Month: March 2022
Oscars 2022: ‘CODA’ wins Best Picture
Neilson Barnard/Getty Images The 94th annual Academy Awards named CODA Best Picture, beating out a category with a whopping 10 nominees. This marks the first time a movie from a streaming service claimed the night’s highest honor, [Read More…]
Oscars 2022: Jessica Chastain wins Best Actress
ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Jessica Chastain was the actress to beat on Sunday night’s Academy Awards — winning Best Actress for her starring role as the late televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes of [Read More…]
Oscars 2022: Will Smith wins Best Actor after Chris Rock altercation
ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images After a shocking altercation with Chris Rock live on the Oscars stage earlier in the night, Will Smith took home the Oscar for Best Actor. The 53-year-old actor won for [Read More…]
Oscars 2022: Jane Campion wins Best Director
Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Second time’s the charm! Jane Campion has won the Oscar for Best Director for The Power of the Dog during the 94th Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night. Campion made history this year as [Read More…]
Oscars 2022: Billie Eilish and FINNEAS win Best Original Song for “No Time to Die”
ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Billie Eilish and her brother FINNEAS won the Oscar for Best Original Song at Sunday’s Academy Awards. “No Time to Die,” from the James Bond film of the same name, [Read More…]
Oscars 2022: Questlove emotionally accepts award for Best Documentary
ABC Questlove became overwhelmed with emotion as he accepted the 2022 Oscar for Best Documentary during the 94th Academy Award ceremony held Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. While accepting the award for his [Read More…]
Oscars 2022: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock on air over joke about Jada Pinkett Smith
Myung Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Things became a little tense when Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith while presenting the Oscar for Best Documentary. It earned him a slap and a cursing [Read More…]
Oscars 2022: Megan Thee Stallion shakes up “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”
Myung Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The first live performance of Encanto‘s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” was “Savage” — thanks to an appearance by none other than Megan Thee Stallion. The [Read More…]
Oscars 2022: Reba McEntire performs “Somehow You Do”
Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Reba McEntire took the Oscar stage for the second time in her career Sunday night, to perform “Somehow You Do,” the Oscar-nominated song from the film Four Good Days. Reba sang the [Read More…]
Oscars 2022: Troy Kotsur becomes first deaf actor to win Best Supporting Actor
Neilson Barnard/Getty Images CODA‘s Troy Kotsur made Oscars history by becoming the first deaf actor to win Best Supporting Actor. “This is amazing to be here on this journey. I cannot believe I’m here,” he signed while [Read More…]
Oscars 2022: Sebastián Yatra performs “Dos Oruguitas” from ‘Encanto,’ which wins Best Animated Feature
Neilson Barnard/Getty Images On Sunday’s Academy Awards, Latin superstar Sebastián Yatra performed the nominated song from the animated film Encanto, “Dos Oruguitas,” or “Two Little Caterpillars.” As he sang on a stage decorated like the [Read More…]
Oscars 2022: Ariana DeBose wins Best Supporting Actress
ABC Ariana DeBose won the 2022 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress during the 94th Academy Awards ceremony held Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This is the first Oscar for DeBose, who won [Read More…]
High-path avian flu discovered in flock of commercial chickens in north-central Iowa
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been discovered in a flock of commercial pullet chickens in north-central Iowa. The case in Franklin County is the seventh statewide and fifth to occur at a commercial facility. The [Read More…]
Underdog Saint Peter’s seeks to beat UNC, continue unprecedented March Madness run
WABC (PHILADELPHIA) — The underdog Saint Peter’s University basketball squad will attempt on Sunday afternoon to do what no 15th-seeded team has done before — make it to the Final Four of the men’s NCAA [Read More…]
Ginni Thomas’ texts present ‘textbook case’ for Justice Thomas to recuse himself: Klobuchar
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Senate Judiciary Committee member Amy Klobuchar said Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from certain cases after it emerged that his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, sent text messages [Read More…]
How effective are gas tax holidays at helping motorists’ wallets?
Sean Gallup/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As gas prices continue to soar across the country, three states have opted to temporarily waive their gas tax to provide relief for motorists. Other states are mulling similar [Read More…]
Wildfire near Boulder, Colorado, has officials ‘nervous’ for fire season
KMGH (BOULDER, Colorado) — Diminishing winds on Sunday were helping firefighters battle a wildfire that came close to homes near Boulder, Colorado, and forced the evacuation of about 19,000 people, authorities said. The blaze, dubbed [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Agreement reached on new round of in-person peace talks
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
Knippling resigns as Mitchell Head Girls Basketball Coach
Cole Knippling has resigned as the Head Girls Basketball Coach for the Mitchell School District after serving in the position for the past three years. He served as an assistant coach for the Mitchell Boys [Read More…]
Hillmon’s 17 put Michigan women past South Dakota in Sweet 16
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Naz Hillmon had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Laila Phelia scored the go-ahead layup in the final minute for No. 3 Michigan, which beat No. 10 seed South Dakota 52-49 [Read More…]
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