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‘Everything Everywhere’ wins best picture and six other honors at Oscars

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:51:00 GMT

By JAKE COYLE (AP Film Writer)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The metaphysical multiverse comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wrapped its hot dog fingers around Hollywood’s top prize Sunday, winning best picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with awards for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.Though worlds away from Oscar bait, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s anarchic ballet of everything bagels, googly-eyed rocks and one messy tax audit emerged as an improbable Academy Awards heavyweight. The indie hit, A24’s second best picture winner following “Moonlight,” won seven Oscars in all. Only two other films in Oscar history — “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Network” — won three acting Academy Awards.Fifty years after “The Godfather” won at the Oscars, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” triumphed with a much different immigrant experience. Its eccentric tale about a Chinese immigrant family — just the second feature by the Daniels, as the filmmaking duo is known — blended ...

Santa Clara hosts WAC power in opening round of NIT; here’s how to watch

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:51:00 GMT

The Santa Clara men’s basketball team will host No. 2 seed Sam Houston State in the first round of the 32-team National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday at 6 p.m.The game will be streamed on ESPN+.The winner will play either No. 2 North Texas (26-7) or unseeded Alcorn State (18-13) in the second round on Saturday or Sunday.Santa Clara (23-9), which is making its second straight appearance in the NIT, finished the regular season on a seven-game win streak and entered the West Coast Conference tournament as the No. 3 seed.  The Broncos, though, lost 93-87 in double overtime to San Francisco in the conference quarterfinals, eliminating any chance they had of earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament.“We are incredibly excited to get an opportunity to continue our season in the NIT for the second-straight year,” Broncos coach Herb Sendek said in a statement. “Our players and staff have worked tremendously hard all season long, and I’m so pleased that their hard work...

Stanford: Swastikas, picture of Adolf Hitler found on dorm room door

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:51:00 GMT

Multiple swastikas and a picture of Adolf Hitler were found on a whiteboard attached to a Stanford University dorm room door, university officials said.In a March 11 letter to students, top officials said the student living in the Florence Moore Hall dorm was “alarmed” to find the pictures and alerted residential staff. The student is Jewish, according to the letter.The Stanford University Department of Public Safety is investigating the matter and believes the swastikas were being used to “intimidate” the student.“We wish to be clear: Stanford wholeheartedly rejects antisemitism, racism, hatred, and associated symbols, which are reprehensible and will not be tolerated,” Susie Brubaker-Cole, vice provost for student affairs; Patrick Dunkley,  vice provost for institutional equity, access and community; Laurie Hahn Tapper, campus rabbi and associate dean for religious and spiritual life and Tiffany Steinwert, dean for religious and spiritual life w...

Oscar winners 2023: See the full Academy Awards list

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:51:00 GMT

The 95th Academy Awards were presented on SundaySee below for a full list of the nominees. The winners are indicated in bold.BEST PICTURE“All Quiet on the Western Front”“Avatar: The Way of Water”“The Banshees of Inisherin”“Elvis”“Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNER“The Fabelmans”“Tár”“Top Gun: Maverick”“Triangle of Sadness”“Women Talking”ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLEAngela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”Hong Chau, “The Whale”Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNERStephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLEBrendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”Brian Tyree Henry, “Causeway”Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNERINTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany *WINNER“Argentina, 1985,” Argentina“Close,” Belgium“EO,” Poland“The Quiet Girl,” IrelandDOCUMENTARY (SHORT)...

Bay Bridge lights back on due to 'glitch'

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:51:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The Bay Bridge lights are back? Well, they are for now. A KRON4 traffic camera (view above) captured the Bay Bridge being lit up Sunday night during the 8 p.m. hour.After ceremoniously shutting down the lights one week ago last Sunday, the lights on the iconic San Francisco Bay Area landmark have come back on. At least temporarily. The lights are not supposed to be on, Illuminate CEO Ben Davis told KRON4. He says the lights are glitching out, turned on randomly and now they won't turn off.Illuminate is the nonprofit in charge of the Bay Bridge's lights. It has been raising funds, with a goal of $1 million, to bring the lights back permanently using 50,000 LEDs. Illuminate's plan is to light both sides of the bridge and have them visible from Oakland and Alameda.Before turning off last week, the Bay Bridge lights had been lit up for 10 years. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: h...

Novak scores 2nd goal in OT, Predators beat Ducks 5-4

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:51:00 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tommy Novak had two goals, including the game-winner at 1:12 of overtime, and the Nashville Predators beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-4 on Sunday night.Novak, who also had an assist, beat John Gibson on an odd-man rush and scored his 12th goal of the season and third in two nights.Philip Tomasino, Kiefer Sherwood and Yakov Trenin also scored for Nashville in the finale of a six-game trip. Roman Josi and Colton Sissons both had two assists and Juuse Saros made 33 saves.Mason McTavish had two goals for Anaheim, which rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits but was unable to get the win. Frank Vatrano and Troy Terry also scored while Cam Fowler had three assists. Gibson finished with 31 saves.Nashville earned points in five of the six games on its road trip and is six points behind Winnipeg for the final wild card in the Western Conference. The Predators though have three games in hand on the Jets.Anaheim trailed 4-2 with three minutes remaining before forcing overtime...

US unveils bank rescue plan to stem crisis

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:51:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials took aggressive action Sunday to backstop all depositors for two failed lenders, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and to prevent runs on any other financial institutions, in a bid to end days of uncertainty and panic.The Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and FDIC said in a joint announcement that taxpayers would not bear losses from the moves to bolster the depositors at the two shuttered banks. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed late last week. Officials announced Signature’s closure on Sunday.The agencies said Silicon Valley Bank’s depositors would have access to all their money on Monday. In a move to bolster confidence in the financial system, the Fed said it will make available funding to other banks to help assure they can meet the needs of all their depositors.“The U.S. banking system remains resilient and on a solid foundation, in large part due to reforms that were made after the financial crisis,” Treasury Secretary ...

Motorcyclist killed in crash on I-805

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:51:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A motorcyclist was killed Sunday after crashing on Interstate 805, authorities said.According to California Highway Patrol, a 23-year-old man from San Diego was driving a Kawasaki motorcycle on northbound I-805 around 11:10 a.m. when he lost control of the motorcycle at State Route 15. Driver crashes vehicle into home Officials say he impacted the center median wall and was then ejected from the motorcycle. Responding paramedics pronounced the man deceased at the scene due to his severe injuries. His identity is being withheld at this time pending notification of family. CHP says it's not yet known if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash. A toxicology report is pending through the San Diego County Medical Examiners Office.No other vehicles were involved in this incident.CHP says traffic in the area was affected for approximately 1.5 hours to facilitate an on-scene investigation. 

Micronesia’s president accuses China of ‘political warfare’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:51:00 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Micronesia’s president accused China of “political warfare” in a letter to other national leaders and discussed switching diplomatic allegiance from China to Taiwan in exchange for $50 million.President David Panuelo said China had been using nefarious tactics, including spying and offering bribes, in an effort to ensure that if it goes to war with Taiwan, Micronesia would be aligned with China rather than the United States, or would at least abstain from taking sides.Panuelo sent the 13-page letter dated March 9, which was obtained by The Associated Press, to state governors and other political leaders of the Pacific nation.The letter represented an unusually frank assessment of China’s motives in the region and laid bare the financial incentives for smaller countries to switch diplomatic allegiance. Should Micronesia switch allegiance to Taiwan, it would represent a rare win for the self-governing island, after several Pacific nations swi...

‘Naatu Naatu’ wins Oscar, gets music spotlight back on India

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:51:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — M.M. Keeravani has brought the spotlight back to India after a historic Oscar musical win.Keeravani won best original song for his joyously energetic anthem “Naatu Naatu” from the film “RRR.” The music was written by Keeravani and the lyrics by Chandrabose.“It’s just the beginning of everything,” Keeravani said backstage. “For the world, particularly the Western world, folks are more on India and Asian music. It’s just long due. I feel very happy to open doors and the world to embrace my culture.”“Naatu Naatu” is the first song from an Indian film to earn a nomination and win in the best original song category. However, Indian artist A.R. Rahman won an Oscar in the category for “Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” — a British production — in 2009.Keeravani delighted the Oscar audience by saying he grew up listening to The Carpenters and then began singing the band’s “Top of the World” with new lyrics, including “’RRR’ has to win/Pride ...