"The Farewell," "Uncut Gems" and "The Lighthouse" were the big winners at the Independent Spirit Awards ceremony in Santa Monica on Saturday. Scientists this week logged the hottest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica. Exit polls forecast an unprecedented three-way tie -- and high likelihood Sinn Féin will join the next government -- as voting wrapped in Ireland's general election Saturday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregory Jones has decided to hold off on dropping charges against a California surgeon and his girlfriend accused of drugging and raping multiple women. Israeli tanks shelled two Hamas military posts in the northern Gaza strip Saturday in what the Israeli army described as retaliation for a rocket launched toward Israel from Gaza. U.S. and Afghan forces came under direct fire during an operation in the Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, U.S. military officials said. New Hampshire's presidential primaries are right around the corner, scheduled for Tuesday, and the weather could impact the voter turnout and overall election results. A Thai soldier opened fire at multiple locations near Bangkok on Saturday, killing at least 20 people, injuring 31, and leading police on a manhunt as he holed up in a shopping mall. Ethnic violence in southern Kazakhstan left at least eight people dead and dozens others injured, local officials said. Musical "Cats," comedy "A Madea Family Funeral" and action flick "Rambo: Last Blood" tied with eight nods apiece when Razzie nominations were announced Saturday morning. A house fire in Mississippi killed a mother and her six children overnight, emergency officials said. Facebook has confirmed that its two verified Twitter accounts, @Facebook and @Messenger, were compromised by hackers. Didier Gailhaguet, the head of France's national figure skating for more than 20 years, stepped down Saturday amid pressure to resign over a sexual abuse scandal. Live Nation announced it will produce and promote Jennifer Lopez's concert events, including her next tour, as part of a new multi-year touring partnership. Oscar-winning actor Kirk Douglas, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, WWE wrestler Rocky Johnson, NBA Commissioner David Stern, ex-Yankee pitcher Don Larsen and Nick Gordon, the former partner of Bobbi Kristina Brown, are among the famous people who have died in 2020. Tom Ford debuted his fall/winter 2020 collection February 7, 2020, in his second Los Angeles fashion show at Milk Studios. Noah Schnapp is spending his downtime from "Stranger Things" playing characters who are completely different from monster magnet Will Byers. Stars of "The Conners" will appear as their sitcom characters and comment on nominees and winners during a commercial break for the ABC telecast of the Oscars ceremony Sunday. A Utah man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2017 killing of his wife on a cruise ship in Alaska. A 16-year-old male pleaded guilty to charges related to a shooting at a Colorado high school that killed one student last year. Actor and comedian Orson Bean died after being struck by two cars while walking in Los Angeles, police said. He was 91. "The Nanny" icon Fran Drescher may be 62, but she still wants to please her mom and dad. "In the Absence," a 29-minute documentary by director Yi Seung-jun and producer Gary Byung-seok Kam about the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster in South Korea, is nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject. The first U.S. citizen has died from the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, as the country's death toll rose past 700, health officials said Saturday. Rapper Roddy Ricch's "Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial" is the No. 1 album in the United States. A burst of heavy rainfall and severe weather rocked the South from Wednesday through Friday morning, killing at least five people and leaving over 250,000 others without power from Florida to Virginia. Comedian actor Cecily Strong turns 36 and actor Mary Steenburgen turns 67, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 8. |
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