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Share He completed his look by accessorising with a dark blue pocket square, and he stepped out in a pair of smart black shoes. The Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy star showed off his lockdown locks as he slicked back his long tresses back over his ears for the ceremony.  Dapper: Gary added a quirky touch to his ensemble by wearing a cornflower blue shirt that had a frilled design along the buttons Attention to detail: Gary completed his look by accessorising with a dark blue pocket square, and he stepped out in a pair of smart black shoes Hopkins' win marks the star's second gong after clinc...

Oscars 2021: Jewish nominees (nearly) strike out April 26, 2021 12:50 am Sacha Baron Cohen poses in humorous fashion for a photo during a screening of the Oscars in Sydney, Australia, April 25, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. (Rick Rycroft/ Pool/Getty Images) Advertisement (JTA) — It was an unusual Academy Awards in several ways. Forced to adapt to social distancing protocols, the ceremony was split into different venues but mostly took place in Los Angeles’ Union Station. For only the second time in history, a woman won best director — and the first woman of color...

Print “Two Distant Strangers,” about a young Black man caught in a deadly time loop with a white cop, won the Oscar for best live action short film Sunday, bringing more attention to the hot-button issue of police killings of unarmed Black men, which has dominated national headlines this week. The victory, by co-directors Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe, came just days after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted for murder and manslaughter in the killing last year of George Floyd, which sparked protests around the world. Free, who wrote the short film, was both celebra...

Chauvin verdict weighs heavily on Oscars broadcast By Daniel Trotta Reuters (Reuters) - Following one of the most consequential court cases in recent U.S. history, Hollywood wasted no time in reflecting on the state of race relations and police use of force in Sunday's Academy Awards show. The theme was revisited several more times, injecting politics into a broadcast seen around the world. "I have to be honest, if things had gone differently this past week in Minneapolis, I might have traded in my heels for marching boots," Regina King, the presenter who opened the show, said at the sta...

Naya Rivera, Jessica Walter, Adam Schlesinger and Tiny Lister were among the notable names omitted from the In Memoriam segment at the Academy Awards on Sunday. A number of users on social media sounded off about the exclusions following the somber segment, which featured a fast-paced montage of names of those who had died in the year since last year's ceremony, set to Stevie Wonder's As. Rivera, best known for her role on Glee, had appeared in films including the 2017 comedy Mad Families and in the 2014 movie At the Devil's Door. She died last July in an accidental drowning while she was out...