Oscar-winning Palestinian director was beaten and arrested in West Bank, co-filmmaker says

A Palestinian filmmaker who was part of a team that won an Oscar for “No Other Land" was beaten by West Bank settlers and then arrested by Israeli forces, his co-director said Monday.

NBC News - 3d

‘It was revenge for our movie’: Oscar winner says soldiers helped settlers attack him in West Bank

Hamdan Ballal says Israeli soldiers beat him with their rifle butts and threatened to kill him. The Oscar-winning Palestinian film director Hamdan Ballal has said that Israeli settlers who attacked ...

The Guardian - 2d

‘I never thought about Oscars’: Brutalist composer Daniel Blumberg on the happiness and horror of his big win

The defiantly anti-commercial British musician had walked away from mainstream success twice by his early 20s. Will his Academy Award convince him to embrace Hollywood, celebrity, the big bucks?. ...

The Guardian - Mar. 12

Norris beats Verstappen in dramatic Australia GP opener

Lando Norris masters treacherous, changing conditions in a dramatic, incident-packed race to beat Max Verstappen and win the Australian Grand Prix.

BBC News - Mar. 16

Norris holds off Verstappen in dramatic Aus GP

Preseason favourite Lando Norris overcame Max Verstappen, changing weather, a trip across the grass and three safety car periods to win a frenzied Australian Grand Prix.

ESPN - Mar. 16

Ferrari's Hamilton disqualified from Chinese GP

Lewis Hamilton is disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix for a technical infringement on his Ferrari.

Yahoo Sports - 5d

Ferrari's Hamilton disqualified from Chinese GP

Lewis Hamilton is disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix for a technical infringement on his Ferrari.

BBC News - 5d

Conan O'Brien is returning as Oscars host in 2026

This year was Conan O'Brien's first time leading the show, which attracted its biggest broadcast audience in five years.

CBS News - Mar. 17

Conan O'Brien to return as host of 2026 Oscars on ABC

The comedian received positive reviews for emceeing the just-wrapped 97th Academy Awards, which saw a slight boost in viewership.

Los Angeles Times - Mar. 17

Conan O'Brien is returning as Oscars host in 2026

This year was Conan O'Brien's first time leading the show, which attracted its biggest broadcast audience in five years.

CBS News - Mar. 17

Conan O'Brien is returning as Oscars host in 2026

This year was Conan O'Brien's first time leading the show, which attracted its biggest broadcast audience in five years.

CBS News - Mar. 17

Sasha Stone, an Original Oscars Blogger, Takes on Hollywood

Sasha Stone, who has been covering awards season since the ’90s, has recast herself as a voice against what she perceives as the industry’s liberal status quo.

The New York Times - 5d

Trump Won’t Rule Out a Recession, and a Crackdown on Campus Protests

Plus, the Oscar film that pets are watching.

The New York Times - Mar. 10

‘Arrogant’ Liam Lawson slammed by former F1 champion after Red Bull axe

Lawson has been dropped after just two races with Yuki Tsunoda promoted for the Japan GP

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Australian GP: All you need to know ahead of the first race of 2025

Everything you need for the 2025 season opener at Albert Park in Melbourne.

ESPN - Mar. 13

Lando Norris begins season with Australian F1 GP after pipping Verstappen

Verstappen second, Russell third as Piastri finishes ninth Lewis Hamilton 10th in Melbourne on Ferrari debut If he is to make a tilt at this season’s Formula One world championship, Lando ...

The Guardian - Mar. 16

Norris' narrow Australian GP win over Verstappen belies McLaren dominance

Lando Norris won by just 0.8 second in Australia, but McLaren is a class apart from the F1 field.

ESPN - Mar. 17

‘Gobsmacked’ Lewis Hamilton takes brilliant Chinese GP sprint pole

Lewis Hamilton said he was “gobsmacked” after taking a shock pole for Saturday’s sprint race in China, one week after his desperately disappointing Ferrari debut in Melbourne.

Yahoo Sports - Mar. 21

Lewis Hamilton wins Chinese GP sprint and hits out at ‘yapping’ critics

Lewis Hamilton hit out at “yapping critics” after claiming the first win of his Ferrari career in Saturday’s sprint race in China.

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Hamilton wins China GP sprint for 1st Ferrari win

Lewis Hamilton took his first win as a Ferrari driver after securing a lights-to-flag victory in the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix.

ESPN - 6d

Piastri wins F1 Chinese GP but woe for Ferrari as Hamilton and Leclerc disqualified

Australian first, with McLaren teammate Norris second Ferrari’s Hamilton and Leclerc disqualified after race Now 18 years into his career and hoping to see it out with a flourish, it will not ...

The Guardian - 5d

Retired GP walks free over Drax train line protest

Diana Warner obstructed a train headed for the UK's biggest power station in December 2021.

BBC News - 3d

Kieran Culkin Asked for More Kids at the Oscars. When Is an In-Joke Worth the Risk?

Some personal stories can make the jump to crowd-pleasing anecdote without a hitch. But taking a private joke to prime time has its risks.

The New York Times - Mar. 7

Stanley R. Jaffe, 84, Oscar-Winning Producer and Hollywood Power, Dies

His “Kramer vs. Kramer” won for best picture in 1980, one of many high points in a career that saw him in top jobs, twice, at Paramount.

The New York Times - Mar. 11

Florida mayor seeks to evict cinema for showing Oscar-winning No Other Land

Miami Beach mayor also proposes withdrawing grant after O Cinema screened Palestinian-focused documentary. The mayor of Miami Beach is attempting to evict an independent cinema from city-owned ...

The Guardian - Mar. 13

Flow review – beguiling, Oscar-winning animation is the cat’s whiskers

Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis’s enchanting eco-fable about a lone moggy in a flooded world is a triumph of imagination over budget. Animation as a medium and fairytales as a subject have always ...

The Guardian - 5d

Oscar Piastri of McLaren Wins Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix

The racing team dominated in Shanghai, securing a one-two finish.

The New York Times - 5d

Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal speaks to ABC News from hospital

Hamdan Ballal spoke to ABC News on the phone from a hospital bed in Hebron, in the West Bank, on Tuesday.

ABC News - 3d

The Violent Rise of ‘No Lives Matter’

“No Lives Matter” has emerged in recent months as a particularly violent splinter group within the extremist crime network known as Com and 764, and experts are at a loss for how to stop its spread.

Wired - Mar. 12