Supreme Court agrees to consider reinstating death sentence for Boston marathon bomber
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court agrees to consider reinstating death sentence for Boston marathon bomber.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court agrees to consider reinstating death sentence for Boston marathon bomber.
China's failure to provide access to global health experts made the COVID-19 pandemic worse than it had to be, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Sunday, and it was important to "get to the bottom" of the origin of the novel coronavirus. China did not give access to international experts or share information in real time to provide true transparency, Blinken said in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press." As a result, the virus "got out of hand faster and with, I think, much more egregious results than it might otherwise," Blinken said.
Kolkata Knight Riders started its Indian Premier League campaign with a 10-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday. Half centuries from Nitish Rana (80) and Rahul Tripathi (53) formed the core of Kolkata’s 187-6, after being put into bat, despite Hyderabad making a strong comeback in the last five overs by claiming five wickets for 42 runs. Manish Pandey’s unbeaten 61 off 44 balls went in vain as Kolkata restricted Hyderabad to 177-5 in its 20 overs.
The septuagenarian star of 'Minari' delivered one of the night's most memorable acceptance speeches.
The French government on Sunday condemned the defacing of an Islamic cultural centre in western France with Islamaphobic slogans, and said an attack on Muslims was an attack on the Republic. The tags, daubed on the side a building used as a prayer room in the city of Rennes, were found shortly before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins in France on Tuesday. Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin said it was a disgusting attack against the fundamental freedom to believe in a religion and that Muslims deserved the same protection as any other religious group in France.
A severe thunderstorm brought down a torrent of hailstones on Winter Park, Florida, on Sunday, April 11.The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a severe thunderstorm warning for several central Florida cities, including Orlando, Winter Park, and Kissimmee. The NWS warned of hail and wind gusts up to 70 mph.Craig Ripple said he filmed this footage of hail pelting his backyard in Winter Park on Sunday. Ripple said Winter Park was “pummeled” by Sunday’s hailstorm. Credit: Craig Ripple via Storyful
British people are known for being self-deprecating, but even they might have felt a little blindsided by “Minari” star Yuh-Jung Youn’s brutally honest, funny assessment of them. Shortly after offering her condolences for the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, during her BAFTA Film Awards acceptance speech for supporting actress, Youn then delivered arguably the […]
Double Olympic champion Helen Glover moved closer to becoming the first British mother to row at a Games on Sunday when she won women's pair gold at the European championships in her first competition for nearly five years. The 34-year-old, a winner in the Italian lakeside city of Varese with Polly Swann, has had three children since the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics and is aiming for a comeback at the Tokyo Games in July. Glover won coxless pairs gold at Rio and the London 2012 Games with now-retired Heather Stanning.
Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe called on Sunday for the new government to prioritise a new constitution, reviving calls for limiting presidential powers. Mbowe, chairman of Chadema, the country's main opposition party, said in a speech the current constitution gives “someone the chance to be a dictator or a king", adding it should be a government priority to set a timetable and a procedural framwork to change the consitution. Mbowe also called on President Samia Suluhu Hassan to "fast track" her proposal, presented on Tuesday, to form a scientific committee to research COVID-19.
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Eddie George won the Heisman Trophy at Ohio State before his nine-year NFL career.
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The winners of the EE British Academy Film Awards are being announced over two nights for the first time ever due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Bologna had plenty of chances to edge in front in the first half, but their wastefulness in front of goal proved costly as Mayoral broke clear on the counter before slotting home one minute before halftime. The chances dried up for the visitors after the break, as Roma claimed a first league win in their last four games with ease. The result kept seventh-placed Roma five points adrift of Napoli in fourth after 30 games played, while Bologna stayed 11th on 34 points.
The former first lady posted a photo of Sunny and Bo, who have been a part of the Obama family for years.
The EE British Academy Film Awards, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), are handing out film awards in a virtual ceremony on Sunday. TheWrap will update the list of winners as they are announced. Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton won the adapted-screenplay award for “The Father.” In the first award of the show, Pixar’s “Soul” was named the year’s best animated film. The ceremony is the second of two weekend presentations, following a Saturday event in which six below-the-line and two short-film categories were announced. In those categories, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” won two awards, one for costume and one for makeup and hair, while other awards went to “Mank” (production design), “Sound of Metal” (sound), “Tenet” (visual effects) and “Rocks” (casting). BAFTA’s awards have long been considered a strong predictor of the Oscars because of the large number of British members in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Over the last five years, the 18 categories shared by the two shows have seen at least nine and as many as 14 BAFTA winners repeat at the Oscars. Also Read: Chloe Zhao Wins Directors Guild Award for 'Nomadland' - Complete List of Winners The BAFTA Best Film category, though, has not gone to the eventual Oscar winner since “12 Years a Slave” won both awards in 2014. The six BAFTA winners since then – “Boyhood,” “The Revenant,” “La La Land,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “Roma” and “1917” – have all fallen short at the Oscars. This year’s BAFTA nominations, which took place after an overhaul of nomination procedures designed to produce a more diverse slate of contenders, differ far more dramatically than usual from the Oscar nominations. The differences are particularly notable in the categories in which nominees are chosen by juries, including director and all four acting categories. Also at the show, director Ang Lee was presented with the BAFTA Fellowship, the organization’s highest award. Edith Bowman and Dermot O’Leary hosted the show from the Royal Albert Hall in London, with all the nominees and winners participating via video links. Here is the list of BAFTA nominees. Winners are indicated by *WINNER. BEST FILM “The Father” “The Mauritanian” “Nomadland” “Promising Young Woman” “The Trial of the Chicago 7” OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM “Calm With Horses” “The Dig” “The Father” “His House” “Limbo” “The Mauritanian” “Mogul Mowgli” “Promising Young Woman” “Rocks” “Saint Maud” OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH ACTOR, DIRECTOR OR WRITER “His House,” Remi Weekes (writer/director) “Limbo,” Ben Sharrock (writer/director) and Irune Gurtabi (producer) “Moffie,” Jack Sidey (writer/producer) “Rocks,” Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (writers) “Saint Maud,” Rose Glass (writer/director), Oliver Kassman (producer) DIRECTOR Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round” Shannon Murphy, “Babyteeth” Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari” Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” Jasmila Zbanic, “Quo Vadis, Aida?” Sarah Gavron, “Rocks” LEADING ACTRESS Bukky Bakray, “Rocks” Radha Blank, “The Forty-Year-Old Version” Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman” Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” Wunmi Mosaku, “His House” Alfre Woodard, “Clemency” LEADING ACTOR Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal” Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Adarsh Gourav, “The White Tiger” Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” Mads Mikkelsen, “Another Round” Tahar Rahim, “The Mauritanian” SUPPORTING ACTRESS Niamh Algar, “Calm With Horses” Kosar Ali, “Rocks” Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” Dominique Fishback, “Judas and the Black Messiah” Ashley Madekwe, “County Lines” Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari” SUPPORTING ACTOR Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah” Barry Keoghan, “Calm With Horses” Alan Kim, “Minari” Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night In Miami…” Clarke Peters, “Da 5 Bloods” Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal” FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE “Another Round” “Dear Comrades!” “Les Misérables” “The Life Ahead” “Minari” “Quo Vadis, Aida?” DOCUMENTARY “Collective” “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet” “Dick Johnson is Dead” “The Dissident” “My Octopus Teacher” “The Social Dilemma” ANIMATED FILM “Onward”“Soul” *WINNER “Wolfwalkers” ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round” Jack Fincher, “Mank” Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson, “Rocks” Aaron Sorkin, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Moira Buffini, “The Dig”Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller, “The Father” *WINNER Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven, “The Mauritanian” Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” Ramin Bahrani, “The White Tiger” CINEMATOGRAPHY Sean Bobbitt, “Judas and the Black Messiah” Erik Messerschmidt, “Mank” Alwin H. Kuchler, “The Mauritanian” Dariusz Wolski, “News of the World” Joshua James Richards, “Nomadland” EDITING Yorgos Lamprinos, “The Father” Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland” Frederic Thoraval, “Promising Young Woman” Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, “Sound of Metal” Alan Baumgarten, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” ORIGINAL SCORE Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “Mank” Emile Mosseri, “Minari” James Newton Howard, “News of the World” Anthony Willis, “Promising Young Woman” Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, “Soul” EE RISING STAR AWARD Bukky Bakray Conrad Khan Kingsley Ben-Adir Morfydd Clark Sope Dirisu BAFTA Fellowship Ang Lee BAFTA Opening Night 2021 categories, presented on Saturday: CASTING “Calm With Horses” “Judas and the Black Messiah” “Minari” “Promising Young Woman”“Rocks” *WINNER COSTUME DESIGN “Ammonite” “The Dig” “Emma.”“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” *WINNER “Mank” MAKE UP & HAIR “The Dig” “Hillbilly Elegy”“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” *WINNER “Mank” “Pinocchio” PRODUCTION DESIGN “The Dig” “The Father”“Mank” *WINNER “News of the World” “Rebecca” SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS “Greyhound” “The Midnight Sky” “Mulan” “The One and Only Ivan”“Tenet” *WINNER SOUND “Greyhound” “News of the World” “Nomadland” “Soul”“Sound of Metal” *WINNER BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION “The Fire Next Time”“The Owl and the Pussycat” *WINNER “The Song of A Lost Boy” BRITISH SHORT FILM “Eyelash” “Lizard” “Lucky Break” “Miss Curvy”“The Present” *WINNER OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA Noel Clarke Read original story BAFTA Film Awards Winners – Updating Live At TheWrap
The second night of the BAFTAs, featuring the main film prizes, are underway. Please check this page for live updates of the winners and commentary about the awards. Former One Direction singer Liam Payne kicked off tonight’s BAFTAs with a real-time AR performance. The awards briefly paid tribute to Prince Philip, who was the organization’s […]
At least four people were found dead on a migrant boat off the Canary Island of El Hierro on Sunday, the Spanish Red Cross said. The vessel was spotted by a fishing boat around 120 miles (193 km) to the south of El Hierro, one of the smallest of the Canary Islands, according to local media. A rescue operation was underway on Sunday afternoon, with three helicopters deployed to airlift the injured to safety.
Kid Cudi paid tribute to late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain during his “Saturday Night Live” performances, rocking a fuzzy green cardigan and floral dress in true “Come As You Are” spirit. Cudi first performed his song “Tequila Shots” and donned a green cardigan reminiscent of the one Cobain wore during Nirvana’s famous 1993 MTV Unplugged […]
A severe thunderstorm brought down a torrent of hailstones on Winter Park, Florida, on Sunday, April 11.The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a severe thunderstorm warning for several central Florida cities, including Orlando, Winter Park, and Kissimmee. The NWS warned of hail and wind gusts up to 70 mph.Gary Schwartz said he filmed this footage of hail pelting cars outside his home in Winter Park on Sunday. Credit: Gary Schwartz via Storyful
The Caribbean Saint Vincent island was hit by another explosive event from the La Soufriere volcano early on Sunday, triggering power cuts and water outages in some areas, while ash clouds began to blanket parts of the island of Barbados. The volcano has continued to rumble and vent ash since then. On Sunday morning, Saint Vincent's National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) said there was a huge power outage after "another explosive event" at the volcano.