The 96th Academy Awards is a wrap. U.S. personnel have been airlifted out of Haiti. Palestinians are marking Ramadan amid hunger and war. Where's Princess Kate? Conspiracies abound after photo agencies pulled an image of the royal on the U.K.'s Mother's Day. | |  |
Now, here's Monday's news. |
A big night for 'Oppenheimer' at the Oscars |
The 96th Academy Awards were full of songs, emotional speeches and surprises. Christopher Nolan's atomic bomb biopic "Oppenheimer" garnered the most awards, including best picture and best actor win for Cillian Murphy. |
Dark comedy "Poor Things" had 11 nods and four wins, including Emma Stone's best actress award. Martin Scorsese's crime epic "Killers of the Flower Moon" had 10 nominations, but no wins. |
Here are more of the best (and worst) moments from Sunday's Oscars: |
| • | Who would have predicted a Ken doll would get a standing ovation? "Barbie" star (and supporting actor nominee) Ryan Gosling whipped the crowd into a frenzy with a rollicking rendition of "I'm Just Ken." | | • | Host Jimmy Kimmel managed to keep the show moving without incident, although early in the evening, he seemed to irk best supporting actor winner Robert Downey Jr. when he made a joke at the expense of the actor's drug-addled past. | | • | Da'Vine Joy Randolph wept as she headed to the stage to accept her best supporting actress award. Although she'd already collected a bushelful of awards for her performance in "The Holdovers," the singer-turned-actress was undone by her Oscar moment. | | Cillian Murphy hugs Robert Downey Jr. as he heads to the stage to accept the award for best actor in a leading role for his role in "Oppenheimer" during the 96th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024. Jack Gruber, USA TODAY |
American personnel airlifted out of Haiti |
U.S. military personnel airlifted some Americans out of the country's embassy in Haiti as the island nation spirals into violence. U.S. Southern Command said in a statement to USA TODAY Sunday that no Haitians were evacuated on the aircraft used to remove Port-au-Prince embassy personnel. It was not immediately clear how many non-essential employees were evacuated overnight or how many were brought into the embassy. Haiti has recently seen mass prison escapes and gunfire at its main airport, central bank and a national soccer stadium. Gangs in the country have led a series of coordinated attacks in an effort to overthrow authorities. Read more |
Palestinians in Gaza begin Ramadan amid hunger, no end in sight to war |
Palestinians began fasting for Ramadan on Monday as the Muslim holy month arrived with cease-fire talks at a standstill, hunger worsening across the Gaza Strip and no end in sight to the five-month-old war between Israel and Hamas. Prayers were held outside amid the rubble of demolished buildings late Sunday. Some people hung fairy lights and decorations in packed tent camps. But there was little to celebrate after five months of war that has killed over 30,000 Palestinians and left much of Gaza in ruins. Families would ordinarily break the daily fast with holiday feasts, but even where food is available, there is little beyond canned goods and the prices are too high for many. Read more | A Palestinian child plays with a sparkler in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on March 10, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. SAID KHATIB, AFP via Getty Images |
Behind the high-stakes battle to ban menthol cigarettes |
On his Brooklyn stoop, Marcel Bichotte, an accomplished musician, could hold notes on his saxophone for what felt like hours. In the 1960s, he moved from Haiti to the U.S., where he started smoking menthol cigarettes. His daughter, New York Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, said he smoked a pack a day. The long notes ended after her father became addicted to menthols, developed debilitating respiratory problems and died at age 73 from lung and throat cancer. Bichotte Hermelyn sees her father's death as a targeted strike on a Black man in a community targeted for years by the makers of menthol cigarettes. Read more | Marcel Bichotte, a saxophonist for the Haitian band Jazz des Jeunes, took up smoking menthol cigarettes and later died from lung and throat cancer. His daughter, New York State Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, is pushing for a menthol ban. PROVIDED: Office of New York State Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn |
Photo agencies remove Princess Kate picture over 'manipulation' |
Conspiracy theories about Princess Kate's whereabouts have been given new fuel after several major photo agencies pulled an image of the Princess of Wales that she shared on Instagram Sunday. The Associated Press, AFP and Reuters issued kill notifications shortly after the family photo showing Kate seated on a chair and surrounded by her children — Prince George, 10; Princess Charlotte, 8; and Prince Louis, 5 — was published due to "manipulation." Reuters announced they were deleting the photo "following a post-publication review." The release of the photo followed weeks of speculation since Kate left a hospital Jan. 29 following planned abdominal surgery. She hadn't been seen publicly since Christmas Day. Read more | A dog walker passes Kensington Palace in London, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since she underwent abdominal surgery nearly two months earlier, was pulled from circulation by The Associated Press and several other news organizations, Sunday, March 10, 2024, because the image appeared to have been manipulated. Kirsty Wigglesworth, AP |
Photo of the day: Stars dazzle on the Oscars red carpet |
We came for the fashion, the jokes and a performance from Ken − and to see all the winners. Hollywood's biggest stars brought their best fashion game to the red carpet at Sunday's 96th Oscars in Los Angeles. Read USA TODAY TV critic Kelly Lawler's review of the show here and click here to see the stars in all their finery. | America Ferrera on the red carpet at the 96th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY |
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