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| Oscars Set for Sunday. |
The major awards season comes to a close this weekend with the 91st annual Academy Awards on Sunday night live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The major storyline is who isn't present to present - it will be the first hostless Oscars since 1989 after Kevin Hart dropped out following backlash over homophobic tweets from 2010. Producers have reportedly assembled a lineup of celebrities to move the show along, including Barbra Streisand, Serena Williams, and others. As for the actual awards, this season is one of the least certain in recent memory - the wide-open race may allow Black Panther to become the first superhero flick to win Best Picture, unless Netflix can snag its first Best Picture with the critically acclaimed Roma. Get a full rundown of the nomination slate, along with predictions, here.
For laughs (and a recap), check out Honest Trailers' rundown of the Best Picture nominees. |
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| Redo in North Carolina. |
| Officials in North Carolina ordered a new race for the state's 9th Congressional District yesterday, the last contested US House seat from the 2018 midterms. The announcement followed mounting evidence that the campaign of Rep. Mark Harris (R), who led the original ballot count by 905 votes but was never certified as the winner, committed election fraud. According to reports, a political operative associated with the Harris campaign was accused of tampering with absentee ballots - officials took notice when 61% of mail-in ballots from North Carolina's Bladen County came in for Harris, despite just 19% of them belonging to registered Republicans. The dates for the new race will be determined by the state's election board in the coming weeks. |
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| Smollett Appears in Court. |
Actor Jussie Smollett made his first appearance in court after being arrested for filing a false police report. The saga began nearly a month ago, when the Empire actor claimed to have been attacked by two men yelling racist and homophobic slurs while representing themselves as supporters of President Trump. The case began to unravel after one of two men questioned in the incident was revealed to be a former personal trainer of Smollett, claiming the actor paid the pair $3,500 to stage the attack. Police said that the actor, who posted $100,000 bail, was trying to gin up publicity because he was unhappy with his salary on the show. Smollett returned to the Empire set yesterday, though his future with the show is in doubt.
Read how Chicago's network of public surveillance cameras helped crack the case. |
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| Sports, Entertainment & Culture. |
| > Peter Tork, singer and bassist for 60's pop band The Monkees, dies at 77 (More) |
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| > Longtime Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim strikes and kills man in interstate highway car accident (More) | NBA proposes lowering age-limit to enter draft from 19 to 18 (More) |
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| > Michael Jackson's family files $100M lawsuit against HBO for Leaving Neverland, a documentary airing in March alleging sexual abuse by Jackson (More) |
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| Science & Technology. |
| > Israeli team partners with SpaceX to launch the first privately-funded moon landing (More) |
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| > Mouse study shows bone marrow transplants from young to old mice slows cognitive decline; supports emerging model that links cognitive decline to aging blood cells (More) |
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| > Scientists "rediscover" world's largest known bee in Indonesia; Wallace's giant bee hadn't been seen in four decades and was assumed extinct (More) |
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| Business & Markets. |
| > Kraft Heinz writes down brand values by $15B, cuts dividend, accounting practices being investigated; shares plunge 20% (More) |
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| > Social media giant Pinterest files for IPO - analysts expect valuation of at least $12B (More) | Consumer Reports pulls Tesla Model 3 recommendation citing reliability, shares slide 4% (More) |
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| > Johnson & Johnson confirms feds evaluating allegations baby powders may have contained asbestos (More) |
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| Politics & World Affairs. |
| > Nearly 80 people killed and 50 injured in residential fire in historic district of Bangladesh capital of Dhaka; reports say fire started from an illegal warehouse storing flammable chemicals (More) |
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| > Oakland teachers become latest to educators to go on strike, issues include a pay raise of at least 12% over three years (More) |
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| > Flagstaff, Arizona sees almost 32 inches of snow in one day, breaking 104-year-old record (More) |
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| Weekend Reads. |
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| The Most Versatile Criminal in History. |
| Longreads | Johnny Auping. Paul Le Roux created one of the largest and most far-reaching criminal enterprises in human history. But Le Roux’s success has been largely defined by his anonymity, which is why you probably have never heard of him. (Read) |
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| Who Killed Tulum? |
| The Cut | Reeves Wiedeman. Tulum, Mexico was once revered as an ocean paradise, but money, tourism, drugs, and seaweed infestations have decimated the once-beautiful landscape. And while some blame society, the locals claim that Mother Nature has reached her limit. (Read) |
| Urban Organics Wants to Fix Food. |
| Outside | Michael Behar. Urban Organics, the company with the world’s largest aquaponics farm, is looking to revolutionize how humans cultivate crops - and they think they may be able to bring you produce cheaper than traditional farms. (Read) |
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