For the 1st time since the British festival started in 1970, 2 female acts will be performing the headline spots on the main stage on 2 of the 3 nights.
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Ukraine’s first Oscar is hailed as a reminder of war’s horrors as Russian drones strike buildings
Ukraine’s human rights chief Dmytro Lubinets praised the documentary for showing ‘the truth to the whole world.’
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‘Oppenheimer’ cleans up at Oscars, winning best picture, actor and director
Meanwhile, Emma Stone won best actress for her performance in ‘Poor Things.’
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At 83, filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki earns historic Oscar for ‘The Boy and the Heron’
He is the oldest director ever nominated for the category and the oldest winner by more than two decades.
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See these new acquisitions by Portland Museum of Art, before they go back into storage
The museum has a collection of 19,000 objects and counting, and only a fraction are on display at any given time. We look at how these pieces get to the museum and where they go when they’re not on display.
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Dancers get a turn as choreographers in Portland Ballet’s ‘New Works’
A favorite poem. A friend’s music. The interlocking gears of a machine. All provided inspiration to choreographers who will present pieces at Portland Ballet’s “New Works” on Friday. The annual show features experienced and emerging choreographers, including four current members of the professional dance company. Nell Shipman, executive and artistic director, feels strongly about giving […]
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Report and letter signed by ‘Opie’ attract auction interest ahead of Oscars
RR Auction in Boston is taking bids on the rare 1945 report, as well as a letter signed by J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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‘Stranger Things’ star Brett Gelman says LA book signing canceled over his ‘Jewish identity’
Gelman has been an outspoken supporter of Israel during its war on Hamas.
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And the Oscar goes to … a movie most people have seen
The Oscars are poised to do something on Sunday that they haven’t done in a very long time: hand the top award to a blockbuster.
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Charges are dropped midtrial in ‘Hotel California’ lyrics case
It was an abrupt end to the criminal case centered on roughly 100 legal-pad pages from the creation of a classic rock colossus. Don Henley plans to fight on.