After taking a slow, horseshoe-shaped dip across eastern Cuba over the past 36 hours and dumping over a foot of heavy rain – causing pockets of significant flooding – poorly-organized Oscar is picking up the pace and accelerating through the southeastern Bahamas and toward the western Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Oscar has disintegrated as it heads toward the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least seven people.

It’s not often we see a colossal failure in hurricane forecasting, but over the weekend the sudden formation of Hurricane Oscar on Saturday near the Turks and Caicos off the southeastern Bahamas was a reminder why we watch every system carefully, especially those close to land during the peak months of the hurricane season.

Tropical Storm Oscar is heading toward the Bahamas after dumping heavy rain across eastern Cuba.

Horror movies topped the domestic box office charts and the Oscar contender “Anora” got off to a sparkling start this weekend.

Oscar has weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall Sunday in eastern Cuba.

At 200 PM EDT (1800 UTC), the remnants of Oscar were located near latitude 23.0 North, longitude 74.0 West. The remnants are moving toward the northeast near 12 mph (19 km/h) and this general motion...

The Jonathan Majors-starring bodybuilder drama “Magazine Dreams” has been acquired for theatrical release after it was dropped following Majors’ conviction for assaulting his ex-girlfriend.

After $1 billion at the box office, 11 Oscar nominations and two major wins, including for Joaquin Phoenix, it’s easy to forget the handwringing over “Joker.”.

Lady Gaga delivered a dazzling performance as the first musical act during the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony — except it was all prerecorded.

Lady Gaga delivered a dazzling performance as the first musical act during the Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony — except it was all prerecorded.

The Oscar-winning team behind the blockbuster “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” trilogies is reuniting to produce 2 new films.

Fellow actors and famous fans are paying tribute to Louis Gossett Jr. after his death at age 87.

“Oppenheimer” has finally opened in the nation where two cities were obliterated by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist at the center of the film.

The Oscar-nominated documentary “Food, Inc” helped change the way many consumers think about the systems behind the things we eat.

The legendary Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki made a historic and golden return to the Academy Awards.

It's almost time for the Oscars.

Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied have divorced after 11 years of marriage and two children.

A Los Angeles judge has rejected Cher's request to have her adult son put in a temporary conservatorship.

A Los Angeles judge has declined to give Cher an immediate court conservatorship over her son's money.

Oscar- and Grammy-winning musician Jon Batiste will embark on his first North American headlining tour in 2024.

Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh has been elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee.

Grammy- and Oscar-nominated indie musician Sufjan Stevens is relearning how to walk after the autoimmune disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome left him immobile, representatives confirmed to The Associated Press.

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is “terribly glad” that a film detailing his poisoning and political activism won the Oscar for best documentary feature.

This week’s new entertainment releases include a whopping 36-song album from Morgan Wallen, the arrival on Hulu of the best picture Oscar nominee and Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness” and CBS has a new TV series inspired by the film “True Lies.”.

Austin Butler has taken some flack for holding onto his Elvis accent long after actually playing Elvis.

Andrea Riseborough will not be stripped of her Oscar nomination for best actress.

They'll have what she's having.

Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale,” the Marilyn Monroe drama “Blonde,” Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” and Guadagnino’s “Bones and All,” with Timothée Chalamet, will all have their world premieres in competition at the Venice International Film Festival this fall.

A Florida LGBTQ+ organization is thanking superstar singer Lady Gaga for providing much-needed support.

Recent Oscar winners Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur and Billie Eilish are among the 397 individuals who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Diane Warren will finally be able to thank the Academy this November.

ABC is teaming Hilary Swank and the writer of the “Spotlight” movie for a new series with a journalist as a hero.

Next year’s Academy Awards will take place March 12.

Before he was working with Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse and many others, Mark Ronson was a teen DJ in 1990s downtown New York, a place and time he will look back on in an upcoming book.

At the last minute the underdog came through beating the frontrunner “The Power of the Dog.”

Tony Kotsur becomes the second deaf actor to win an Oscar, for his role in a film about the child of deaf parents.

Ariana DeBose lived up to Oscar predictions and followed the path of her “West Side Story” predecessor Rita Moreno.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, one of this year’s most prominent Oscar nominees, is sitting out the ceremony after his wife tested positive for COVID-19.

Elliot Page is working on a memoir, in which he will write about everything from his Oscar-nominated film career to becoming a prominent transgender person.

Therapy dogs have been around for years but more and more they’re being used to help first responders recover from personal and professional trauma.

The American Film Institute lined up behind many of the year’s end-of-year Oscar contenders, naming Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up” among the year’s 10 best films.

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The veteran stage and screen actor Olympia Dukakis has died.

Esta semana se dijo falsamente que el presidente mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador había anunciado que renunciaría a su partido político y se uniría a uno nuevo; que su hijo había participado en una riña que ocurrió en un club de golf y que su esposa había tuiteado una fotografía con un presunto abusador sexual.

Anthony Hopkins has honored the late Chadwick Boseman after winning the best actor Oscar, hailing his fellow performer as a man “taken from us far too early.”.

“Soul” has won the heart of Oscar voters.

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The Venice Film Festival is giving its lifetime achievement award this year to Oscar-winning director and actor Roberto Benigni.

People wait on line to attend a public viewing for Cicely Tyson at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress died on Jan. 28. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)NEW YORK – People traveled across the country and stood in a block-long line to pay respects to Cicely Tyson at a public viewing Monday. Hundreds of admirers of the pioneering Black actor lined up outside Harlem's famed Abyssinian Baptist Church on a wintry Monday. Many in the multigenerational crowd held photos of Tyson, who died Jan. 28.

FILE - Cicely Tyson arrives at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 20, 2009, in Los Angeles. Tyson's death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)NEW YORK – People wishing to pay their final respects to legendary actor Cicely Tyson will get a chance during a public viewing at a famed Manhattan church. The viewing for the actor, who died last week at age 96, will be held on Monday, Feb. 15, at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, according to a statement by her family through her manager Larry Thompson. The viewing will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and COVID-19 protocols will be in place, with masks and social distancing requirements.

Leachman died in her sleep of natural causes at her home in Encinitas, California, publicist Monique Moss said Wednesday. “Nothing I could say would top the enormity of my love for you,” posted Ed Asner of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show." In 1989, Leachman toured in “Grandma Moses,” a play in which she aged from 45 to 101. Phyllis was so unexpectedly engaging that Leachman starred in a spinoff series of her own, “Phyllis,” which ran on CBS from 1975 to 1977. Cloris Leachman grew up on the outskirts of Des Moines, Iowa, where she was born in 1926.

The star said he does his own haircuts with a device famously touted in infomercials. In an interview on “CBS Sunday Morning,” the Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker said he's been cutting his own hair for more than two decades. “My hair is really like straw,” Clooney said of his thick, salt-and-pepper thatch. But as Clooney told CBS News correspondent Smith, he's been cutting his hair “for 25 years” and relies on the Flowbee. Although the actor is famed for pranking his co-stars, Rosenfield said it seemed unlikely this was one of his practical jokes.

NEW YORK – The Walt Disney Co. will make a follow-up to the 2019 live-action “The Lion King,” with Barry Jenkins, the director of the Oscar-winning “Moonlight” and the James Baldwin adaptation “If Beale Street Could Talk,” set to direct. The new “Lion King” grossed more than $1.6 billion worldwide, so a sequel was perhaps always likely. Less expected was a “Lion King” with Jenkins directing. The film, Disney said, will explore the mythology of “The Lion King,” including Mufasa's origin story. Disney didn't announce any further plot details or casting on the new “Lion King” project, which was first reported by Deadline Hollywood.

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A puppy that was stolen from a pet store in Pembroke Pines has been returned to the business, but the men who stole the chocolate English bulldog named Oscar remain at large. As the employee walked away, so did the crooks, taking Oscar right out of the pet shop with them. Petland employees say two men stole a puppy from the business Feb. 21. While police are still searching for the men, Oscar was found Saturday morning. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said a woman dropped off the dog at a fire station in Miami Gardens, telling firefighters the dog was recently stolen.

Awards season is in full swing as the 92nd annual Academy Awards take place this weekend. Leading with the most Oscar nominations is “Joker,” with 11 nominations in total. “The Irishman,” “1917” and “Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood” each received 10 nominations. What or who do you think will win? Let us know what you think in the comments or by voting in the polls below.

So much happened this year that it was hard to condense it all into one single quiz, but we think we did a good job of capturing the most iconic and wacky pop culture moments of the year. From Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s emotional Oscar performance to the big “Game of Thrones” finale, we’ve got everything you need to remember about 2019. Take the quiz below to see how well you do.

Hannah Peters / Getty ImagesMIAMI - Nearly two decades after appearing at the American Airlines Arena on her farewell tour, the legendary Cher will return to Miami in 2020. The "Here We Go Again Tour" will stop in South Florida on Tuesday, March 24 along with special guests Nile Rodgers and Chic. The Oscar, Grammy and Emmy-winning icon won her Grammy in 2002 for a concert performance filmed in Miami on November 7-8, 2002. The concert was part of her "Living Proof: The Farewell Tour." Tickets for her upcoming Miami appearance go on sale Friday, Nov. 8 at 12 p.m. CLICK HERE for more information.

Actress Nicole Kidman got rave reviews for her Oscar night dress -- a cobalt blue Armani strapless gown. If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

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Tom Hanks is the sixth-highest grossing actor in North America. His films have made $4.6 billion in the U.S. and Canada and more than $9.2 billion worldwide. The two-time Oscar winner starred in several romantic comedies, especially during the early part of his film career. Here's a look at his top 10 leading ladies, according to entertainment website ranker.com. Hide Caption

Ryan Gosling, who was raised in Cornwall, Ontario, became the first Canadian-born performer in over 60 years to earn a best actor Oscar nomination in 2007 for "Half Nelson." A decade later he earned his second best actor Oscar nomination, this time for "La La Land." Hide Caption

Elton John's two possible Oscar nods, Avril Lavigne's first tour in five years, and your first look at "Black and Blue.

2002: Irish actor Richard Harris, perhaps best known for his role as King Arthur in the 1967 film "Camelot" and for playing Albus Dumbledore in the first two films in the "Harry Potter" series, dies of Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of 72 in London, England. His other films included "The Sporting Life" and "The Field," both of which earned him Oscar nominations, "Gladiator," "Unforgiven" and "Cry, the Beloved Country." Hide Caption

2008: Legendary actor Paul Newman, who was nominated for an Oscar eight times and won for 1986's "The Color of Money," dies from lung cancer at the age of 83 in Westport, Connecticut. Some of his other best known films include "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "The Hustler," "Cool Hand Luke," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting" and "Slap Shot." Newman was also known for co-founding Newman's Own, a food company from which he donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity, and as an auto racing enthusiast who raced cars himself and owned his own racing team. Hide Caption

2016: Director Arthur Hiller dies at the age of 92 in Los Angeles. He received an Oscar nomination for Best Director for 1970's "Love Story" and is also known for directing movies such as "The Out-of-Towners," "Plaza Suite," "The Man in the Glass Booth," "Silver Streak," "The In-Laws" and "Outrageous Fortune." He also served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 1989 to 1993 and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997. Hide Caption