Robert Downey Jr. is finally an Oscar winner. The 58-year-old “Oppenheimer” star took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at the 96th Academy Awards, presented live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday. “I’d like to thank my terrible childhood and the Academy in that order,” Downey joked during his acceptance speech. “I’d … Read more
Da’Vine Joy Randolph won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her portrayal in “The Holdovers” of a warm, witty cafeteria matriarch grappling with how to endure the holiday season at a boarding school after the loss of her son. It was Randolph’s first win at the Academy Awards on her first nomination. She was … Read more
SAKHIR, Bahrain — Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen eased to victory in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday despite the turmoil surrounding his Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. Verstappen started on pole position and was never seriously challenged on his way to a commanding one-two win for Red Bull ahead of his teammate … Read more
There’s simply no stopping “Oppenheimer.” On Sunday night, the Producers Guild of America gave its top film award to Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic about the father of the atomic bomb, completing a clean sweep of major industry prizes that suggests “Oppenheimer” will cruise to a best-picture victory at the Oscars next month. “We’ve never won … Read more
The top prize at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival was given to “Dahomey,” a documentary by the French filmmaker Mati Diop about 26 looted artworks that were returned to Benin from France in 2021. The unconventional feature, narrated in part by the gravelly, imagined voice of one of the artworks, is a playful exploration … Read more
Travis Kelce is adding more hardware to his already stacked collection. The Chiefs tight end, 34, was named Athlete of the Year on Sunday during the 2024 People’s Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., one week after Kansas City topped the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl. Though Kelce wasn’t … Read more
LONDON — Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday. Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” took five prizes. Christopher Nolan was named best director for “Oppenheimer,” and Cillian Murphy won the best actor prize for playing J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. Emma Stone … Read more
They got together and felt alright. “Bob Marley: One Love” won moviegoers’ hearts on its first Friday in theaters, raking in $7.45 million, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The biographical musical film, based on the life of the pioneer Reggae singer-songwriter, which stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, was released on Valentine’s Day. The film opened to a … Read more
The shooting at Wednesday’s Super Bowl parade has left members of the Kansas City Chiefs and their families shaken. Brittany Mahomes described the shooting as “traumatizing” after one person died and at least 22 were injured in the shooting near Union Station in Kansas City. “Highly embarrassed and disappointed in this. Super Bowl wins will … Read more
The Directors Guild of America on Saturday night handed its top prize for feature-film directing to Christopher Nolan for his hit biopic, “Oppenheimer,” starring Cillian Murphy as the physicist who helped design the atomic bomb. This is the latest major trophy Nolan’s film has won, after taking top honors from the Golden Globes and Critics … Read more
A “gossiping” Gen Z hairdresser who was constantly using her phone at work and “talking about herself” to clients has won a payout after a tribunal found she was unfairly sacked last year. Jorja McGennan, a young apprentice who had “limited work experience” when she took the job in April 2021, was not offered “procedural” … Read more
“In the Summers,” an independent film about two sisters navigating fraught summer visits with their father, won the top prize in the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. dramatic competition on Friday. The movie also won the competition’s directing award for its first-time filmmaker, Alessandra Lacorazza. “This film snuck up on us,” read a citation delivered by … Read more
Welcome to the most exclusive end zone ever, Super Bowl superfans. A new exhibit at The Paley Center for Media features artifacts from the biggest spectacle in American sports –including the stunning Vince Lombardi Trophy and all 57 team rings from each winning squad. The show, “Beyond the Big Game,” highlights more than 150 iconic … Read more
A lucky resident in the Bay State recently picked up his multi-million dollar lottery prize – and his best friend was with him when he did it. Peabody resident Paul Riley won the $4 million prize from the Massachusetts State Lottery’s 100X Cash game, the state lottery announced on Tuesday. Riley opted to receive a one-time payment … Read more
The 81st Golden Globes kicked off Hollywood’s awards season on Sunday in a chaotic and sloppy manner, with the host, Jo Koy, delivering a train wreck of a monologue, winners alternately seeming to take the ceremony seriously and not at all, and prizes going to a wide array of films and television shows. “Oppenheimer,” which … Read more
Globe voters said “Yes, chef,” to “The Bear,” which beat out “Ted Lasso” and “Abbott Elementary” to win best comedy. One quibble: Is “The Bear” even a comedy? Any episode of the restaurant-set FX series has more agita and fewer jokes than most dramas. Some scenes and some entire episodes, like the most recent season’s … Read more
And the winner is — a kangaroo playing air guitar. The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are back for another year, and the grand prize goes to shutterbug Jason Moore for his photo entitled “Air Guitar Roo.” Moore’s hilarious pic captured the moment a young female Western Grey Kangaroo had a moment to herself where he … Read more
An 8-month-old infant in the United Kingdom has been given more time to live after an appeal suspended a judge’s mandate that she be removed from life support. Justice Robert Peel ruled Wednesday that Indi Gregory was to be removed from her life-supporting ventilator on Thursday against the parents’ wishes. Now, the Gregory family has … Read more
She definitely has a ticket to anywhere now. Tracy Chapman made history Wednesday night when she won her song “Fast Car” won Song of the Year at the 57th Country Music Association Awards, 35 years after the song’s original release. Her win makes her the first Black songwriter, male or female, to win Song of … Read more
She’s ready to cut the cord. An Italian mother fed up with her grown sons’ freeloading ways has won an unusual court case to have the pair of “parasites” evicted from her home. The plaintiff, identified only as a 75-year-old retiree living in the northern city of Pavia, had filed a lawsuit in the Tribunal … Read more