[ad_1] Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki took home the Academy Award for best animated feature Sunday night for “The Boy and the Heron,” maintaining his spot as the only Asian director to ever triumph in the category. Miyazaki, 83, a legendary animator known for co-founding Studio Ghibli, won in 2002 for his film “Spirited Away.” He…
[ad_1] Da’Vine Joy Randolph has won the Academy Award for best supporting actress. Randolph took home the Oscar on Sunday for her role as a boarding school head cook who is grieving her son. “The Holdovers,” set in the 1970s, features an eclectic cast of clashing personalities who have, for one reason or another, stayed…
[ad_1] A Batik Air Indonesia pilot and his second-in-command are accused of allowing the flight they were operating to veer off course as they both took a snooze in the cockpit mid-flight, Indonesian officials said in a report. The Jan. 25 flight, BTK6723, was carrying 153 passengers en route from Halu Oleo Airport in Kendari…
[ad_1] Ariana Grande pleaded with fans to stop sending “hateful messages” to the “people in [her] life” following the Friday release of her newest album, “Eternal Sunshine.” The star on Saturday posted an Instagram story directed at her fans. “I just wanted to say anyone that is sending hateful messages to the people in my…
[ad_1] Thousands of TikTok users, many who say they’ve built entire livelihoods and communities on the app, are responding to the company’s plea to #KeepTikTok by urging against its potential ban. The platform of more than 1 billion monthly active users is facing a bill that would force ByteDance, its China-based parent company, to divest…
[ad_1] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The U.S. military said Sunday that it had flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and allow nonessential personnel to leave. The aircraft flew to the embassy compound, the U.S. Southern Command said, meaning that the effort involved helicopters. It was careful to point out…
[ad_1] Scarlett Johansson poked fun at Sen. Katie Britt during this week’s “Saturday Night Live” cold open, parodying the Republican’s response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. In a Thursday-night speech from her kitchen, the real-life Britt lambasted Biden over a border crisis she said he “invited” and a country she said was…
[ad_1] Fans are cringing online after Madonna questioned a concertgoer for sitting down during her show — before realizing they appeared to be in a wheelchair. The longtime pop icon was performing at Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Thursday during a stop on her global tour. “What are you doing sitting down over there?”…
[ad_1] Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars for the fourth time, following go-rounds in 2017, 2018 and 2023. (The show went without an emcee in 2019, 2020 and 2021; Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes co-hosted in 2022, the year Will Smith slapped Chris Rock.) Jimmy Kimmel at the 2023 Academy Awards held at…
[ad_1] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations. Guards from the National Palace accompanied by an armored truck tried to set up a security perimeter around one of the three downtown stations after police fought…