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'Toy Story 4' wins animated feature, giving Pixar Oscar No. 10

No other studio has more than three wins in the category; no other franchise has collected two.




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Taika Waititi makes Oscars history as first Maori Academy Award winner

"Jojo Rabbit" filmmaker Taika Waititi is the first person of Māori indigenous descent to win an Academy Award. He dedicated his win to indigenous children.




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'The Neighbors' Window,' a story of voyeurism and empathy, wins the live-action short film Oscar

"The Neighbors' Window" starts as an exercise in vicarious living and ends up as an experience in experiencing lives together.




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'Parasite' director Bong Joon Ho makes Oscars history with win

A historic best director Oscar goes to 'Parasite' filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, the first Korean winner and only the second time the prize has gone to a film not in English.




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How 'Parasite' made Oscars history as the first foreign-language best picture winner

"Parasite" won the Oscar for best picture, becoming the first non-English language movie to do so. How did it win?




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His comedy mocks Germany’s history, but he’s thinking about leaving


Shapira burst into Germany’s consciousness on New Year’s Eve 2015, when several Arab men beat him on a Berlin metro train because he had objected to their singing anti-Israel and antisemitic chants.




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Tesla's Fremont factory was in full swing despite Bay Area coronavirus lockdown

Tesla's electric car factory was operating as usual Tuesday, despite a San Francisco Bay Area multi-county "shelter in place" lockdown.




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'Beastie Boys Story' — directed by Spike Jonze — reveals the band at their best and brattiest

Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) and Michael Diamond (Mike D) join director Spike Jonze from their separate coronavirus quarantines to talk "Beastie Boys Story," which captures their blazing days with the late Adam Yauch (MCA).




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20 years later, the cast and crew of 'Love & Basketball' consider its legacy in an oral history

Writer-director Gina Prince Bythewood, executive producer Spike Lee and cast members Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Regina Hall, Gabrielle Union, Tyra Banks and Alfre Woodard reflect on the enduring legacy of the landmark black romance "Love & Basketball" and how the industry has changed in the intervening decades.




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Review: In 'True History of the Kelly Gang,' a brutal, sexy, spellbinding take on outlaw legend

In "The True History of the Kelly Gang," director Justin Kurzel's fourth and best feature, George MacKay stars as 19th-century Australian bushranger Ned Kelly.




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Review: 'Deerskin' is an entrancingly warped love story between a man and his jacket

Jean Dujardin and Adèle Haenel star in "Deerskin," director Quentin Dupieux's latest darkly absurdist comedy.




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The explosive musical storytelling of San Cha puts the Goth in ranchera

San Cha is a queer Latina musician whose new album, 'La Luz de la Esperanza,' is a musical telenovela that reimagines rancheras with a gothic edge.




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The real star of Showtime's new series? L.A.'s neglected Mexican and Chicano history

Los Angeles history — in particular its Mexican and Chicano culture and folklore — is at the heart of Showtime's "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels."




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Commentary: Infomercial. TED Talk. Stand-up act. 'Beastie Boys Story' did not impress our critics

Pop music critic Mikael Wood and TV critic Lorraine Ali debate the merits of Apple TV's new documentary 'Beastie Boys Story,' directed by Spike Jonze.




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Picture Special: The best (and worst) footballing brothers in history ranked



EXPRESS SPORT takes a look at some of the most celebrated sets of siblings in the beautiful game, but who are your favourite duo?




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Is the Bible wrong? How one mistranslation completely changes THIS biblical story



THE BIBLE has been translated into more than 600 languages since the birth of Jesus Christ, but one small error in translation could change one of the Bible's most well-known stories.




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Virtual Grand National: Potters Corner romps to victory as Tiger Roll fades in NHS boost



Potters Corner triumphed at the Virtual Grand National with an explosive finish in a boost to the NHS.




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UK arrivals now face a mandatory 14-day quarantine - could holidays be changed forever?



THE GOVERNMENT is to enforce a new rule which will see all travellers arriving into the UK being instructed to go into a 14-day quarantine period. It is not yet known how this rule will be enforced, or for how long, but it has the potential to change the way we experience holidays.




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Lockdown warning: Tory MP Baker 'gravely concerned' at coronavirus economic damage



THE CORONAVIRUS lockdown is now causing serious damage to the UK's economy, Tory MP Steve Baker has warned - stressing he was now "gravely concerned" at the situation




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The Last Dance director shares crazy story about Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman



The Last Dance documentary follows Michael Jordan and his final season with the Chicago Bulls.




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How to clean conservatory roof - the three things you should know



HOW to clean a conservatory roof is a question many homeowners may be asking during the coronavirus lockdown, as people may find themselves with a lot of extra time on their hands. Express.co.uk has compiled a guide on how to clean your conservatory roof.




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UK arrivals now face a mandatory 14-day quarantine - could holidays be changed forever?



THE GOVERNMENT is to enforce a new rule which will see all travellers arriving into the UK being instructed to go into a 14-day quarantine period. It is not yet known how this rule will be enforced, or for how long, but it has the potential to change the way we experience holidays.




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Tory civil war erupts: Rebellion ignited over lockdown as Javid sounds economic warning



A TORY rift over lockdown emerged yesterday when Sajid Javid urged ministers to reopen the economy "as far and as quick" as possible to recover from the impact of the coronavirus crisis.




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Russia, Belarus mark Victory Day in contrasting events

Russian President Vladimir Putin marked Victory Day, the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War, in a ceremony shorn of its usual military parade and pomp by the coronavirus pandemic.




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'Frankenstein' and Mary Lincoln: Here's Indiana Repertory Theatre's 2020-2021 season

Indiana Repertory Theatre's new plays include Mary Lincoln's reclusiveness, 'Fahrenheit 451' and a celebration of Indianapolis' bicentennial.

      




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For creators of Madam C.J. Walker Netflix series, her story is timeless and 'aspirational'

The Netflix series "Self Made" depicts Madam C.J. Walker's rise as a hair care entrepreneur in Indianapolis.

      




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Indiana restaurant history in photos: From tenderloins to fried brains

In Indiana, everyone knows the best restaurants to get the best pie, fried chicken, tenderloins and yes...fried brains.

      




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Director of 'Sound of Music,' 'West Side Story' never forgot his Hoosier roots

The prolific and multi-Oscar-winning director Robert Wise always credited his Indiana roots for his strong work ethic in Hollywood.

      




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Black History: Famed Indiana artists have a shared heritage at Manual High School

William Edouard Scott and John Wesley Hardrick both studied under famed Impressionist painter Otto Stark at Manual High School.

      




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'More than corn in Indiana': The history of Indiana Beach Amusement Park

After nearly 100 years, the northern Indiana resort and amusement park closes. The park near Monticello was originally named Ideal Beach.

      




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Letters: Avoid inflammatory rhetoric during impeachment proceedings

We need to educate ourselves and then trust the process the framers' included in the Constitution, a letter to the editor says.

      




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Cartoonist Gary Varvel: A history of voter cartoons

The importance of voting as seen in Varvel's cartoons.

      




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Varvel: Drawing Mike Braun's victory

Watch Gary Varvel's time lapse video of how Mike Braun won the Senate race.

      




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Tully: A story about former police chief Troy Riggs

Former Police Chief Troy Riggs has left for Denver, but Indianapolis should remember his message.

      




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The corporate story behind GDP challenge

A clutch of big company results today illustrate the big economic trends in the UK and the world - and also say something about what the UK economy needs if its insipid recovery is to become something a bit stronger.

First the good news.

ARM, the world-leading designer of electronic chips for smartphones, tablets and consumer devices, saw revenues rise 29% in the first three months of the year and profits increase 35% (to £51m).

If we had a few more ARMs in this country, we would be agonising less about the imperative of "rebalancing" the structure of our wealth-creation away from financial services and the City.

That said, we'd need an incredible number of ARMs to make a dent in the high unemployment figures, because ARM simply licences its technology to the likes of Apple and LG, which put the chips into their devices. Or to put it another way, ARM's success is in exploiting the grey matter of a few boffins: it manufactures nothing.

Now part of the drag on Britain's recovery is the burden of debt on households and the impact of rising commodity prices on consumers' spending power.

You can see some of that in the first half figures of Associated British Foods, which points out that world sugar prices are at a 30-year high and that there has been a sugar shortage in Europe. ABF's sugar, grocery and agriculture profits were up substantially (sugar by 27%).

ABF's Primark chain of shops, whose prices tend to be the lowest on the high street, seems to have benefited from shoppers desire to trade down and economise, since underlying or like-for-like sales rose 3%. But although that looks okay compared with competitors, it was half the rate of last year's increase.

A further manifestation of all that borrowing in the euphoric years, before the bubble burst in 2007-8, is another set of uninspiring financial results from Heathrow and Stansted airports, and their holding company, BAA (SP) limited.

The losses of the two London airports increased 8% to £211.5m and net debt in BAA (SP) was flat at a substantial £9.9bn. Net debt at the next corporate level up, BAA (SH) plc was a chunky £10.4bn, against a regulated asset base of £13bn (which moved in the right direction by 2.7%).

BAA was acquired by the Spanish group Ferrovial and partners at the height of the debt-fuelled buyout boom of 2006 - and although BAA would argue that operational performance has improved, there is a question about when if ever the owners will ever see a return on their enormous investment.

Meanwhile, in spite of the rising trend of commodities and energy, including oil, BP's profits in the first three months of the year actually fell a fraction to $5.5bn. You can see the impact of higher oil prices in a near trebling of profits to $2.1bn made in refining and marketing - but there was a significant fall in production, some of it related to the Gulf of Mexico disaster.

The fundamental BP story is that the risks and costs of extracting energy are on a secular rising trend - for which we all pay a price.

Last but never least is Barclays and its figures for the first quarter of 2011 - which show top line income lower than the first quarter of last year and below the last quarter of last year. As for profits, they were up a bit or down a bit, depending on what view you take of whether changes in the notional value of Barclays' own borrowings should be included.

The unambiguous trend is a sharp reduction in the charge of debts and investments going bad - which was 39% lower compared with a year ago and 33% down on a three-month comparison.

As for lending, loans to retail customers rose by just under £1bn to £229bn since the end of 2010 - which is neither here nor there for a bank of Barclays' size. And the overall value of Barclays' loans and investments, on a risk-weighted basis, fell 1.5% over 12 months to £392bn.

For Barclays and other big western banks, it's no longer about growing their balance sheets, about lending more and more. Their long term recovery requires deleveraging, shrinking, which is the corollary of the perceived need for western consumers and governments to pay down their respective debts.

Here's the painful part: we may need banks to become smaller, but we all suffer if in the process they starve job-creating businesses of vital finance.

Those who fear the worst won't be reassured by figures just released by the British Bankers Association (BBA), which show that net lending to non-financial businesses by banks fell £3.2bn in March.

The BBA blames weak demand from companies. And although Barclays and the other banks have promised the Treasury, in their Project Merlin agreement, that they will meet the credit needs of the economy, my electronic postbag indicates that there remains quite a gap between their perception of deserving borrowers and yours.

Update 11:15: As some of you have pointed out, ARM saw its profits increase to £51m not £51bn, as I originally said, whilst losses at the two London airports increased to £211.5m, not £211.5bn. Sorry for my brainstorm. I've probably been dealing in billions a little too often recently - due to the magnitude of our recent financial crisis.




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Hunter Dickinson likes that 'big-man factory' Purdue is prioritizing him

Purdue, along with Notre Dame, Gonzaga, Louisville and Kentucky are recruiting Dickinson. Duke is also in the mix but has yet to offer Dickinson.

       




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'That's when it changed.' Story of how 2009 team put IU baseball on the map

"I look at that group — it was not sexy at that time to play for Indiana. They made it sexy."

       




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Biden campaign calls Pence visit to Indiana ventilator factory an undeserved victory lap

Mike Pence will visit Kokomo Thursday to highlight the administration's response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

       




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Darius Leonard won't be happy unless he makes history with Colts

Leonard has made 284 tackles, 12 sacks and seven interceptions in his first two years, but says he only met 3 or 4 of his 15 goals last year.

       




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COVER STORY: कोरोना वायरस से पर्यावरण को कितना ख़तरा

प्रदूषण का स्तर पहले से भी ज़्यादा बढ़ सकता है. ख़तरा भी जाने कैसे, देखिए कवर स्टोरी में




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'That's when it changed.' Story of how 2009 team put IU baseball on the map

"I look at that group — it was not sexy at that time to play for Indiana. They made it sexy."

       




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'That's when it changed.' Story of how 2009 team put IU baseball on the map

"I look at that group — it was not sexy at that time to play for Indiana. They made it sexy."

       




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Indianapolis buildings that are important to Madam Walker's story on Netflix

The Netflix series "Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker" was produced in Ontario, Canada. But it references Indianapolis locations.

      




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WATCH LIVE NOW: Storytellers Project brings you personal stories about belonging

Join the Des Moines Storytellers Project LIVE in your home as five Americans share personal stories about belonging.

       




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Introducing Domegos: A New Web 2.0 Vacation Rentals Directory

Wandering around the internet, I was searching for 2 different things at the same time: a hotel for a romantic weekend getaway (with our lovely dog!) and a new apartment to rent. I suddenly asked myself: “Why not renting a vacation home instead of booking the usual same type of hotels (those few hotels that [...]




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Coronavirus plunges California into worst budget deficit in state history

California's state government faces a $54-billion budget deficit through next summer, according to an analysis released Thursday.




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'That's when it changed.' Story of how 2009 team put IU baseball on the map

"I look at that group — it was not sexy at that time to play for Indiana. They made it sexy."

       




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Darius Leonard won't be happy unless he makes history with Colts

Leonard has made 284 tackles, 12 sacks and seven interceptions in his first two years, but says he only met 3 or 4 of his 15 goals last year.

       




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Israel coalition deal a victory for Netanyahu forged in isolation

Israel's PM has turned his chief challenger, Benny Gantz, into his chief deputy, writes Tom Bateman.




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Formula 1 factory shutdown period doubled

Formula 1 almost doubles the shutdown period for teams as the coronavirus crisis continues to play havoc with the 2020 championship.