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How to watch Academy Awards and who is nominated
How to watch Academy Awards and who is nominated
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Mikey Madison and Demi Moore are both up for best actress
Stars, film fans and fashionistas rejoice as the biggest night in the showbiz calendar is here at last – the 97th Oscars.
Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez leads the way with 13 nominations, but recently saw its awards chances damaged after offensive historic tweets from its star resurfaced.
Wicked, The Brutalist, Conclave and Anora are also among the top contenders, with the race for best picture too close to call.
US comedian Conan O’Brien is presenting the awards from Los Angeles, with the show starting at 16:00 (PT), 19:00 (ET) and midnight (GMT).
You can also expect plenty of references during the night to the wildfires which devastated LA and left thousands of homes destroyed.
Here are all the major talking points and things to look out for at the ceremony, as an eventful awards season draws to an end.
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Emilia Pérez, starring Karla Sofía Gascón, has the most nominations this year
Emilia Pérez, about a ******** drug lord who changes gender, has 13 nominations in total – including best picture, best actress (Karla Sofía Gascón) and best supporting actress (Zoe Saldaña).
It is the most-nominated non-English language film of all time. It’s actually a French production, largely set in Mexico, with Spanish as the main language spoken.
Karla Sofía Gascón’s nomination made her the first trans person to be nominated in an acting category (although Elliot Page was nominated for Juno in 2008, before the actor transitioned).
However, the film – which had already caused controversy in Mexico – has been beset by controversy following a social media row involving Gascón.
Emilia Pérez remains strong in a couple of categories, but it’s unlikely to sweep the board in the way Oppenheimer – which also had 13 nominations – did last year.
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Felicity Jones, Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce star in The Brutalist
Chasing down Emilia Pérez with 10 nods is three-and-a-half epic The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody.
Wicked also has 10 nominations, including for British actress Cynthia Erivo and her co-star Ariana Grande, while Demi Moore has the first Oscar nomination of her career for her role in The Substance.
Meanwhile, pope selection drama Conclave has eight nominations, including best actor for its British star Ralph Fiennes.
All the films above are up for the coveted best picture prize, and are joined by Anora, about a New York stripper who falls for the son of a wealthy Russian.
The film, which has six nominations, leapt ahead in the race after a string of precursor wins at the Critics Choice Awards as well as two major guild ceremonies – the Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America Awards.
But there remains no consensus on what will ultimately win the top prize – with the other contenders for best picture including A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two, I’m Still Here and Nickel Boys.
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Timothée Chalamet is in the race for best actor
This has been an unpredictable awards season, and there could still be plenty of surprises in store.
In the best actress category, Moore, 62, is nominated for playing a fading star who swaps her body for a younger and more beautiful version of herself in The Substance.
But it’s a tight race.
There were gasps backstage at the Baftas (where I was) when Anora star Mikey Madison scooped up the best actress prize.
It was a big blow to the assumed Oscar momentum for Moore, and an incredible moment for Madison, who was relatively unknown before her role in Anora.
This is exactly the type of rags-to-riches story that awards ceremonies love – and the film itself celebrates.
Best actor may also be up in the air. Adrian Brody is the frontrunner, with his nod for The Brutalist – but Timothée Chalamet is his toughest competition, thanks to his acclaimed portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown.
Last week, Chalamet’s surprise SAG win shook up the race, after his somewhat eccentric awards campaign.
If he won, not only would Chalamet halt Brody’s winning streak, he would also take Brody’s record as the youngest-ever winner of best actor.
In the best supporting actor category, Kieran Culkin is the frontrunner for A Real Pain, while Zoe Saldaña is almost certain to win best supporting actress for Emilia Pérez, having taken the trophy at a string of precursor events including the Baftas, SAG Awards and Golden Globes.
10 years since #OscarsSoWhite
It’s worth noting it’s been a decade since the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite started trending, due to the lack of diversity at the 2015 Academy Awards.
This year, there are people of colour in both the best actress and best actor categories.
In fact, Sing Sing’s Colman Domingo is nominated for best leading actor for the second year in a row.
Elsewhere, however, progress remains slow.
Coralie Fargeat is the only woman to be nominated for best director, for The Substance, out of a field of five.
“Has there been progress, yes. Has there been enough? Absolutely not,” April Reign, LA-based founder of the #OscarsSoWhite movement, told me.
“It was never just about the Oscars not being ****** enough. It was also about gender, age, class, sexuality and geography too.”
“If we’re still able to count them on one hand, then we’re not there yet.”
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Last year’s acting winners will be there: Robert Downey Jr, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Emma Stone and Cillian Murphy
Most of the nominees will be gracing the red carpet – I’m already betting we’ll see more tears and hand holding from Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
There had been a big question mark over whether Karla Sofía Gascón will show up after the row over her past tweets.
However, it’s been confirmed she will attend the Oscars ceremony itself – although it remains to be seen if she will walk the red carpet and sit with her co-stars.
Presenters include Halle Berry, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Downey Jr, Cillian Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Emma Stone.
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Many homes were destroyed during the fires in LA
This year’s Oscars race has played out against the grim backdrop of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
The nominations themselves were postponed twice due to the fires.
There’s no doubt it’s going to be hard for the awards to strike the right tone when so many people are suffering. It doesn’t sit well with celebrities flaunting their wealth on the red carpet.
Cancelling the whole event, however, was “never on the table,” according to Lynette Howell Taylor, an LA-based British film producer and member of the Academy’s board of governors, who lost her own house in the fires.
She told me there would “definitely be recognition of what the city has gone through” during the ceremony, with clear signposting of support mechanisms and ways to donate.
“But ultimately the show will be about the celebration of the movies of the year, like it is every year,” she said.
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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande will be performing
This year, the Academy has done away with having the original song nominees perform during the ceremony.
Instead, Wicked stars Erivo and Grande will perform a medley of songs from the film during the Oscars ceremony, which will last a reported 10 minutes long.
I can already see social media going into a meltdown over Defying Gravity, but it remains to be seen if the duo can recreate the energy of Ryan Gosling’s viral performance of I’m Just Ken last year.
Doja Cat, Lisa from Blackpink, Queen Latifah and Raye will be among the other performers during the ceremony.
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Conan O’Brien lay on the red carpet as it was rolled out
The Academy Awards ceremony is hosted this year for the first time by comedian and podcaster Conan O’Brien.
He replaces US late night presenter Jimmy Kimmel, who has presented the show four times including last year.
How can I watch the Oscars?
The 2025 Oscars will air live on Sunday 3 March from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, where the ceremony has been held since 2002.
The show can be watched in the US on ABC and can be streamed on Hulu. It’s also broadcast around the world in more than 200 territories.
*** viewers can watch on ITV and ITVX from 22:30.
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Conclave’s Ralph Fiennes has his first best actor nomination for 28 years
Cynthia Erivo is the first ****** British woman to receive two Oscar nominations for acting, after also being nominated for Harriet in 2020.
If she wins best actress this time, for playing Elphaba in Wicked, she’ll become an EGOT – having completed the set of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.
Ralph Fiennes is flying the flag in the best actor category with his first nomination for 28 years. He’s recognised for playing a cardinal who oversees the selection of a new Pope in Conclave.
Elsewhere, Felicity Jones is nominated for best supporting actress for The Brutalist – a decade after her first Oscar nomination – while Sir Elton John is in the best original song race.
The country will also be rooting for two more screen legends – Wallace and Gromit (and their makers Aardman Animations), who are hoping for their fourth Oscar. They are shortlisted for best animated feature for their latest outing, Vengeance Most Fowl.
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4 Kennedy Half Dollar Coins That Are Worth Up to $150K
4 Kennedy Half Dollar Coins That Are Worth Up to $150K
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The Kennedy half dollar was first minted in 1964 in the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy — the coin’s obvious namesake. It was a commemorative issuance made in Kennedy’s honor, as SD Bullion outlined.
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While over 4 billion Kennedy half dollars were minted in the years following, the Type 1 variant — comprised of 90% silver — was only issued in 1964. Therefore, it seems fitting that most of the rarest and most valuable examples of this coin come from that year, or from years immediately thereafter.
A list of some of the most valuable Kennedy half dollars follows.
With the SP in the title specifying that this particular Kennedy half dollar was issued as part of a special mint set, these examples are regarded to be of the highest quality, according to collectors. Only five known instances of a PCGS (Professional Coin Grading Services)-graded SP68 are known to exist. Of these, just one has cracked the $150,000 ***** barrier.
Per PCGS, a 1964 SP68 Kennedy half dollar sold at a 2019 Stack’s Bowers auction for $156,000. Further, while a higher-grade PCGS-graded SP69 example is shown to exist in the company’s archives, no auction to determine its value is shown via its records.
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Attention to detail is important in the numismatics world, and this case is no different. Introductory strikes of the 1964 Kennedy half dollar included a series of distinct markings — curved lines, in fact — above the ear, where the hair begins. According to SD Bullion, this “accented hair” variant can also be identified via an error in the lower left serif, on the I in “Liberty.”
The price record for this coin noted by SD Bullion was $45,600 as of December 2022, but in January 2024, a new record of $46,800 was set via a Heritage Auctions ***** (per PCGS).
As CoinValueChecker indicated, the proof 1968 Kennedy half dollar was struck with a prominent “S” denoting its origins from the San Francisco Mint. Prior to 1968, the only proof Kennedy half dollar coins were minted in Philadelphia.
Collectors suggest that the 1968 proof coins coming out of San Francisco were superior in quality to those struck earlier in Philadelphia. As a result, it’s not particularly rare to find one in high-graded condition.
One such example — a deep cameo graded PF70 — was cited by CoinValueChecker as a top example of value, achieving $21,600 at a Heritage Auctions ***** in November 2017. Since then, however, a new specimen has taken the crown. In June 2023, another deep cameo PF70 example sold for a record $24,000 at a Stack’s Bowers auction.
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This is a bit of a unique one. It was described as “[having] pretty funkadelic toning on both sides reminiscent of a Grateful Dead T-shirt. Sharp and pristine surface quality, as to be expected at the assigned level,” by the lot listing from Legend Auctions. This MS68 coin — population of only a single example — went for a stunning $22,325 in a February 2018 auction.
The ***** price far exceeded the auctioneer’s estimate of between $10,000 to $11,000, which may be unsurprising given the coin’s extreme rarity.
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Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes:
“You never quite know where RGG Studio is going to go next. In the past year and a half we’ve seen everything from a Yakuza series veteran turn into a secret agent to bringing Like a Dragon‘s Ichiban all the way to Hawaii for a new start in a brand new location for the franchise. Now, for the third game in that time fans get to return but this time it happens to be with fan favorite Goro Majima as the Mad Dog of Shimano cuts through the crystal-clear waters of the Hawaiian islands as a pirate in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Serving as both a spin-off and something of a continuation to the end of Infinite Wealth, how does this game continue the franchise all while telling its own crazy tale in a way only Majima can.”
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49ers reach agreement to trade Deebo Samuel to the Commanders – NBC Sports
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OMEGA 6 The Triangle Stars Launches Today
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Clear River Games has announced OMEGA 6 The Triangle Stars is now available for PC and Nintendo Switch. Created by Nintendo Veteran Takaya Imamura (Star Fox, Legend of Zelda, F-Zero).
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‘Hug of hope’ and ‘billions for Kyiv and *** defence’
‘Hug of hope’ and ‘billions for Kyiv and *** defence’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with Sir Keir Starmer at Downing Street features on most of Sunday’s front pages. “Hug of hope,” reads the main headline on Sunday People’s front page, alongside an image of Sir Keir and Zelensky embracing.
The prime minister offered Zelensky the ***’s “full support”, the Sunday Mirror says, after US President Donald Trump clashed with the Ukrainian president during a meeting at the White House.
Starmer told Zelensky he was “very welcome here in Downing Street”, the Sunday Telegraph reports. The PM also reassured him of “our absolute determination to stand with you”, in comments that marked contrast to the heated exchange which unfolded in the Oval Office on Friday, the paper says.
The Daily Mail reports on public figures calling for Trump’s state visit to Britain be shelved in the wake of his meeting with Zelenksy. Politicians and military leaders say the visit should be put on hold until the US president makes assurances about Ukraine’s security, the paper says.
Meanwhile, the Sunday Times reports Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a multibillion-pound funding package to boost British defence and arm Ukraine. Speaking ahead of a meeting of European leaders today, Reeves says: “A safe and secure Ukraine is a safe and secure United Kingdom”. The funding will put Ukraine in “the strongest possible position”, she adds.
“Now’s the time for allies to unite for peace,” reads the front page of the Sunday Express. Starmer called for unity with Ukraine during Zelensky’s visit, as he attempted to save peace talks from collapsing, the paper reports.
And finally, *** racing fans could save a fortune by flying to Benidorm to watch the Cheltenham festival, according to the Daily Star Sunday.
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Wigan maul Wolves in high-scoring Las Vegas opener
Wigan maul Wolves in high-scoring Las Vegas opener
Wigan have thumped rivals Warrington in Las Vegas which broke new ground as the first Super League game to be played in the United States.
The historic encounter at the Allegiant Stadium on Sunday (AEDT) saw Matt Peet’s defending champions go 24-0 up at halftime after tries from Tyler Dupree, Abbas Miski, Bevan French and Harry Smith.
The Warriors added further scores after the break through Jai Field, Jake Wardle and Luke Thompson, with Adam Keighran converting all seven tries to make it 42-0 before the hour mark.
Warrington grabbed consolation tries through Arron Lindop, James Harrison, Matt Dufty and Matty Ashton while Liam Marshall scored late on for Wigan and Keighran ended with eight goals.
For Wolves boss Sam Burgess, whose arrival in Las Vegas earlier this week was delayed by visa complications, this was a massive disappointment.
It was his team’s first defeat of the season as Wigan, last season’s quadruple winners, backed up their 46-4 victory at Hull FC last week with another huge victory.
Around 10,000 English fans were in the crowd for the first part of a quadruple header involving two NRL fixtures and women’s Test match between England and the Australia Jillaroos.
Warrington thought they had opened the scoring when captain George Williams sent a high, hanging kick inside the left channel for Toby King to touch down before referee Chris Kendall signalled a try, although the score was reviewed by video referee Liam Moore.
Moore deemed that King had stripped the ball from Keighran and a penalty was awarded to Wigan, who went close themselves moments later when Marshall dived over to score in the left corner.
Kendall awarded a try before going to the video referee, who chalked it off for the winger dropping the ball as he dived over.
But Wigan opened the scoring in the 17th minute when Dupree went over from close range before Miski’s acrobatic finish saw him dive over in the right corner six minutes later.
In the 28th minute, the talismanic French found space to go over and the Warriors had their fourth shortly before halftime.
Smith swapped passes superbly with halfback partner French to cross the line and Keighran’s fourth goal made it 24-0.
The procession continued after the break when Marshall’s neat pass sent Field racing over and try number six came when Wardle touched down after fine work from the mercurial French.
Thompson added number seven in the 54th minute after more classy play from French and Keighran’s conversion stretched the lead to 42-0.
Warrington were stunned, but they came back when Lindop touched down a kick from Williams and then Harrison went over from close range before Dufty crossed, with Josh Thewlis converting all three scores.
Marshall went over in the left corner and Keighran kicked his eight conversion from as many attempts, before Ashton scored a superb long-range interception effort converted by Thewlis.
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Gene Hackman ‘loved acting and hated everything that went with it’
Gene Hackman ‘loved acting and hated everything that went with it’
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“He loved being an actor, and hated all the stuff that surrounds being an actor.”
That, for film director Barry Sonnenfeld, is how he’ll remember Gene Hackman, who has died at the age of 95.
The endless hours in hair and makeup, repeated takes, and studio notes all frustrated Hackman, Sonnenfeld told BBC News.
So too did actors who showed up not knowing their lines – notably John Travolta, who Hackman clashed with on the set of 1995 film Get Shorty, which Sonnenfeld directed.
In the days since the news of Hackman’s death, I’ve been speaking to people who, like Sonnenfeld, knew and worked with him.
What’s immediately clear is how seriously Hackman took acting, and how meticulously he dealt with scripts.
But what’s also clear is that he was wary of the trappings of Hollywood.
Hackman, a two-time Oscar winner, died alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, and their dog at his home in New Mexico. No cause of death was given, but police said the situation was “suspicious enough” to merit investigation. Officials said on Friday that evidence points to Hackman having been dead since 17 February, 10 days before the couples’ bodies were found.
‘He put the fear of God into me’
Here in Los Angeles, Hackman’s face is everywhere on television bulletins and on newspapers.
His death was all anyone was talking about as stars gathered for pre-Oscars parties.
At an event on Thursday night, the American actor John C Reilly told me that he expected the Academy to commemorate Hackman on Sunday. “I don’t see how you could have the Oscars without mentioning a great like him who’s passed.”
For Sonnenfeld and for the Irish director John Moore – who directed Hackman in 2001’s Behind Enemy Lines – it was Hackman’s way of dealing with scripts that demonstrated his brilliance. He would remove all of the scriptwriter’s notes about how his character should deliver his lines.
“Because he didn’t want any screenwriter to tell him how he was supposed to feel at that moment,” Sonnenfeld said.
“So he had unique cut and pasted scripts that had no information from the writer about anything, because he wanted to make those choices, not the writer.”
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Film director John Moore, left, and Gene Hackman
Moore recalls a similar incident from the very first time he filmed with Hackman.
“He was just quietly sitting there, taking script pages out, cutting them up, removing extraneous stuff like scene descriptions, and then sticking them back onto blank pages,” he said.
He said Hackman told him: “Acting is my job, you do the rest.”
“It put the fear of God into me,” Moore said, laughing.
“It was essentially him saying: ‘I don’t need anything, as I’m that good. You better bring your A-game, as I’m bringing mine.'”
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Gene Hackman pictured in The French Connection, for which he won his first Oscar
It wasn’t just superfluous studio notes that bothered Hackman.
“He had this conflict in that he was this brilliant actor but he hated the tropes of what it took to act in movies,” said Sonnenfeld.
“[He] hated putting on makeup. The putting on of wardrobe. The wardrobe person after takes, taking their lip brush and rubbing down their wardrobe. The makeup person recombing his hair while he’s talking to me,” he said.
“All that sort of fussy hair and makeup and all that stuff, I think that drove him crazy.”
Nor did he often want to socialise after filming, said Moore.
“I’d try and have a drink with him after we’d shoot, and go up to the minibar,” he said.
“He’d have one, that was it. [Betsy] would give him that look, and off it would be to bed. And he was in great shape in the morning as a result.”
“For Gene, it was all about the acting,” added Sonnenfeld. “End of story. Get me out of here as fast as possible.”
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Gene Hackman, left, and John Travolta in a scene from the film Get Shorty
Hackman could be “a hard actor” to work with, said Sonnenfeld. “He suffered no fools.”
In Get Shorty, Hackman starred alongside Travolta, who plays a Miami mobster sent to collect a debt.
“Gene was a consummate actor, both technically and artistically. So he came to set every day knowing his lines,” Sonnenfeld said.
“John came to set not knowing his lines, probably not having read the script the night before.”
That resulted in a showdown on the first day of filming.
Sonnenfeld recalls Travolta – who he describes as “charming but not self aware” – asking Hackman what he had done on the weekend.
Hackman responded: “Nothing except learn the lines,” to which Travolta replied, “Well that’s a waste of a weekend,” according to Sonnenfeld.
As filming went on, Hackman grew “angrier and angrier” at his co-star not knowing his lines.
Sonnenfeld said he let Hackman take out his rage on him.
“For the next 12 weeks, he would yell at me whenever John didn’t know his lines,” he said.
“But he’s great in a movie. And I knew he was never really mad at me.”
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Gene Hackman, pictured here with the cast of the Royal Tenenbaums, reportedly clashed with director Wes Anderson
Travolta reportedly wasn’t the only one to rub Hackman the wrong way.
He reportedly clashed with others, including The Royal Tenenbaums’ director Wes Anderson.
Later, and possibly coincidentally, Hackman named one of his novels Escape from Andersonville.
“Gene was really rough on Wes,” recalled Bill Murray, who co-starred with Hackman in the hit 2001 film, in an interview with the Associated Press.
“He was a tough nut, Gene Hackman. But he was really good.”
Moore, for his part, said he didn’t ever feel Hackman was difficult to work with.
“He was patient and relentlessly, flawlessly professional,” he said.
“My memories are of him laughing and smiling, and telling very funny jokes.”
Moore admitted Hackman might have become irritated with anyone on set who made their role ******* than it was.
“So I could see how he might be funny about actors who were peacocking themselves,” he said.
“But again it goes back to the point – he just really wanted to make the films exceptional.”
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Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa, pictured at the 1994 Academy Awards
Hackman retired from acting in 2004 and from then on lived a quiet life in New Mexico with his wife.
“I suspect that one of the reasons he moved to Santa Fe, again, great outdoors and as far away from Hollywood as you can get,” said Sonnenfeld.
In 2008, Hackman gave a rare interview with Reuters, in which he was asked if he missed acting.
He responded by saying the business was, for him, “very stressful”.
“The compromises that you have to make in films are just part of the beast, and it had gotten to a point where I just didn’t feel like I wanted to do it anymore.”
But, he added: “I miss the actual acting part of it, as it’s what I did for almost 60 years.
“And I really loved that.”
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Knapp on track for wire-to-wire PGA win in Florida
Knapp on track for wire-to-wire PGA win in Florida
Jake Knapp has survived a wild third round at the Cognizant Classic and avoided calamity at the troublesome par-3 15th by making a pair of late birdies for a three-under 68 and a one-shot lead going into the final round at PGA National.
Knapp, who opened the tournament with a 59, started the third round on Saturday with a one-shot lead and was trailing by three shots when he made the turn. He holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 16th and finished with a chip-and-putt birdie on the par-5 closing hole to stay in front.
“A little bit all over the place,” said Knapp, who was at 16-under 197.
Right behind was fellow American Michael Kim — and nearly two dozen others.
There was so much movement in this captivating third round that 10 players had at least a share of the lead at one point. Some of them were undone by the 15th, playing 163 yards over water framed by a rock wall.
Taylor Montgomery, who had six birdies on the front nine and was the first player to reach 15 under, had a one-shot lead when he pumped two tee shots in the hazard on the 15th.
Swede Jesper Svensson, who earned a PGA Tour card through the European tour last year, was tied for the lead when he caught too much ball from a bunker behind the 15th green and it sailed into the water. He made triple bogey, and hit his drive into the water on the 18th. Tied for the lead with four to play, he wound up six behind.
Another victim was Kim, though he had fortune on this side. He had a one-shot lead going to the 15th when his tee shot caromed high off the rocks, veered hard to the right and was headed for the water when it landed softly in the muck.
Most of the golf ball was showing, so he removed his right shoe and sock and blasted out of the mud and onto the green about 25 feet away. He two-putted for his first bogey of the tournament.
“I didn’t get as wet as I thought,” he said, though his face had speckles of mud.
Russell Henley and Ben Griffin each had a 66, and Doug Ghim had a 68, to finish the crazy day just two shots behind, while Montgomery and Rickie Fowler (68) were three behind.
Twenty-two players were within five shots of the lead, a group that includes Jordan Spieth (68) and Brian Campbell (66), who won his first PGA Tour title last week in Mexico.
Knapp had the 15th score of 59 or lower on the PGA Tour, but only five of those other players went on to win. He will also will try to become the first wire-to-wire winner in tournament history.
“It just felt kind of weird after playing so well Thursday … to hit shots and not have it be perfect every single time,” Knapp said.
“Just had to manage my expectations and not get too frustrated about anything and just understand that it’s a long week. There’s plenty of great players out here who can go stupid low, so just have to try to stick to my game plan.”
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Trump takes actions to increase lumber supplies and curb wood imports
Trump takes actions to increase lumber supplies and curb wood imports
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a pair of actions to increase domestic lumber production, including a directive for the Commerce Department to investigate the possible harms that lumber imports pose to national security.
The U.S. president signed an executive order to increase the possible supplies of timber and lumber and possibly lower housing and construction costs. The goal is to streamline the permitting process by salvaging more wood from forests and expand how much wood product can be offered for *****, according to a senior White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the actions on a call with reporters.
The official said the order would also help prevent wildfires and improve the habitat for animals. The order would streamline the permitting process for obtaining wood products.
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The official said that Canada, Brazil and Germany, among others, are engaged in subsidies regarding lumber that put the United States at a disadvantage. At the president’s direction, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick would start a Section 232 investigation under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to determine possible national security risks.
Trump told reporters on Feb. 19 while aboard Air Force One that he was considering a 25% tariff on lumber imports, according to Reuters.
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Ukraine peace deal ‘not durable without US backing’
Ukraine peace deal ‘not durable without US backing’
Peace in Ukraine would not be possible without a US security guarantee, an opposition frontbencher says, after a heated clash between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other world leaders have reiterated their support for Ukraine despite the US president being involved in a heated exchange with Mr Zelenskiy at the White House over the war in Ukraine and a potential peace deal.
Opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson said a ceasefire that is imposed on Ukraine would not be acceptable and would be a win for Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Despite the tense meeting between Ukraine and US presidents, Senator Paterson said America would still be crucial to any ceasefire negotiations.
“It’s very hard to see how peace can be durable if there isn’t American leadership, if there isn’t an American security guarantee,” he told ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday.
“That does seem to be something that is part of the negotiations between Zelenskiy and Trump, and we’re all hopeful that that is able to be achieved.”
Mr Zelenskiy had reportedly viewed the meeting with Mr Trump as an opportunity to convince the United States not to side with President Putin, who ordered the invasion of Ukraine.
Instead, Mr Trump and Mr Vance lectured Mr Zelenskiy, saying he showed disrespect, driving relations with Kyiv’s most important wartime ally to a new low, according to Reuters.
“You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards,” Mr Trump said.
Senator Paterson said Australia should not reconsider its defence alliance with the US despite the comments on the war in Ukraine.
“Occasionally, even between allies, when there is contention, diplomacy can be very robust. (It’s) critical to have American leadership in the world,” he said.
“That’s in the world’s interest, and … that’s in as America’s interest, and I hope that we are able to achieve a ceasefire on acceptable terms to Ukraine.”
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Australia was unequivocal in its support for Ukraine.
“We couldn’t be more supportive of President Zelenskiy and his people. This is a brave and courageous country,” he told Sky News.
“It has a democratically elected leader who will go down in history for the bravery of his position and his leadership, and we support him and his country without reservation.”
Dr Chalmers said further financial support for Ukraine from the federal government was always under consideration.
Australia has committed $1.5 billion to help Ukraine defend itself.
Opposition defence spokesman Andrew Hastie said the US President’s approach on trade and security had implications for Australia.
“We need to demonstrate a strong hand. President Trump studies your cards very closely, and I think he wants to know that his allies have a strong hand,” he told Sky News.
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Passenger Who Refused to Give Aisle Seat to ‘Overweight’ Traveler on Flight Is Second Guessing Her Decision
Passenger Who Refused to Give Aisle Seat to ‘Overweight’ Traveler on Flight Is Second Guessing Her Decision
An airplane passenger is still up in the air about her decision to not give up the aisle seat she purchased to another traveler on her flight.
The woman recalled her travel story on U.K. parenting forum Mumsnet on Feb. 22 and then asked the forum if she behaved unreasonably.
“I booked (and paid for) an aisle seat and a middle seat,” she began her post. “The flight was full so we knew that someone would be sat on the window seat. The man arrived after us and it was very obvious that he was going to really struggle to squeeze across 2 seats and into his seat. He was very, very overweight (no judgement, just stating the facts).”
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Then, the man asked them if he could have the aisle seat.
“It was a 4.5 hour flight and I had chosen the aisle seat so that I can get to the [toilet] easily — weak bladder,” she wrote. “The stewardess got involved and also asked us if we could ‘just move over.’ It was really embarrassing for all concerned, but I stood my ground and politely refused.”
“The man duly took the window seat but it took him a while to shuffle over,” she continued, adding that the man, unlike her, did not pay for a seat in advance, meaning his was chosen for him based on the remaining seats that hadn’t been purchased on their flight.
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She noted that she had no ill intentions and that “he was a nice man.” She preferred the aisle seat because she often uses the lavatory, and whenever the man needed to go to the bathroom, they “happily let him out.”
“I don’t believe I was unreasonable as I’d paid for the seats but it’s left me feeling a bit bad for him,” she admitted, before asking the Mumsnet forum for their opinions. “There isn’t much point in paying for seats if you can’t actually sit on them. Was I unreasonable?”
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The response to the woman’s query was mixed in the comments section.
“He was clearly in the wrong,” one person responded. “He should have prebooked if he had special requirements. If it was a last-minute emergency flight then he should have at least offered to reimburse the cost of your seats if not offered that and to buy you a drink or something too.”
Meanwhile, another Mumsnet user said the man “wasn’t in the wrong.”
“He asked a question, which would make something easier for himself, [you] said no (also not unreasonable), he took his seat and there were no bad feelings,” that reader wrote. “Doesn’t sound like it escalated into a big drama where someone is right and the other is wrong.”
A third reader replied, “Don’t feel bad about it, you also had a genuine reason for wanting the aisle seat. Feel proud of yourself.”
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Zelenskyy receives warm welcome from British prime minister, a day after White House blowup – ABC News
Zelenskyy receives warm welcome from British prime minister, a day after White House blowup – ABC News
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Matheus Cunha: How costly will forward’s red card prove for Wolves?
Matheus Cunha: How costly will forward’s red card prove for Wolves?
Wolves boss Pereira told BBC Match of the Day: “When the situation happened I was looking for the ball.
“It means that I didn’t see the situation, but football is emotional and the level was very high today. Not only inside the pitch, but outside [the pitch]. With a lot of pressure, and in the end these are things that can happen.
“You know now he is frustrated, he is better in my opinion. I never speak to the team when we are nervous or frustrated. It is better to wait one day and think about everything. After we can have a talk.
“Of course, he is an important player, but next game we play with 11 and start with 11.”
Speaking in his post-match news conference, he added: “Matheus is a special player and today he played extra time. The last three weeks he has a problem in the hamstring and he tried.
“I didn’t see the situation. Don’t ask me about it because I was looking at the other end. In the end the referee decided the red card.”
Asked about whether Cunha deserves another chance, Pereira added: “Of course, he is important but I cannot speak about what I don’t know. It is important to check the situation, to look for what happened because I was looking for the other side.
“The others say to me he kick, he punch, he do what he did with the head and the player went to hospital? No, OK. But it is a situation that cannot happen of course.
“To judge the situation, I must have the clear image in my mind.”
Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola criticised the decision to show Kerkez a yellow card in the Cunha clash. It was was the defender’s second in this season’s FA Cup and means he will be banned from playing in the quarter-final tie.
“Milos Kerkez has received a yellow card for adopting an aggressive attitude,” said Iraola. “After what they have done to Milos Kerkez, they should reward him because [of] the attitude he has.
“They punch him, they kick him on the floor, they headbutt him and he doesn’t react! You punish this? I will have to say to Milos [that] probably I cannot do as well as a player.
“The prize is they show him a yellow card and he will not play the quarter-final. Yes, I am very disappointed with the refereeing.”
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Horsburgh clan in Vegas to see Corey turn over new leaf
Horsburgh clan in Vegas to see Corey turn over new leaf
The last time Rick Horsburgh and his son Corey were in the USA together, they were queuing up for rides at Disneyland and watching live baseball.
“It cost me a good whack, I had to mortgage the house!,” Rick told AAP.
13 years later, it’s Corey on the field for Canberra and Rick queuing up for drinks among a crowd of thousands at Allegiant Stadium.
Five members of the Horsburgh clan flew out to Las Vegas to watch Corey in action against the Warriors in the second of four rugby league games being played on Sunday (AEDT).
They’re among a crowd of well above 40,000 that began filtering in from 12.30pm local time – an hour before kick off to the Super League match between Wigan and Warrington.
The fans came across the overpass from the direction of the Mandalay Bay Hotel, or through the car park drinking big cans of Coors.
Inside, there were more beers to be purchased from spruikers with ice buckets, and photos to be taken with surprisingly obliging policemen and their automatic weapons.
The stadium itself is unlike any in Australia, made with 28,000 tons of steel, seating 65,000 and entirely indoor.
Nothing can come in or out; what happens in Vegas’ stadium, stays in Vegas’ stadium.
There are no pass-outs, either, so the most ardent fans will have have been sitting in the stands for around 10 hours by the end of the festivities. Not a bad shift.
The grass, grown under the Nevada sun, was rolled into the stadium earlier this week.
The NRL held its breath as American contractors painted the lines on the field, likely having never watched a game of rugby league before.
High above the northern touchline is a large window that offers a view of the Luxor Casino across the busy Las Vegas Highway.
Ahead of game day, Corey Horsburgh had to smile as he considered that rugby league had landed here in this most vibrant of cities.
“A little old game from Australia is in Vegas. It’s massive,” he told AAP.
For Horsburgh, a season of new beginnings starts here.
The former State of Origin representative lost his spot in the Raiders’ 17 last year amid injury and form issues, but scored the winning try in the last game of the season against St George Illawarra.
He’s taken that auspicious final chapter of 2024 into the off-season.
“I’ve put my nose down for once and am actually trying to get a bit fitter,” he said.
“I’m feeling good, probably the best I’ve felt in a while. I’m just excited to play some footy.”
From the crowd in Vegas, Rick will share his son’s excitement at the prospect of a fresh start.
“He was very disappointed losing his 13 jersey. Injuries sort of slowed him up,” he said.
“He’s trained hard, he’s hired a dietician, he’s doing more weights. He’s looking much stronger and fitter.
“He’s happy as.”
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The Smartest Dividend Stocks to Buy With $3,000 Right Now
The Smartest Dividend Stocks to Buy With $3,000 Right Now
So you’ve got $3,000 — or perhaps just $300 or maybe $30,000 — to invest and you want to park that money in dividend-paying stocks as you’ve paid off all your high-interest debt, have plumped up your emergency savings, and won’t need the money for anything in the near or medium term. That’s very smart of you! Dividend payers are often underappreciated, but they can be powerful wealth builders.
After all, a company has to grow successfully to a certain point where it has relatively reliable income before it will commit to paying shareholders a regular dividend. And such companies often grow in value over time, while their dividends grow, too. And during economic downturns, those dividends usually keep getting paid, even if the stock is in a slump. Though no dividend is guaranteed. Companies can and do cut dividends if they need to.
Here are three dividend payers to consider for your portfolio.
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Altria (NYSE: MO) used to be known as Philip Morris before it was split up into two companies, one focused on the U.S. (that’s Altria) and one on international operations. The stock will certainly draw the interest of dividend seekers, as its recent dividend yield was a whopping 7.4%!
It’s not a slam-dunk investment, though, as Altria faces some challenges. Primarily this: Fewer Americans are smoking these days — hitting an 80-year low last year. (Only 11% of survey respondents had smoked in the past week, vs. 41% in 1944.) That hasn’t been a secret, though, and Altria has been combating it by investing in ********** alternatives, such as vaping products.
It remains to be seen whether Altria will be a solid grower from here on out. The recent payout ratio of 61% suggests that the dividend is sustainable (at least in the short term), with room for growth, and Altria has increased its payout for more than 50 years in a row. So this can be a smart buy. Just plan to keep an eye on Altria’s progress and prepare to jump ship if and when matters seem troubling.
Here’s another portfolio contender — with a recent dividend yield of 5.7%. Realty Income (NYSE: O) is a real estate investment trust (REIT), meaning that it owns lots of real estate, charging its tenants rent. REITs are required to pay out at least 90% of their taxable earnings as dividends, by the way.
While most dividend payers pay out quarterly, Realty Income pays out monthly. It just reported its fourth-quarter results. Earnings met expectations, revenue exceeded them, and management projections were slightly below expectations. This was enough to send shares down a bit, which only boosts the yield. Oh, and Realty Income has hiked its payout for 110 quarters in a row, giving me confidence it will continue to do so.
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The company’s portfolio as of the end of 2024 featured more than 15,600 properties in all 50 U.S. states, the U.K., and six other countries in Europe. Its 1,500-plus tenants include companies such as Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Chipotle ******** Grill.
Realty Income’s stock looks attractively valued at recent levels, with a recent forward-looking price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 37, below its five-year average of 41.
CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) is a company you might think twice about investing in, as it has been facing some challenges in its pharmacy business and its Medicare Advantage plans. But right now, its stock is appealingly valued, with a price-to-sales ratio recently at 0.22, below its five-year average of 0.31. And its dividend yield is solid, at a recent 4.2%. CVS recently sported a payout ratio of 73%, meaning that 73% of its earnings are going to dividends and suggesting that the payout isn’t threatened and may have room to grow further.
The company has turned in some promising results, lately, with its fourth-quarter featuring 2024 revenue up 4% year over year and cash flow from operations of $9 billion. If the company keeps improving, its stock will likely follow suit, which will shrink the dividend yield. So now is a fine time for investors bullish on CVS Health’s long-term promise to consider snapping up some shares.
These are just some of many attractive dividend payers out there. So if you’re not excited by these, you can likely find others. Don’t discount the power and convenience of dividend ETFs, either.
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Brat Brit Awards 2025: Charli XCX Wins Four, Chappell Roan Gets Two Honors – Hollywood Reporter
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