13 h. ago Emotional Morgan Freeman pays tribute to tragic Gene Hackman at Oscars 2025 In Memoriam segment

Morgan Freeman paid an emotional tribute to Gene Hackman during the 2025 Oscars In Memoriam segment on Sunday - days after the icon's death aged 95.

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13 h. ago Oscars 2025 LIVE: Morgan Freeman pays tribute to Gene Hackman, as Zoe Saldaña wins best supporting actress

Conclave, Wicked, The Substance, Emilia Pérez, and Dune: Part Two have all claimed awards

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15 h. ago Oscars pays tribute to Los Angeles after devastating wildfires: ‘The work continues’

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande honor city in performance while host Conan O’Brien discusses fires in monologueOscars 2025 — follow live Academy Awards updatesSee complete list of winners and photos from the red carpetConan O’Brien briefly discussed the Los Angeles wildfires and “divisive politics” while delivering his opening monologue at the 97th Academy Awards.“The people of Los Angeles have clearly been through a devastating ordeal and this needs to be addressed,” O’Brien said. “In moments such as this, any awards show can seem self-indulgent and superfluous, but what I want to have us do is remember why we gathered here tonight.”Watch or stream the OscarsReview our guides to best picture, actor, actress and directorPeter Bradshaw’s final predictions Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Multiple wildfires in North and South Carolina force evacuations

Emergency unfolds amid warnings throughout south-east over dry and windy conditions that exacerbate wildfiresFire officials on Sunday were battling to contain the blazes ravaging North and South Carolina, which have forced evacuations in some areas.The emergency unfolded amid warnings throughout the south-east over dry and windy conditions that exacerbate wildfires. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago How the Oscars ceremony plans to pay tribute to Gene Hackman after his 'suspicious' death

A source exclusively told DailyMail.com, 'The Oscars are scrambling to pull together an in memoriam tribute in time.'

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5 d. ago The US is destroying climate progress. Here’s a strategy to win over the right | Erin Burns

It’s time to rethink how climate action succeeds. The key is to acknowledge that it’s never the sole force driving political decisionsWe are witnessing the most devastating climate disasters on record: wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, deadly floods in North Carolina, and global temperature records shattered month after month. We have officially surpassed 1.5C of warming, a critical threshold scientists have long warned against. At the same time, the US is scaling back policies, freezing critical programs and shifting priorities away from climate action.But now isn’t the time to give up on climate action. Instead, it is high time to rethink how it succeeds. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘The forests are going up in flames – so is the rule of law’: Argentina’s climate of fear

Wildfires are devastating Patagonia. In response, Argentinian authorities are removing environmental protections and raiding Indigenous communitiesSoraya Maicoñio lives in Mallín Ahogado, a rural area in the Comarca Andina,a region of sparkling rivers, mountains, lakes and lush forests in Argentinian Patagonia. It is an area well-known for its small-scale agriculture, forestry and tourism.In recent weeks, however, the region, which spans the provinces of Rio Negro and Chubut, has been in the news for its large-scale wildfires – and the authorities’ crackdown on the local population. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month

Six weeks after devastating wildfires, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief amid a public rift over preparations for the fires and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall

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1 week ago ‘If not fire, we’ll be killed by hunger’: villagers continue to feel fallout from Bolivia’s worst wildfires

Residents battle food shortages and health issues after vast areas of forest and farmland burned last yearAs she walks away from the house where she raised her family, Isabel Surubí pauses to point at the bed of a stream, now covered with dry leaves, that once supplied her entire community. “The water used to come from here,” she says.In 2024, wildfires in Bolivia burned more than 10m hectares (about 39,000 sq miles) of forest, farmland and savannah – an area greater than the size of Portugal. After the fires, and the drought that preceded them, the spring feeding Surubí’s village of Los Ángeles in Bolivia’s tropical dry forest ran dry. Continue reading...

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