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Hollywood's biggest night is in the books. A movie about a bomb, which was anything but that at the box office, was the evening's top winner. "Oppenheimer" secured seven Oscars out of 13 nominations during the 96th annual Academy Awards. The historical epic scored best picture, director, actor, supporting actor, original score, cinematography and film editing. Actors Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., alongside director Christopher Nolan, took home their first-ever Oscar wins. "Poor Things" star Emma Stone won her second Oscar for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress went to Da'Vine Joy Randolph for her role in "The Holdovers."
https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/oscar-winners-2024-list-1235932341/
Fans of the TV series Roseanne and/or The Conners now have an opportunity to live like the family. Their house is up for sale in Evansville, Indiana. The yellow, four-bedroom, two-story home was built in 1925 and is listed at 225-thousand dollars.
Montana State University is set to brew up some new research, literally. The school announced it was recently approved for an academic brewer license that will allow university researchers to brew beer as part of their work. Officials say it will give them a chance to see what goes on during the brewing process such as identifying "beneficial traits in new barley lines."
As spring breakers descend on Texas beaches, researchers are warning beach-goers to not touch a bright blue and silver sea slug called the Blue Dragon. The one-inch creature sails on the ocean's surface and feeds on toxins. The sea slugs may be tiny, but a marine biologist warns that their sting feels like needles "scraping across your skin" and the pain can last up to three hours. They can sting in the water or even after they come ashore and die. Blue dragons live in the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans but, according to a group called American Oceans, their habitat is expanding
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/blue-dragons-wash-texas-beaches-rcna142301
A documentary about Bon Jovi is debuting on Hulu next month. "Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story" will tell the story of the band's 40-year career from their start on the Jersey Shore to playing the biggest arenas in the world. The four-part docuseries debuts on April 26th.
https://press.hulu.com/shows/thank-you-goodnight-the-bon-jovi-story/
To celebrate 85 years of Batman, Lego is releasing a set of the Gotham City skyline. Lego Group unveiled the set last Thursday, saying it's a "recreation of Gotham City as it appears in 'Batman: The Animated Series.'" According to DC Comics, the first Batman story "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" was published in 1939. The Lego set will include the Bat Signal and characters like Catwoman, the Joker, Harley Quinn and Batman himself. The set has more than four-thousand pieces and costs about 300-dollars. It'll be available on Lego's website starting April 1st.
https://hypebeast.com/2024/3/batman-lego-dc-skyline-set-release-info