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Ruth E. Carter becomes 1st Black woman to win 2 Oscars

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:52 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruth E. Carter made history: The costume designer behind the “Black Panther” films became the first Black woman to win two Oscars.Carter took home best costume design Sunday night at the 95th Academy Awards for the Marvel sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Carter also won in 2018 for “Black Panther,” which made her the first African American to win in the category. In her acceptance speech, Carter thanked the film’s director Ryan Coogler and asked if “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman could look after her mother, Mabel Carter, who she said died “this past week.” Boseman died in 2020 of cancer at 43.“This is for my mother. She was 101,” Carter said. “This film prepared me for this moment. Chadwick, please take care of mom.”Carter then paid tribute to her mother backstage. “I had a great relationship with her in her final years. The same relationship I always had with her. I was her ride-or-die. I was her road dog. I was her sidekick,” she...

Simu Liu, Set To Host Canada’s 59th Juno Awards At Roger’s Place

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:52 GMT

Silicon Valley CEO and Executives Dump Company Stock Before Its Collapse

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Pence Steps Up Criticism Against Trump, Amid Sinking Polling Numbers

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Theater review: Guthrie hosts richly entertaining ‘Born With Teeth’ from Alley Theatre

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:52 GMT

It all started when a group of scholars announced they’d proven that Shakespeare’s “Henry VI” cycle was created in collaboration with another playwright, Christopher Marlowe. When a contemporary American dramatist, Liz Duffy Adams, got wind of this, she set her ample imagination to work on what that partnership might have looked like.The result is the richly entertaining and insightful “Born With Teeth,” which places us in the writing room where these two great Elizabethan authors toiled together. It debuted last May at Houston’s Alley Theatre and now that production has come north to spend March in the Guthrie Theater’s proscenium space.Overflowing with wit and deftly exploring matters of the heart, mind and spirit, it’s a brilliant script that’s receiving a terrific staging. With magnetically charismatic performances in the roles of the two writers, taut direction and expertly executed design ideas, “Born With Teeth” crackles with tension, yet is often uproariously funny.Ostensibl...

Western transplants migrate to ‘climate-proof Duluth’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:52 GMT

Surfing in Minnesota is just like surfing in Southern California, John Jenkins says, as long as you ignore the icicles on your wet suit.Jenkins, 38, is a child of California’s Orange County. But a decade ago, looking to escape overpopulation and intensifying wildfires, he took a chance and settled in Duluth, where temperatures can dip 30 degrees below zero.Hundreds of like-minded new residents have since joined him, coming from California, Colorado and New Mexico and changing the face of this erstwhile manufacturing town on the western edge of Lake Superior. Dubbed “climate-proof Duluth” in 2019 by Jesse Keenan, a Tulane University professor who was lecturing at Harvard at the time, Duluth has been hailed for its ample supply of freshwater, as well as its location — buffered from sea-level rise in the Upper Midwest — and temperatures, which run mild in the summer and colder than cold in the winter.Climate migrationThe majority of the population growth in the United States remains in...

‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ wins Oscar for Best Picture, 7 total awards

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:52 GMT

What to know:— “Everything Everywhere All at Once” had a big night— Lady Gaga and Rihanna took the stage as performers, but lost to “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR”— Speeches were highly emotional, from the likes of best supporting actor Ke Huy Quan, best supporting actress Jamie Lee Curtis, costume design winner Ruth E. Carter and Yulia Navalnaya — accepting for the “Navalny” documentary— Don't forget to take a look at Oscars fashion and photos from the champagne carpetMICHELLE YEOH'S MOM CELEBRATES IN MALAYSIAJanet Yeoh, second from right, watched her daughter win an Oscar from a live viewing event at a cinema in Kuala Lumpur.___Brendan Fraser poses with the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for "The Whale" in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Brendan Fraser accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for "The Whale" at the Oscars on Sunday, March...

Boy swept away in Santa Ana River rescued by bystander

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:52 GMT

A little boy who was swept away by fast moving waters in the Santa Ana Riverbed Sunday was rescued, officials announced.  Authorities with the Orange County Fire Authority received a call about the incident just after 2 p.m.  The boy was swept away when he got too close to the water’s edge. His father went into the water after him but was unable to reach his son. A bystander spotted the child drifting down the river, jumped in and was able to rescue him in the area of Fairview Street and the Santa Ana Riverbed, approximately a half mile from where the boy got caught in the water.  "A Swift Water Rescue response was launched, but fortunately everyone made it out,” OCFA officials said. “The boy was assessed and treated by our firefighter paramedics and escorted to the hospital in stable condition.”  Officials urged caution near local waterways.  “While we have a break from the rain, there is or may still be water flowing in waterways throughout Orange County. ...

Oscars 2023: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ makes history

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:52 GMT

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” proved to be the weird little movie that could at the 95th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, winning seven of its 11 nominations, including Oscars for best picture, best director and three of its actors.Producer Jonathan Wang thanked the “brilliant and bighearted cast and crew” who surrounded him onstage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood after “Everything Everywhere” closed out the night with a win for best picture.Co-director Daniel Kwan wrapped up with a message of hope for the continuing role of film to help “shelter each other from the crazy chaos of this world.”Related: See photos of the stars’ Academy Awards fashion“I have great faith in our stories,” Kwan said of film in general. “These stories have changed my life. They have for generations. And I know that we’ll get through this.”Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian to win a best actress Oscar, accepted her award for “Everything Everywhere” with a shout-out for holding fast to your dreams no mat...

Strike over: OmniRide resumes service

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:52 GMT

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today.Supporters of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 and Teamsters Local 639 on Feb. 14 jointly rallied against Keolis, the France-based company that operates both OmniRide in Prince William County and Loudoun County Transit. They held a demonstration outside the Loudoun County government center in Leesburg. (Trevor Baratko | InsideNoVa)The nearly month-long OmniRide strike is over.The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission on Sunday evening reported that union bus operators voted to accept the latest contract offer from transit operator Keolis. OmniRide buses will resume service Monday.Teamsters Local 639 announced the strike Feb. 14, citing a need for better pay, less time to reach the top pay levels and better retirement benefits.“We’re not working for nothing no more,” Local 639 Treasury-Secretary Bill Davis said at t...