"Dune" is cleaning up in the pre-show categories, following up its best sound #Oscar with victories in the original score, film editing and production design races.
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Powerhouse entertainers Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are co-hosting the show at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California and officially kicked it off with their joint opening monologue. This #Oscars is the first to have a host since 2018.
Tony Hawk, Kelly Slater and Shaun White just introduced a video package paying tribute to the 60th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise.
"What we love best is he was and is never afraid to take things to the extreme," White said of Bond.
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"Encanto," Disney's magical celebration of family ties and personal resilience, scooped up the #Oscar for best animated feature.
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The best supporting actor #Oscar goes to Troy Kotsur for his touching performance as a gleefully profane but kind-hearted fisherman in “CODA.”
He is the first Deaf man in film history to win an acting Oscar.
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The #Oscars held a moment of silence acknowledging the war in Ukraine. Up until the moment, which featured slides with a message of support, the only other official acknowledgment of the conflict came from actor Mila Kunis, who was born in Ukraine.
Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell took home the #Oscar for best original song with "No Time To Die" in the highly competitive category, beating out Beyoncé and Lin Manuel Miranda.
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The best director #Oscar goes to Jane Campion for the brooding Western “The Power of the Dog.”
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Will Smith, accepting the best actor #Oscar in "King Richard," apologized to the film academy and his fellow nominees as tears streamed down his face.
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The best actress #Oscar goes to Jessica Chastain for her portrayal of Tammy Faye Messner, the ex-wife of televangelist Jim Bakker, in Michael Showalter’s biopic “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.”
According to @NBCNews analysis of videos, photos, and interviews with university staff and students, at least 5 of Gaza’s 7 major universities have been destroyed or partially damaged since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
Last March, Iowa police investigated a bomb threat targeting a junior high school.
They determined that the threat was a hoax.
But a detective from the police department had a theory about its possible inspiration: the ‘Libs of TikTok’ account. nbcnews.com/tech/internet/…
Officers and government officials in four other jurisdictions tell @NBCNews they believe the account has sparked threats in their localities with posts that digitally heckle people such as drag performers, LGBTQ teachers and doctors who treat transgender patients.
.@NBCNews identified 33 instances, starting in November 2020, when people or institutions singled out by ‘Libs of TikTok’ later reported threats.
The last time Bettersten Wade saw her son, Dexter — who suffered from mental illness — was March 5, when he walked away from their home with a friend. She reported him missing to Jackson police nine days later.
For months, Bettersten said, she asked police for updates, and officers told her they had no info.
She did her own search, visiting abandoned homes, asking around her neighborhood and posting desperate pleas on Facebook, begging Dexter — or anyone who’d seen him — to call her.
BREAKING: Hamas intentionally targeted elementary schools in Israel, instructed terrorists to seize hostages, move them into Gaza, and to "kill as many people as possible," maps and documents recovered from the bodies of attackers show. nbcnews.com/news/investiga…
One page labeled “Top Secret” outlines a plan of attack for Kfar Sa’ad, saying “Combat unit 1” is directed to “contain the new Da’at school,” while “Combat unit 2” is to “collect hostages,” “search the Bnei Akiva youth center” and “search the old Da’at school.”
Another page labeled “Top Secret Maneuver” describes a plan for Hamas units to secure two sides of Kfar Sa’ad. It says “kills as many as possible” and “capture hostages.” Other orders include surrounding a dining hall and holding hostages in it.
Former U.S. intelligence and military officers say tactics Hamas used in its attack indicate Iran most likely played a significant role in the Hamas attack on Israel.
The media storm came as the world was in the midst of a different pandemic — a novel H1N1 flu — and anti-vaccine activists were on the hunt for vaccine injury stories.
Jenny McCarthy’s group found her and offered a cure – if she would star in an anti-vaccine documentary.
The support didn’t last long. Desiree was outed as a “fake” by the same media organizations that had credulously reported her story. Generation Rescue stopped calling and left her with an anti-vaccine doctor’s $32,000 bill. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/d…