacent to the Auschwitz death camp, won the Academy Award for best international film. Writer-director Jonathan Glazer “has found a way
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanessa Hudgens opened the Oscars red carpet pre-show with news of her own: She’s expecting. The 35-year-old actor-singer turned to the side, revealing a baby bump under her strapless, long-sleeved black gown on Sunday night. During the 30-minute show she hosted on ABC, Hudgens accepted congratulations from various celebrities on the
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Several major news agencies have withdrawn an image distributed by Kensington Palace showing Catherine, Princess of Wales, and her children, saying they believe the photo has been manipulated. The photograph is the first officially released image of the princess since she underwent abdominal surgery in January,
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Billie Eilish, Finneas, Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay, Ramy Youssef and Quannah Chasinghorse are among the latest stars to step onto the red carpet in matching red lapel pins — this time at the Academy Awards. And though he did not walk the carpet, actor Mahershala Ali
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Da’Vine Joy Randolph won her first-ever Oscar on Sunday for her performance in “The Holdovers,” capping off an impressive sweep through this year’s award season. “I didn’t think I was supposed to be doing this as a career,” she said, through tears, in her acceptance speech. She went on
Continue ReadingAMPAS 2024 By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Da’Vine Joy Randolph won her first-ever Oscar on Sunday for her performance in “The Holdovers,” capping off an impressive sweep through this year’s award season. “I didn’t think I was supposed to be doing this as a career,” she said, through tears, in her acceptance speech. She
Continue ReadingBy RIO YAMAT Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The legendary Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki made a historic and golden return to the Academy Awards. At 83, he won best animated film for “The Boy and the Heron” on Sunday. The filmmaker whose other movies include “Spirited Away,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Kiki’s Delivery
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Visitors might be seeing double, as orphaned bear cubs Timber and Thorn explore their Black Bear Ridge habitat at the Oregon Zoo. The duo has spent most of their time behind the scenes since arriving in December, but care staff say the cubs are growing in size and confidence and they now venture
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