Author: Jake Coyle
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Michael B. Jordan wins best actor Oscar, Paul Thomas Anderson wins best director
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael B. Jordan has won best actor at the 98th Academy Awards for his double-duty performance as the twins Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners.” The win was a triumphant moment for Jordan, one of Hollywood’s most widely loved young actors, whose ascent to Hollywood stardom began, partly, with Coogler’s…
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‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ poised for an all-Warner Bros. showdown at Academy Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stars are streaming down the red carpet at a 98th Academy Awards where few awards feel like shoo-ins, and the night is steering toward a coronation for either Paul Thomas Anderson or Ryan Coogler. Most would call that a win-win. Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” is the favorite heading into the…
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The Golden Globes are tonight. Here’s what to look for and how to watch and stream the show
The Golden Globes bill themselves as Hollywood’s booziest bash. This year, is anyone ready to party? Political tension and industrywide uncertainty are the prevailing moods heading into Sunday night’s 83rd Golden Globe Awards. Hollywood is coming off a disappointing box-office year and now anxiously awaits the fate of one of its most storied studios, Warner…
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Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he’s finally getting his due
It wasn’t until 1983 that the first African American, Guion Bluford, reached space
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Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of ‘Das Boot,’ dies
NEW YORK • Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died. He was 81. Petersen died Friday at his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood…
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Academy: Smith refused to leave Oscars, broke conduct code
NEW YORK • The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences said that Will Smith was asked to leave to Sunday’s Oscars after hitting Chris Rock but refused. Many have questioned why Smith was allowed to remain seated front row at the Academy Awards after the incident. On Wednesday, the academy suggested that it attempted…
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‘Squid Game,’ Troy Kotsur and ‘Ted Lasso’ win at SAG Awards
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (AP) The cast of “Ted Lasso,” the leads of “Squid Game” and Troy Kotsur of “CODA” have won at the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards. The ceremony, held Sunday at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., and broadcast on both TNT and TBS, saw history made in a number of categories. Kotsur,…
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Iconic Bogdanovich, director of ‘Paper Moon,’ dead at 82
LOS ANGELES • Peter Bogdanovich, the ascot-wearing cinephile and director of 1970s black-and-white classics like “The Last Picture Show” and “Paper Moon,” has died. He was 82. Bogdanovich died early Thursday morning at this home in Los Angeles, said his daughter, Antonia Bogdanovich. She said he died of natural causes Considered part of a generation…
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Recalling Jan. 6 riot at Capitol
NEW YORK • Beneath a pale winter light and the glare of television cameras, it seemed hard not to see the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot for what it was. The violent storming of the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters bent on upending the election of Joe Biden was as clear as day: democracy under…
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Confirmed coronavirus cases are rising in 40 of 50 states
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. • The number of confirmed coronavirus cases per day in the U.S. climbed to an all-time high of more than 50,000 on Thursday, with the infection curve rising in 40 out of 50 states in a reversal that has largely spared only the Northeast. An alarming 36 states are seeing an increase…