Kirill Krutov

As I'm writing this, the 2021 Academy Awards has done a lot to  spread the love around , giving trophies to a wide variety of different movies – but one individual who didn't feel said love is  Glenn Close . This evening she was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category, but unfortunately she lost out to  Minari 's Yuh-jung Youn. Under normal circumstances this wouldn't be anything to write an article about, as there were three other performers up for the prize as well, but what  makes tonight significant  is that Close has now tied the record for the most Oscar nominations ever without winning a prize. In the last 38 years, Glenn Close has been nominated for an Academy Award a stunning eight times, but every time the envelope has been opened on stage the paper inside has revealed a different name. It ties her in movie history with Peter O'Toole, who passed away before ever winning an Oscar (though he was the recipient of an Honorary Award in 2003). Of the t...

(CNN) Former President Donald Trump's continued promotion of  the "big lie"  about  the 2020 election  could still incite his followers to violence, the Justice Department and judges noted repeatedly this week, as courts weigh the future dangerousness of US Capitol riot defendants. Two federal judges this week brought up the disinformation about 2020 from right-wing figures, and even Trump himself, as they considered keeping alleged Capitol rioters in jail before trial. And prosecutors from the Justice Department are arguing more explicitly that violent threats stemming from Trump-backed conspiracy theories are still alive, and that Trump supporters could be called to act again. "It's never too late" for pro-Trump extremist groups like the Proud Boys to mobilize, because the right-wing political climate hasn't shifted much since Trump left office, federal prosecutor Jason McCullough  argued at a hearing  for one of the accused Proud Boys leaders earlier ...