Meet the ‘strong’ Miss New York USA queens finally vying for 2021 crown

KIM Kardashian was slammed for promoting a $100,000 fan giveaway amid the crisis in war-torn Ukraine. Critics ripped the Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum's "tone-deaf" post and urged her to send the money straight to Ukraine instead.

President Joe Biden, 79, addressed the nation on the pressing issue of defunding the police during his State of the Union on Tuesday March 1. The president received a standing ovation from both Republicans and Democrats, as he called for providing police with further funding necessary to fight crime in their communities.

Sarah Hyland is opening up about her health struggles.

Not all love is lost between Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa. ET spoke to Momoa at “The Batman” premiere in New York City on Tuesday where he supported Zoë Kravitz, and he said that he and Bonet were “still family” after announcing their split in January.

Scarlett Johansson is giving rare insight into both her pregnancies.

50 Cent is parting ways with Starz.

Khloe Kardashian, 37, is looking fit in her latest social media video! The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star filmed a quick clip of herself standing in a full-length mirror in her home gym while wearing a white sports bra and light blue leggings and shared it to her Instagram story on March 1. She also wore white sneakers, had her blonde locks up and rocked her hips from side to side as she filmed herself with her phone.

Hailie Jade Mathers, 26, is having fun in the sun! Or, well, she’s recalling some past moments in the sun, posting a throwback shot from a past getaway where temperatures were a bit warmer than her native Michigan home. Eminem‘s daughter, 26, shared a shot of herself in a white crop top in an Instagram photo shared on March 1, pairing the look with a pair of high-waisted dark navy relaxed jeans and topping off the ’90s style with an adorable multi-colored beige bucket hat. Hailie posed on the stairs and took in the bright rays, writing, “need of sunshine,” as the reminisced about warmer weather. 

FILM CATEGORIESOutstanding Nonfiction Feature: “Flee,” directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, produced by Monica Hellström and Signe Byrge Sorensen Outstanding Direction: “Procession,” Robert GreeneOutstanding Editing: “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” Joshua PearsonOutstanding Production: “The First Wave,” Matthew Heineman, Jenna Millman and Leslie NorvilleOutstanding Cinematography: “Ascension,” Jessica Kingdon and Nathan TruesdellOutstanding Original Score: “Ascension,” Dan DeaconOutstanding Sound Design: “The Velvet Underground,” Leslie Shatz and Jahn SoodOutstanding Graphic Design/Animation: “Flee,” Kenneth LadekjærOutstanding Debut: “Ascension,” directed by Jessica KingdonOutstanding Nonfiction Short: “Three Songs for Benazir,” directed by Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan MirzaeiAudience Choice Prize: “The Rescue,” directed by E.

Harry Styles has been the victim of a break-in, after a man who was previously convicted of stalking the famous singer, was reportedly hit with new charges, entering into his home without authorization and assaulting someone in the process.The dangerous 28-year-old man currently has a restraining order, after being found guilty of stalking Styles, and was banned to be within 250 of the artist, or try to make contact with him directly or indirectly, including social media, as it was stated in court documents back in 2019.Pablo Tarazaga-Orero has now been accused of assault, after once again trying to enter Styles’ home in North London, and assaulting a woman who is part of the singer’s entourage, destroying a vase during the disturbing incident.It has also been reported that the man has to appear at Westminster Magistrates‘ Court, and is being charged with breaching the original restraining order, as he was not allowed to be close to “the victim’s house.” Additionally, he was charged with using violence as he tried to force his way into the property.During the first trial, it was stated that the man had been sleeping close to Styles’ home in London, and the singer offered him money for food.

Now the criticism is coming from within. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ plan to pre-tape Best Sound and other categories on this month’s Oscarcast has hit a sour note with a Music Branch governor.

EXCLUSIVE: Yash Raj Films, a key production house and distributor in India, has named Akshaye Widhani to the new role of Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

Kanye West is apparently fed up with his legal counsel — and now, hours before he is set to face off with Kim Kardashian in a courtroom meeting where she is expected to be made officially single once again, Ye is opting for a new lawyer.

Farrah Abraham is checking into a rehabilitation center and treatment facility to get past recent trauma.

The stars of Squid Game are back together again to chat up the success of the Netflix series at THR Awards Chatter Podcast Chapman University Taping at Chapman University on Monday (February 28) in Orange, Calif.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lead Congress in showing solidarity for Ukraine by wearing a blue blazer, as well as a pin with both the United States and Ukraine’s flags on it. Pelosi was one of many politicians showed their support for Ukrainians during the State of the Union address on Tuesday March 1. Many sported outfits that prominently featured the colors yellow and blue from the country’s flag.

Clayton Davis As one Oscar season comes to a close, another opens (at least to speculation) with Matt Reeves’ newest take on the Batman franchise starring Robert Pattinson, Jeffrey Wright, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano and Colin Farrell.The director and co-writer (along with Peter Craig) delivers a dark take on the world’s greatest detective as he battles villains the Riddler, the Penguin and (sorta, but not really) Catwoman. Receiving positive reviews from critics, will this new take on the Caped Crusader land major Oscar attention —  including best picture — following in the footsteps of “Black Panther” (2017) and “Joker” (2019)?But with a limited sense of what the rest of 2022 will have to offer the cinematic landscape, there are certainly two spots well worth considering “The Batman” for recognition: cinematography and original score.

Russia and Ukraine dating back to the collapse of the Soviet Union has become a full-out war with global — and commercial — reverberations. Russia’s booming film and TV industry, with its deep, government-backed coffers, lost its grip on the world stage virtually overnight amid growing fallout from Vladimir Putin’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.Disney, Warner Bros., Sony and Paramount all paused distribution of new movies in Russia, and “SNL” opened last weekend’s show with a Ukrainian chorus in solidarity with the country under attack.

Jon Burlingame editorIt isn’t often that an Academy governor publicly criticizes the Academy itself, but that happened today when music-branch governor Laura Karpman issued a statement condemning the Academy’s plan to drop the music-score Oscar presentation from the live telecast on March 27.She was sharply critical of both the decision and the process. Her statement, issued this morning on all her social media accounts, reads: “I am shocked that the officers of the Academy denied the Board of Governors the opportunity to vote and participate in the decision to exclude the music branch in the live broadcast.“This is literally a wound in the heart of the music community,” she continued.

J. Kim Murphy Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar and Future are set to headline this year’s Rolling Loud Festival in July. The Miami-based music festival announced the trio of performers on Tuesday evening.Ye is set to headline the first night of the festival on Friday, July 22.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterOn its face, celebrating the year’s most popular films during the Academy Awards makes perfect sense — movies are a popular art, after all. But when the Academy announced that it would celebrate the Fan Favorite movies of 2021 with a Twitter poll, anyone who has spent roughly 15 minutes on Twitter could have predicted things would get weird.Narrator: “They got weird.”On Monday, the Academy announced 10 movies that made the cut for the #OscarsFanFavorite Leaderboard, selected via hashtags and submissions on an Academy website.

Robert Pattinson that he's Batman. Turns out, his inner circle also find it «really, really weird.»The 35-year-old actor spoke to ET's Rachel Smith at Tuesday night's premiere of at the Lincoln Center in New York City and the actor almost couldn't find the words to describe what it all meant to him.“It’s so surreal," he said. «I mean, it’s like, it’s literally … I was just texting somebody earlier, ‘I’m going to the premiere tonight’ and they were like, ‘Don’t you find it really weird that you’re Batman?’ I’m like, yeah.

Jason Momoa walks the red carpet with his children, daughter Lola and son Nakoa-Wolf, at the premiere of The Batman in New York City on Tuesday night (March 1).

David Beckham, 46, and wife Victoria’s 19-year-old son, Romeo may be their middle child, but he is by far their tallest! On Tuesday, March 1, the former Spice Girl attended the YSL Fashion Show at Paris Fashion Week with Romeo – and he towered over his mother! But it is not only his mother, who is 5 feet 3 inches tall, that Romeo trumps in height, but his entire family it seems!

Consumers attempting to purchase Apple products on the company’s Russian storefront are now getting an “unavailable” message for every product, according to CNBC. The company also removed Russian state-controlled outlets RT News and Sputnik News from its App Store, except in Russia.

a woman proposing to a man is unconventional. Well, the world is evolving and people are challenging norms, including the creators and participants of the new Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) series Marry Me Now, where brave women take the reins in their relationships and propose to their partners. The show will follow the journeys of eight women from Houston in long-term relationships who are ready to take things to the next level. Tired of waiting for their boyfriends to get on one knee, the ladies plan a surprise public proposal and wedding with happily ever after as their end goal.