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The 95th Academy Awards were presented Sunday in Los Angeles, with historic wins for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The film took home the Oscar for best picture, capping a sweep of the night’s major prizes. Michelle Yeoh’s performance in the film won her the award for best actress in a leading role, making her the first woman of Asian descent to win an Oscar in the category. Her co-stars Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis took home the best supporting actor and actress trophies respectively. Separately, “Naatu Naatu,” from the movie “RRR,” took home the Academy Award for best original song, the first win for an Indian film production in the category. Other notable triumphs included Brendan Fraser as best actor for “The Whale,” Ruth E. Carter for best costume design on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and CNN’s “Navalny” as best documentary feature. And don’t forget the red carpet highlights either.
President Joe Biden plans to address Americans this morning about his administration’s emergency response to the failure of two banks over the past few days. This comes after tech lender Silicon Valley Bank collapsed Friday in the second-largest failure of a financial institution in US history. (The Biden administration on Sunday guaranteed that those impacted by SVB’s collapse will get their money back starting today.) In a related action, the government shut down Signature Bank, which was teetering on the brink…
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