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Former President Barack Obama said on Sunday (March 13) that he had tested positive for COVID-19, though he’s feeling relatively healthy and his wife, Michelle, tested negative.
“I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,” Obama said on Twitter. “Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted.”
Obama encouraged more Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, despite the declining infection rate in the U.S. There were roughly 35,000 infections on average over the past week, down sharply from mid-January when that average was closer to 800,000.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 75.2% of U.S. adults are fully vaccinated and 47.7% of the fully vaccinated have received a booster shot. The CDC relaxed its guidelines for indoor masking in late February, taking a more holistic approach that meant the vast majority of Americans live in areas without the recommendation for indoor masking in public.
I just tested positive for COVID. I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise. Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, and she has tested negative.
It’s a reminder to get vaccinated if you haven’t already, even as cases go down.
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 13, 2022
Hans Zimmer’s score for Dune won at both the BAFTA Film Awards and the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday (March 13), which puts it in a strong position heading into the 94th annual Academy Awards on March 27.
But here’s something to keep in mind: Germaine Franco’s score for Encanto, which may be Zimmer’s strongest challenger for the Oscar, wasn’t nominated for either the BAFTA or Critics Choice Award. Encanto beat Dune at the SCL Awards, presented by the Society of Composers & Lyricists, on March 8.
The eventual Oscar winner for best original score in each of the past two years — Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Joker and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste’s Soul — won all three of these preliminary awards. Because there has been a lack of unanimity in the walk-up shows this year, the race is seen as close and unsettled.
Billie Eilish and Finneas’ “No Time to Die” from the James Bond film of the same name won best song at the Critics Choice Awards. (The BAFTA Film Awards, also known as the EE British Academy Film Awards, don’t have a song category.) “No Time to Die” beat what is seen as its strongest challenger for the Oscar – Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto.
Last year’s best song winner at the Critics Choice Awards, “Speak Now” from One Night in Miami…, did not go on to win the Oscar, but the four previous Critics Choice winners – “City of Stars” from La La Land, “Remember Me” from Coco, “Shallow” from A Star Is Born and “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman – all did go on to Oscar glory (the Rocketman song tied for the win at the Critics Choice Awards.)
“No Time to Die” has won many other awards, starting with a Grammy for best song written for visual media at the 63rd Grammy Awards in March 2021. It also won at the Golden Globes, the SCL Awards and the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), produced by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent and Joseph Patel, won the documentary award at the BAFTA Film Awards. There is no comparable category at the Critics Choice Awards, but the film is nominated for an Oscar for best documentary feature.
The 75th annual BAFTA Film Awards, hosted by Rebel Wilson, were held at Royal Albert Hall in London. The 27th Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer, were held at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, with some awards presented at the Savoy Hotel in London.
Final-round voting for the 94th annual Academy Awards extends from March 17-22. The winners will be revealed on March 27 when the Oscars return to their usual home, the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, after last year’s pandemic-prompted move to Union Station in Los Angeles. Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are set to host the show.
Here are the nominees and winners in the music categories at the two awards shows that aired on Sunday:
BAFTAs: original score
Being the Ricardos, Daniel Pemberton
Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell
WINNER: Dune, Hans Zimmer
The French Dispatch, Alexandre Desplat
The Power of the Dog, Jonny Greenwood
Critics Choice Awards: best score
Nicholas Britell – Don’t Look Up
Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog
Jonny Greenwood – Spencer
Nathan Johnson – Nightmare Alley
WINNER: Hans Zimmer – Dune
Critics Choice Awards: best song
“Be Alive” – King Richard
“Dos Oruguitas” – Encanto
“Guns Go Bang” – The Harder They Fall
“Just Look Up” – Don’t Look Up
WINNER: “No Time to Die” – No Time to Die
The score from Dune wasn’t the only dual winner on Sunday. Here are other nominees that won at both the BAFTAs and the Critics Choice Awards:
Best picture: The Power of the Dog
Best actor: Will Smith – King Richard
Best supporting actor: Troy Kotsur – CODA
Best supporting actress: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Best director: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Best costume design: Jenny Beavan – Cruella
Best hair and makeup: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Best production design: Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos – Dune
Best foreign language film: Drive My Car
Lizzo declared she was strongly against Texas’ laws targeting abortions and trans rights, calling the laws “atrocious” during a keynote session at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
“The abortion ban is atrocious,” the artist said on Sunday (March 13) to a packed room in the Austin Convention Center. “Mind your business. Stay out of my body.”
Last year, Texas signed into a law one of the most restrictive abortion measures in the country, effectively criminalizing abortions occurring as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Though abortions rights advocates have fought against the legislation, a decision from Texas’s Supreme Court on March 11 essentially shut down a federal lawsuit brought by abortion clinics seeking to block the ban.
In February, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an order that considers gender-affirming surgeries for young trans people as constituting “child abuse” and requires doctors, nurses and teachers to report parents who help their children get such surgeries to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. A state district judge temporarily blocked the order on March 11, though Texas’ state attorney general has said he will appeal the decision and take the issue up to the Texas Supreme Court.
During her SXSW session, Lizzo also emphasized that “trans rights are human rights” and called out politicians who are “letting us down.”
The singer, whose upcoming Amazon TV show Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls premieres on March 25, was born in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in Houston. “I’m proud to rep Houston, but I’m not proud to rep Texas politics,” she said.
Later in the session, the artist said that her new album, coming roughly three years after her hit record Cuz I Love You, was finished and would be released “very, very soon.”
This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.
Harnessing the power of the sandworms of Arrakis, Denis Villeneuve’s grand sci-fi spectacle Dune sucked up the majority of honors at the BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday (March 13) in London. But it was Jane Campion’s gothic Western The Power of the Dog that took home the top prize.
As expected, Dune — which went into the ceremony with 11 nominations — dominated the craft categories, winning five awards in total, including for cinematography, special visual effects, sound, original score and production design. The Power of the Dog, which had eight nominations, won best film and best director.
Also claiming two wins was CODA — for best supporting actor (Troy Kotsur) and best original screenplay — and West Side Story, for supporting actress (Ariana DeBose) and casting.
The other performance categories went to Will Smith for leading actor in King Richard and, in perhaps the evening’s most unexpected result, Joanna Scanlan for After Love.
Rebel Wilson hosted the ceremony — a glitzy return to an in-person event following last year’s pandemic-impacted virtual edition — serving up a solid array of gags poking fun at the attendees and herself. Keeping things topical, she also used the opportunity to touch on the war in Ukraine, at one point giving Russian president Vladimir Putin the middle finger.
With the DGA Awards having taken place on Saturday and Critics Choice Awards later on Sunday, several of the winners weren’t present to collect their BAFTA awards, including Campion, Smith and Paul Thomas Anderson.
See the full list of winners below.
Best Film
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Licorice Pizza
The Power Of The Dog – WINNER
Leading Actress
Joanna Scanlan, After Love – WINNER
Lady Gaga, House Of Gucci
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, CODA
Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person In The World
Tessa Thompson, Passing
Director
The Power Of The Dog, Jane Campion – WINNER
After Love, Aleem Khan
Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Happening, Audrey Diwan
Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson
Titane, Julia Ducournau
Leading Actor
Will Smith, King Richard – WINNER
Adeel Akhtar, Ali & Ava
Mahershala Ali, Swan Song
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power Of The Dog
Leonardo Dicaprio, Don’t Look Up
Stephen Graham, Boiling Point
Animated Film
Encanto – WINNER
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells Vs The Machines
Production Design
Dune, Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos – WINNER
Cyrano, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
The French Dispatch, Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo
Nightmare Alley, Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
West Side Story, Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo
Documentary
Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – WINNER
Becoming Cousteau
Cow
Flee
The Rescue
Original Screenplay
Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson – WINNER
Being The Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin
Belfast, Kenneth Branagh
Don’t Look Up, Adam Mckay
King Richard, Zach Baylin
Adapted Screenplay
CODA, Siân Heder – WINNER
Drive My Car, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Dune, Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve
The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Power Of The Dog, Jane Campion
Outstanding British Film
Belfast – WINNER
After Love
Ali & Ava
Boiling Point
Cyrano
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
House Of Gucci
Last Night In Soho
No Time To Die
Passing
Supporting Actor
Troy Kotsur, CODA – WINNER
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
Jesse Plemons, The Power Of The Dog
Kodi Smit-Mcphee, The Power Of The Dog
Film Not In The English Language
Drive My Car – WINNER
The Hand Of God
Parallel Mothers
Petite Maman
The Worst Person In The World
Costume Design
Cruella, Jenny Beavan – WINNER
Cyrano, Massimo Cantini Parrini
Dune, Robert Morgan, Jacqueline West
The French Dispatch, Milena Canonero
Nightmare Alley, Luis Sequeira
Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story – WINNER
Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ann Dowd, Mass
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ruth Negga, Passing
EE Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Lashana Lynch – WINNER
Ariana DeBose
Harris Dickinson
Millicent Simmonds
Kodi Smit-Mcphee
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
The Harder They Fall, Jeymes Samuel (writer/director) [Also written by Boaz Yakin] – WINNER
After Love, Aleem Khan (writer/director)
Boiling Point, James Cummings (writer), Hester Ruoff (producer) [also written by Philip Barantini and produced by Bart Ruspoli]
Keyboard Fantasies, Posy Dixon (writer/director), Liv Proctor (producer)
Passing, Rebecca Hall (writer/director)
Casting
West Side Story, Cindy Tolan – WINNER
Boiling Point, Carolyn Mcleod
Dune, Francine Maisler
The Hand Of God, Massimo Appolloni, Annamaria Sambucco
King Richard, Rich Delia, Avy Kaufman
Make Up & Hair
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh – WINNER
Cruella, Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne
Cyrano, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Siân Miller
Dune, Love Larson, Donald Mowat
House Of Gucci, Frederic Aspiras, Jane Carboni, Giuliano Mariana, Sarah Nicole Tanno
Original Score
Dune, Hans Zimmer – WINNER
Being The Ricardos, Daniel Pemberton
Don’t Look Up, Nicholas Britell
The French Dispatch, Alexandre Desplat
The Power Of The Dog, Jonny Greenwood
Sound
Dune, Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Doug Hemphill, Theo Green, Ron Bartlett – WINNER
Last Night In Soho, Colin Nicolson, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin, Dan Morgan
No Time To Die, James Harrison, Simon Hayes, Paul Massey, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
A Quiet Place Part II, Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, Ethan Van Der Ryn
West Side Story, Brian Chumney, Tod Maitland, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom
Editing
No Time To Die, Tom Cross, Elliot Graham – WINNER
Belfast, Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
Dune, Joe Walker
Licorice Pizza, Andy Jurgensen
Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Joshua L. Pearson
Cinematography
Dune, Greig Fraser – WINNER
Nightmare Alley, Dan Laustsen
No Time To Die, Linus Sandgren
The Power Of The Dog, Ari Wegner
The Tragedy Of Macbeth, Bruno Delbonnel
Special Visual Effects
Dune, Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Gerd Nefzer – WINNER
Free Guy, Swen Gillberg, Brian Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Daniel Sudick
Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Aharon Bourland, Sheena Duggal, Pier Lefebvre, Alessandro Ongaro
The Matrix Resurrections, Tom Debenham, Hew J Evans, Dan Glass, J. D. Schwaim
No Time To Die, Mark Bokowski, Chris Corbould, Joel Green, Charlie Noble
British Short Film
The Black Cop, Cherish Oteka – WINNER
Femme, Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Ritzenberg, Hayley Williams
The Palace, Jo Prichard
Stuffed, Theo Rhys, Joss Holden-Rea
Three Meetings Of The Extraordinary Committee, Michael Woodward, Max Barron, Daniel Wheldon
British Short Animation
Do Not Feed The Pigeons, Jordi Morera – WINNER
Affairs Of The Art, Joanna Quinn, Les Mills
Night Of The Living Dread, Ida Melum, Danielle Goff, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso
This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.
Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa‘s “Sweetest Pie” tops this week’s new music poll.
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (March 11) on Billboard, choosing the pair’s collaborative track as their favorite new music release of the past week.
“Sweetest Pie,” which arrived this week alongside a trippy music video from the superstar duo, brought in more than 67% of the vote. “Oh, it’s the ride of your life/ Hold on ’cause I might just give you a bite/ Of the sweetest pie,” Lipa sings in the chorus.
Lil Durk‘s latest project, his new 7220 album, came in second on the poll, with more than 17% of the vote.
See the final results of this week’s new music release poll below.
Katy Perry took the latest news about her appeal over a “Dark Horse” copyright case to Vegas.
“So just be sure… before you take me to court, ’cause I’m a Scorpio, b—-!” she shouted out to the crowd Friday night (March 11), according to a concert video making its rounds on social media on Saturday.
Perry is in the midst of the March leg of dates of her Play Las Vegas residency at The Theatre at Resorts World resort and casino.
On Thursday, a federal appeals court refused to reinstate a $2.8 million copyright infringement verdict against Perry over her 2013 single “Dark Horse,” ruling that the two songs named share only basic musical “building blocks.”
Back in 2014, rapper Marcus Gray had sued Perry, accusing her of ripping off his song “Joyful Noise.” Jurors awarded him the verdict, but a judge overturned that verdict in 2020 on the grounds that the “ostinato” Perry allegedly copied was too simple for copyright protection.
On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld that decision, by a 3-to-0 vote.
“The portion of the ‘Joyful Noise’ ostinato that overlaps with the ‘Dark Horse’ ostinato consists of a manifestly conventional arrangement of musical building blocks,” said the appeals court. “Allowing a copyright over this material would essentially amount to allowing an improper monopoly over two-note pitch sequences or even the minor scale itself.”
Below, check out a clip of Perry’s onstage reaction that was uploaded by a fan who attended the show.
“so just be sure… BEFORE YOU TAKE ME TO COURT CUZ IM A SCORPIO, BICH” (please ignore my screams) @katyperry #KatyPerryPlay pic.twitter.com/7T5ZL31Yhu
— RICHIE MERCADÉ 🍄 (@RichieMercade) March 12, 2022
