"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.”
• Russia says it will "drastically" reduce military operations near Kyiv and Chernihiv "to increase trust" as Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet in Istanbul
• 7 dead after strike hits gov't building in Mykolaiv, officials say
Buildings in Kharkiv on Tuesday destroyed by shelling.
Ukrainian negotiators involved in peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Tuesday said they want to see an international agreement under which other nations would act as guarantors of Ukraine's security. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
• Ukraine has suffered $564.9B in losses since invasion, economy minister says.
• Mariupol faces "humanitarian catastrophe" if residents are not evacuated, mayor says
• New round of peace talks to take place this week in Turkey
Ukrainian forces have retaken control of the Kyiv suburb of Irpin, the city's mayor says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Ukraine's internet connectivity dipped significantly Monday, as one of its major internet providers says it suffered a cyberattack. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
When Cindy Dawkins, a single mother in Florida, died of Covid in August, leaving behind four children, no one from the hospital or the city called, her kids said. They wouldn’t have known what to do if it weren’t for a family friend. #NBCNewsThread (1/8) nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2…
“You’re not talking about adults that are losing someone,” Dawkins’ oldest child, Jenny Burrows, says. “You’re talking about kids who don’t know how to navigate through the world, yet they lost the person, or one of the people, that are meant to help them.” (2/8)
Two years into the pandemic, the number of children who have lost a parent or other in-home caregiver to Covid across the U.S. is estimated to exceed 200,000, and families and child advocates say identifying and assisting these kids should be a priority. (3/8)
After natural disasters, FEMA often rejects aid for vulnerable communities where survivors have few other paths to recovery, an @NBCNews analysis finds.
A tornado that cut a 10-mile path through Jefferson County, Alabama, on Jan. 25, 2021, destroyed 86 homes and severely damaged 45 more, devastating the suburb of Fultondale.
“Our town got demolished,” Mayor Larry Holcomb said. “I mean, completely destroyed.”
FEMA estimated the cost to support those without insurance in finding temporary shelter and beginning to rebuild their homes would top $1.8M.
But the federal government denied Jefferson County’s request for aid, saying the tornado did not cause enough damage to require help.
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