LOS ANGELES – Edward Dion Fariñas watches the Academy Awards every year but the Filipino American didn’t expect to have such a visceral reaction when hearing Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh’s awards announced. “I had a squeal come out that I was not expecting,” said Fariñas, who was watching Sunday from his Austin, Texas, … Read more
Oscars night dazzled with moments of inspiration and emotion — but it also included one cringy interview on the red carpet. In the awkward moment ahead of the ceremony, model Ashley Graham spoke with actor and Oscars presenter Hugh Grant. He apparently didn’t have much to say. See part of the interview in the video … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Cirque du Soleil Big Top show is returning to San Antonio for the first time in 17 years and get ready to be dazzled. The world-famous circus will bring its spectacular stage extravaganza BAZZAR to the Alamo City for the first time ever under the Big Top. San Antonio is only the … Read more
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Michelle Yeoh and Angela Bassett locked in a long embrace, their bare, muscle-bound arms wrapped around each other. They whispered, laughed and squealed with glee as nearly every phone in the vicinity came out to take photos. Vanity Fair’s annual post- Oscars party was full of such moments of warmth and … Read more
TOKYO – Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe, whose darkly poetic novels were built from his childhood memories during Japan’s postwar occupation and from being the parent of a disabled son, has died. He was 88. His publisher, Kodansha Ltd., said in a statement Monday that Oe had died of old age on March 3. The … Read more
LOS ANGELES – Ruth E. Carter made history: The costume designer behind the “Black Panther” films has become the first Black woman to win two Oscars. Carter took home best costume design for the Marvel sequel “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Carter also won an Academy Award in 2018 for “Black Panther,” which made her the … Read more
LOS ANGELES – It’s almost time to give the Academy Awards a big hand. OK, maybe we should rephrase that. A year after Will Smith strode on stage at the Dolby Theatre and slapped Chris Rock in the face, the Oscars will reconvene Sunday for a ceremony that will try to move past one of … Read more