Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios wins Miss Universe crown
SAN SALVADOR – Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe competition late Saturday night in El Salvador, the first to wear the crown from her country. Palacios is a….
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Karol G wins best album at Latin Grammys, with Bizarrap and Shakira also taking home awards
SEVILLE – Karol G, Bizzarap, Shakira and Natalia Lafourcade, won big at the Latin Grammy Awards held Thursday. Karol G’s “Mañana será bonito” was crowned best album of the year….
Taika Waititi on ‘Next Goal Wins’ and his quest to quit Hollywood
TORONTO, ONT – Sports movies typically culminate, after stirring locker-room speeches, in a dramatic bid for athletic glory. Taika Waititi’s “Next Goal Wins” concerns the quest of a historically bad….
Author Sarah Bernstein wins Canadian fiction prize for her novel ‘Study of Obedience’
TORONTO, ONT – Author Sarah Bernstein won the Scotiabank Giller Prize on Monday for her novel “Study for Obedience.” The Montreal-born, Scotland-based author accepted the $100,000 award remotely from Scotland,….
‘American Fiction’ wins People’s Choice award at Toronto Film Festival
Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” a biting satire starring Jeffery Wright as a disillusioned academic, has won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, a much-watched bellwether in….
Big wins for organized labor and progressive causes as California lawmakers wrap for the year
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – When health care workers in California asked the state Legislature for a raise earlier this year, it seemed like the longest of long shots — especially after….
Emma Stone-led ‘Poor Things’ wins top prize at 80th Venice Film Festival
ROME – “Poor Things,” a film about Victorian-era female empowerment, won the Golden Lion on Saturday at a Venice Film Festival largely deprived of Hollywood glamour because of the writers….
Kimiko Hahn wins $100,000 award from Poetry Foundation for lifetime achievement
NEW YORK – Cornelius Eady, Toi Derricotte and Kimiko Hahn are among this year’s winners of awards from the Poetry Foundation, which announced some of the poetry world’s most lucrative….
Italy’s Historic Wins in the Football World Cup Finals
Football is called the ‘Beautiful Game’ for a reason, and Italy has had a fair share of glorious moments playing it. Italy has been impressive in the World Cup, having….
Breaking Records: The Warriors who made History with the Most Wins in a Season
In sports, breaking records is a surefire way to cement your place in history as one of the greatest teams of all time. The Golden State Warriors accomplished just that….