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Why do the Oscars still separate acting categories by 'actor' and 'actress'?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – The Grammys stopped doing it in 2012. The MTV Video Music Awards followed four years later. And, as of 2023, the Independent Spirit Awards wasn’t doing it either.So why do the Oscars still separate honorees into gender-specific categories?The nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were announced in late January, and among this year’s contenders were 20 actors who earned nods for performances in some of 2022’s best films. But just as it was at the very first Oscars ceremony in 1929, these actors are only vying against other performers of the same gender: specifically, in the Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories.It's not just the Oscars, either. The Golden Globes, the Emmys and the SAG Awards still separate the year’s best “actors” and “actresses” (or in the case of the SAG Awards, “male actors” and “female actors”) into their own groups. Academy Awards: Why the Oscar statuette is only worth $1 Their decision to maintain ge...

Permanent daylight saving time? Where efforts to 'lock the clocks' stand

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – The start of daylight saving time is upon us again, meaning almost all Americans – Hawaii and parts of Arizona don't observe DST – are setting their clocks ahead one hour. Some, however, are calling for the bi-annual changing of the clocks to come to an end.But could we really "lock the clocks" soon?Lawmakers - both at the state and federal levels - are hoping that's the case. What is Congress doing about daylight saving time?Earlier this month, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023, which would make daylight saving time permanent. So far, the bill has received bipartisan support in the Senate and has been referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.If passed, the March 12 changing of the clocks would be the final such event - we wouldn't "fall back" in November. Have a tax filing extension this year? Why you shouldn’t use it, expert says A similar bill introduced by Rubio last year passed with una...

Hugo man identified as victim in shooting outside Cub Foods in Fridley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

The man fatally shot Thursday morning outside a Cub Foods in Fridley has been identified by the Hennepin County medical examiner.Devon Michael Adams, 27, of Hugo, was found shot in the chest in the store’s parking lot at Interstate 694 and University Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. The Anoka County sheriff’s office said bystanders, law enforcement and paramedics provided first aid before Adams was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.The sheriff’s office, medical examiner’s office and the Fridley Police Department are investigating the shooting.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | 2 fatally shot in Andover home, but Anoka County sheriff says there’s no public threat Crime & Public Safety | Renowned Minnesota runner Garry Bjorklund convicted in Eden Prairie DWI crash Crime & Public Safety | ‘In the Dark’ true-crime podcast finds new home with Conde Nast, The New Yorker...

Working Strategies: Climbing the career ladder — with disabilities

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

Amy LindgrenSecond Sunday Series – Editor’s Note: This is the seventh of 12 columns on work and disability that will appear over 12 months — one on each second Sunday of the month, from September through August. Previous columns discussed higher education decisions, self-advocating, career tips for family caretakers, testing limits as a worker with disabilities, the dilemma of revealing disabilities during job search, and overall concepts of disability in the workplace. If you’re an employee with disabilities, is it enough to be working or should you also have the opportunity for promotion and to manage others?Put like that, the question sounds ridiculous. We know that all employees should be provided the opportunity to work to the top of their abilities, including the chance to supervise and lead others.The real question is whether this is happening for people with disabilities.Putting aside the overall unemployment rate, which is double that for those with disabilities than ...

Standoff continues with man accused of shooting at deputies in San Gabriel Valley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

A standoff involving a man who allegedly fired shots at Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies continued into early Saturday morning with no resolution, authorities said. Deputies responded to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon at a home in the 16900 block of Wing Lane in Valinda around 2:30 p.m. Friday when they came under fire, officials said.Deputies returned fire and set up a perimeter around the home. Several neighboring homes were evacuated.Deputies responded to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 16900 block of Wing Lane in Valinda around 2:30 p.m. when they came under fire, officials said. March 10, 2023 (Key News)Deputies responded to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 16900 block of Wing Lane in Valinda around 2:30 p.m. when they came under fire, officials said. The Sheriff’s Department said a female victim was transported to a local hospital with an undisclosed injury that was not a gunshot wound.As of 4 a.m, crisis negotiators were still...

Ontario police shoot man who smuggled handgun into squad car after arrest, authorities say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

Ontario Police Department officers shot a man already in a squad car after they failed to find a gun he'd hidden and he opened fire on them Friday afternoon, the department said in a news release.Officers were sent to a disabled vehicle in the 500 block of West Holt Boulevard near San Antonio Avenue just before 3:15 p.m., and when they arrived, they found 42-year-old Christopher Urena of San Dimas "acting erratically near the vehicle," the release said. Urena was wanted for alleged domestic violence, and when officers arrested him and put him in the back of a squad car, he pulled out a firearm he had "concealed on his person" and shot at the officers, who returned fire, police said.Urena, who "sustained a non-life threatening injury during the incident," stayed barricaded in the patrol car for several hours before he surrendered and was taken back into custody, police said, adding that they found a handgun at the scene.No officers or bystanders were injured. After his release from a...

Why does California still change clocks 4 years after voters approved daylight saving proposition?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

(KTXL) — It’s almost time to change those clocks again. Daylight saving time begins on March 12 and will end on November 5. When daylight saving begins, clocks “spring forward,” making the day 23 hours, causing the states that observe to lose an hour. Sunsets are later in the day after clocks spring forward.States that observe daylight saving time gain an hour when it ends, making that day 25 hours and causing clocks to “fall back,” triggering a season of earlier sunsets. Most of the United States observes daylight saving with the exception of Hawaii and Arizona, both of which observe permanent standard time.  When is it OK to drive after consuming marijuana? California still observes daylight saving time, despite voters passing a ballot measure granting lawmakers the ability to stop the seasonal time changes. During the 2018 General Election, California voters approved Proposition 7, which would allow the state legislature to get rid of daylight saving time wi...

Boebert announces she's going to be a '36-year-old grandmother,' praises high rural teen birth rates

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has announced that she’ll soon be “a 36-year-old grandmother,” while praising “rural conservative communities” that “value life.”The Colorado Republican revealed that the girlfriend of her 17-year-old son, Tyler, is due next month.“I’m going to tell you all for the first time in a public setting, that not only am I a mom of four boys, but come April, I will be a gigi to a brand new grandson,” Boebert said Tuesday at a Conservative Political Action Conference event. Boebert: Jesus didn’t have enough AR-15s to ‘keep his government from killing him’ The lawmaker described her and her husband as being “so excited to welcome this new life into our family.”“Now any of you who have young children who are giving life, there’s some questions that pop up. There’s some fear that arises,” Boebert told the audience as she was presented with a “Mothers Influence Award” from Moms for America, a conservative group which aims to "empower moms to raise patriots."“...

Red is out: Oscars roll out Champagne-colored carpet for the 95th Academy Awards

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

When Hollywood's biggest names walk head to the Oscars on Sunday, they'll notice something a little different. The normal red carpet has done a color swap and it's now a Champagne color. On Wednesday, crews rolled out the new color, but it will be still referred to as the red carpet. Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel was on hand to assist with the rollout. He joked that the switch from red to Champagne showed how confident producers are that no blood will be shed this year, following last year's slap involving Will Smith and Chris Rock. Workers roll out the champagne-colored carpet for the 95th Academy Awards. March 8, 2023.This year's ceremony will be the third time Kimmel will have hosted. Days ago he revealed that he is "ready" if another slap were to occur but was choosy as to when he'd intervene. “If somebody comes up on the stage and slaps me? Well, I size them up, and, if I’m bigger than they are, I beat the s— out of them on television. And if it’s The Rock, I run,” he said.KTLA 5's ...

Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce toasts Manresa’s David Kinch

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:15:59 GMT

The Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce braved a stormy night Thursday to raise a glass to the town’s food and drink scene at its annual celebration at Testarossa Winery, putting a well-deserved spotlight on David Kinch, the chef and restaurateur who helped put Los Gatos on the culinary map.Rootstock Wine Bar’s Jim Foley, who is president of the chamber’s board, and Chamber Executive Director Catherine Somers led the crowd in counting off favorites — including a few no longer with us, like CB Hannegan’s — that displayed not only the varied flavors of Los Gatos dining but the camaraderie in the industry.“You all in the restaurant business look out for each other and take care of each other,” Somers said.Both Kinch and Testarossa’s Rob Jensen shared a story that exemplified that idea. You probably remember the terrible fire that destroyed Manresa back in July 2014. Jensen recalled being on his way to the winery on College Avenue when he ...