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And the 2026 Oscar nominees are…. Nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were announced live Thursday morning from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles by actors Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks. While horror films have traditionally been left out of the Oscars, Ryan Coogler’s vampire tale “Sinners” made history with 16 nominations, including Directing, Best Picture and Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, his first Oscar nomination. No movie has ever landed more than 14 nominations — something achieved only by “All About Eve,” “Titanic” and “La La Land.” Paul Thomas Anderson’s father-daughter revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another,” trailed in second with 13 nominations. This year, the Academy is recognizing casting directors for the first time, adding the new category last year. The last time a competitive category was added was in 2001, with best animated film. The Oscars will take place on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and will be televised live on ABC and Hulu at 7 p.m. ET on ABC. Conan O’Brien is returning as host. See the full list below: Best Actor Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent” Best Actress Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue”Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”Emma Stone, “Bugonia” Best Director Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme”Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”Ryan Coogler, “Sinners” Best Cinematography “Sinners”“One Battle After Another”“Train Dreams”“Frankenstein”“Marty Supreme” Best Picture “Bugonia”“F1”“Frankenstein”“Hamnet”“Marty Supreme”“One Battle After Another”“The Secret Agent”“Sentimental Value”“Sinners”“Train Dreams” Best Supporting Actress Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”Amy Madigan , “Weapons”Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners”Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another” Best Supporting Actor Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value” Best Makeup and Hairstyling “Frankenstein”“Kokuho”“Sinners”“The Smashing Machine”“The Ugly Stepsister” Best Original Score “Bugonia”“Frankenstein”“Hamnet”“One Battle After Another”“Sinners” Best Live Action Short Film “Butcher’s Stain”“A Friend of Dorothy”“Jane Austen’s Period Drama”“The Singers”“Two People Exchanging Saliva” Best Animated Short Film “Butterfly”“Forevergreen”“The Girl Who Cried Pearls”“Retirement Plan”“The Three Sisters” Best Adapted Screenplay “One Battle After Another”“Hamnet”“Bugonia”“Train Dreams”“Frankenstein” Best Original Screenplay “Blue Moon”“It Was Just an Accident”“Marty Supreme”“Sentimental Value”“Sinners” Best Casting Nina Gold, “Hamnet”Jennifer Venditti, “Marty Supreme”Casandra Kulukundis, “One Battle After Another”Gabriel Domingues, “The Secret Agent”Francine Maisler, “Sinners” Best Costume Design “Avatar: Fire and Ash”“Frankenstein”“Hamnet”“Marty Supreme”“Sinners” Best International Feature Film “It Was Just an Accident”“The Secret Agent”“Sentimental Value”“The Voice of Hind Rajab”“Sirat” Best Original Song “Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless”“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters”“I Lied to You” from “Sinners”“Sweet Dreams of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!”“Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” Best Production Design “Frankenstein”“Hamnet”“Marty Supreme”“One Battle After Another”“Sinners” Best Documentary Feature Film “The Alabama Solution”“Come See Me in the Good Light”“Cutting Through Rocks”“Mr. Nobody Against Putin”“The Perfect Neighbor” Best Film Editing “F1”“Marty Supreme”“One Battle After Another”“Sentimental Value”“Sinners” Best Visual Effects…

The Flyers coughed up a game they absolutely should have won Wednesday night as they suffered a brutal 5-4 overtime loss to the Mammoth at Delta Center. Rick Tocchet’s club had leads of 3-0 and 4-2. With 35 seconds left in regulation, Clayton Keller tied it for Utah. The Mammoth’s captain went around Travis Sanheim and beat Samuel Ersson to force the bonus session. A little under a minute before that, Garnet Hathaway had a chance to seal the game with a clear path for an empty-net goal. But the veteran winger tried skating with it and was stripped as he went to shoot. Keller won the game 2:01 minutes into OT. Christian Dvorak had a pair of goals and an assist for the Flyers, while Cam York and Bobby Brink also found the back of the net. Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale each collected two assists. The Flyers (23-17-9) dropped to 1-0-1 on this three-game road trip against teams all in Western Conference playoff position. After snapping a season-worst six-game skid Monday night with a 2-1 win over the Golden Knights, the Flyers couldn’t build on it. Last season, they had a crushing loss in Utah very similar to this one. The Mammoth (26-20-4) extended their point streak to eight games (7-0-1). The Flyers face Utah again March 5 when the clubs meet in Philadelphia. • Ersson made 22 saves on 27 shots. The Mammoth cut the Flyers’ 3-0 lead to 3-2 with goals in a span of 36 seconds during the second period. That prompted Tocchet to call a timeout, which seemed to settle things down for the Flyers. Dvorak responded with his second goal, this one on the power play, to restore some order. Utah’s third goal came in the final stanza against the Flyers’ penalty kill. Noah Juulsen was whistled for roughing when he fought Jack McBain in defense of Jamie Drysdale. Dan Vladar missed a fourth straight game. We’ll see if he’s an option to play the final game of the trip, a possibility Tocchet mentioned four days ago. Vladar has been considered day to day with a lower-body injury. Mammoth netminder Karel Vejmelka stopped 25 of the Flyers’ 29 shots. • For a third straight game, the Flyers grabbed a 1-0 lead. They’ve had issues with falling behind, but they’ve addressed them recently. York jumped on a juicy rebound to start the scoring just 30 seconds into the action. A little over four minutes later, Dvorak deposited his first of the game to extend the Flyers’ lead. Brink made it 3-0 with a power play goal in the opening minute of the second period. At that point, it sure looked like the Flyers were headed to a win. Instead, they’ve now lost seven of their last eight games (1-5-2). • Owen Tippett had to leave the game early in the middle stanza after taking an open-ice hit from Liam O’Brien. The Flyers’ winger was able to return later in the period and finished with 13:46 minutes. • The Flyers wrap up their trip Friday when they visit the 34-5-9 Avalanche (9 p.m. ET/NBCSP). This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.

Villanova University was closed on Thursday after, school officials said, the university received a ‘threat of violence targeted at an academic building’ early in the morning. However, after finding no reports of activity posing a danger on campus, school officials permitted students to move freely throughout the campus and some buildings were available for student use. “The FBI and law enforcement agencies are continuing their investigation, and we are now aware that even more universities have received a similar threat,” school officials said in an update. “Given this information and after law enforcement’s safety assessment, individuals on campus no longer need to remain indoors. It is safe to be out on campus. All in-person classes and activities are still canceled, and all academic buildings will remain closed.” Officials said some buildings — including the main dining halls, Dougherty, Donahue, and St. Mary’s Hall — were open for residential students. The Connelly Center, Falvey Memorial Library, and the Student Health Center were also opened for student use as of 11 a.m.  By 2:30 p.m., officials gave a final “all-clear” for the campus. However, classes and activities were still cancelled and all academic buildings would remain closed for the remainder of the day, officials said. School officials said they have received no reports of any activity posing a danger to the campus, and an increased police presence would remain on campus throughout the day “out of an abundance of caution.” The school noted that it would close for the day on its website and officials said the campus will return to normal operations on Friday, Jan. 23. Investigators have not yet provided more information about the threat. The incident was the third time in the 2025-2026 school year that Villanova students and staff dealt with threats. In late August 2025, false reports of an active shooter at Villanova caused confusion on two occasions. Léelo en español aquí Villanova was one of at least two universities that received threats on Thursday. The NYPD provided heightened security at New York University after emails threatened violence at two buildings, officials said. Both NYU buildings were eventually given the all-clear and classes resumed. It’s unclear if the threats at Villanova and NYU are connected.

After conducting studies, collecting surveys and gathering input from stakeholders, the School District of Philadelphia, on Thursday, released a master plan that calls for 20 district owned properties to be closed. The plan also calls for 12 of these properties to be repurposed for the district’s use while the remaining eight properties will be conveyed to the city to be used for workforce housing or job creation. Some properties impacted by closures, co-merging, moves and phase outs include: Closing Robert Morris Elementary and reassigning students to William D. Kelley Elementary School and Bache-Martin School. The Morris building will be repurposed as a hub for the District’s Office of Diverse Learners. Closing Samuel Pennypacker School and reassigning students to Franklin S. Edmonds Elementary School and Anna B. Day School. Closing John Welsh Elementary School and reassigning students to John Hartranft School and William McKinley Elementary School. The Welsh building will be modernized and repurposed as a new year-round high school. Closing James R. Ludlow School and reassigning students to Paul L. Dunbar School, Spring Garden School, and General Philip Kearny School. The Ludlow building will be conveyed to the City of Philadelphia for repurposing for affordable workforce housing and/or job creation. Closing Laura W. Waring School and reassigning students to Bache-Martin School. The Waring building will be modernized and repurposed as the home of Masterman Middle School. Closing Overbrook Elementary School and reassigning students to Lewis C. Cassidy Plus Academics, Guion S. Bluford Elementary School, John Barry Elementary School, and Edward Heston School. The Overbrook Elementary building will be modernized and repurposed as District network offices. Closing Rudolph Blankenburg School and reassigning students to James Rhoads Elementary School, Edward Heston School, and the newly co-located Martha Washington Academics Plus School/Middle Years Alternative School. The Blankenburg building will be conveyed to the City of Philadelphia for repurposing for affordable workforce housing and/or job creation. Closing Fitler Academics Plus after phase out. The Fitler building will be conveyed to the City of Philadelphia or sold. Phasing out General Louis Wagner Middle School and growing Prince Hall School, Joseph Pennell Elementary School, William Rowan School, Julia Ward Howe School, and Ellwood School. The Wagner building will be conveyed to the City of Philadelphia or sold. Phasing out Stetson Middle School and growing Lewis Elkin Elementary School and William Cramp Elementary School. The Stetson building will be repurposed as District swing space. Phasing out Warren G. Harding Middle School and growing James J. Sullivan School (which will move to the old Harding site), John Marshall School, Henry W. Lawton School, and Laura H. Carnell School. Phasing out William T. Tilden’s Middle School and growing Thomas G. Morton School, John M. Patterson School, and Joseph W. Catharine School. The Tilden building will be modernized and repurposed into an athletics and sports facility for Bartram High School. Phasing out Academy for the Middle Years at Northwest (AMY NW). The AMY NW building will be conveyed to the City of Philadelphia or sold. Closing Lankenau High School and merging the Lankenau program into Roxborough High School as an honors program. The Lankenau building will be conveyed to the City of Philadelphia or sold. Closing Motivation High School and merging the Motivation program into John Bartram High School as an honors program. The Motivation building will be repurposed as District swing space. Closing Paul Robeson High School and merging the Robeson program into William L. Sayre High School as an honors program with investments in CTE spaces and dual enrollment opportunities. The Robeson building will be conveyed to the City of Philadelphia or sold. Closing Parkway Northwest High School and merging the…

Michelle Obama opened up on “Call Her Daddy” about whether she believes the U.S. is ready for a female president. The former first lady discussed a wide range of topics during her interview with Alex Cooper on the Jan. 21 episode of the podcast, including the scrutiny she faced while in the public eye and the media’s focus on her appearance during Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Obama also expanded on comments she made last November about whether she would ever consider running for president herself and what that says about the country’s readiness for a woman in the Oval Office. “As we saw in this past election, sadly, we ain’t ready,” Obama said. “That’s why I’m like, don’t even look at me about running, because you all are lying. You’re not ready for a woman. You are not.” She previously touched on the subject during a conversation with actor Tracee Ellis Ross for a live taping of her podcast, “IMO,” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Nov. 5, 2025. Ross asked Obama whether serving as first lady had affected “the room that we’ve made for a woman to be president.” “You know, we got a lot of growing up to do,” Obama said. “And there’s still, sadly, a lot of men who do not feel like they can be led by a woman, and we saw it.” Speaking with Cooper, Obama elaborated further. “We’ve come a long way,” she said. “Whether people really feel yet that they can follow a woman as president… we’d be silly to think there aren’t some gut… I don’t know, like we’re not even analyzing what those feelings are about because we’re trying to pretend it’s all better.” “How could it be all better?” she continued. “We’ve been feeding off this bone for so long, it doesn’t just go away. It takes time. But we’re moving. We are moving in that direction.” Michelle Obama Nov 15, 2025 Michelle Obama says the U.S. is ‘not ready' for a woman president Michelle Obama Aug 14, 2025 The 3 words of dating advice Michelle Obama gave her daughters celebrity couples Jul 16, 2025 Barack and Michelle Obama break silence on divorce rumors “There are men out there who would not vote for a woman,” she said. “Let’s just be real about it and put that on the table and talk about what that’s about.” “Let’s not be mad because I made the statement,” Obama added. “Let’s look at the fact that we’ve had two really qualified female candidates.” “We have qualified women. They’re not perfect, they don’t cross every T and dot every I, there’s a falling-shortness that happens,” she said. “But why can’t we talk about that? Why are we pretending that didn’t just happen?” Cooper noted that some critics have argued that disliking certain candidates does not necessarily mean the country isn’t ready for a woman president. “We’re still growing,” Obama responded. “I think it’s going to happen. Are we ready now? I don’t know. Let’s prove us wrong. I would love that.” Cooper also raised a hypothetical scenario in which President Donald Trump changes the law and runs for a third term, asking whether Barack Obama would ever consider returning to politics. “I hope not,” Obama said. “I would actively work against that. I would be at home working against it.” “I do believe in the need for new vision,” she added. “This is a hard job, and it requires new energy, new vision all the time, new ways of looking at the world. So, I do think that eight years is enough.” “How are we going to build new leaders if the same people keep doing it again and again and again?”