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LOS ANGELES, March 2 (Reuters) – Adrien Brody won his second best actor Oscar on Sunday for playing an immigrant architect in the epic postwar drama “The Brutalist.” The 51-year-old New York City native had previously won for “The Pianist,” when he became the youngest best actor winner at age 29. Brody joins an elite …

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By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -“No Other Land,” a film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community, won the documentary feature film Oscar on Sunday, and its directors appealed to the world to help end the conflict and accused the United States of blocking a solution. The film’s co-directors, Palestinian activist Basel Adra and …

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By Alessandra Galloni LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he believed he could salvage his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump after their explosive meeting in the Oval Office, but that talks needed to continue behind closed doors. Zelenskiy reiterated that Ukraine would not concede any territory to Russia as part of a …

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By Mary Milliken LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Zoe Saldana won the Oscar for best supporting actress on Sunday for her role as a Mexico City lawyer and fixer for a former drug lord in the crime drama and musical “Emilia Perez.” It was the first Oscar win for the 46-year-old Saldana and was preceded by wins …

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By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Filmmaker Sean Baker won the Academy Award for best director for “Anora,” a film about an exotic dancer and sex worker who has the chance of a Cinderella story when she marries the son of a Russian oligarch. Baker had been favored to win the directing award, having collected …

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LOS ANGELES, March 2 (Reuters) – Brazilian drama “I’m Still Here,” about a matriarch whose husband is taken away by the military regime that ruled the country in the 1970s, won the Academy Award for best international feature film on Sunday. The film, which also earned nominations for best actress and best picture, tells the …

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By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -The acting leader of Abkhazia has won a presidential election in the breakaway Georgian region, state media said on Sunday, months after his predecessor was driven from office following protests over an investment deal with Russia. Acting President Badra Gunba took almost 55% of the vote in Saturday’s election in …

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(Reuters) -Influential Russian parliamentarians dismissed a summit of European leaders in London on Sunday, saying it had produced no plan to settle the war in Ukraine. Konstantin Kosachev, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the only thing Ukraine could count on was an improvement in Russian-U.S. ties. He derided the outcome of the London …

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By David Morgan and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Republicans aligned with U.S. President Donald Trump pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday to change his position on the war with Russia or step aside, ramping up pressure on the Ukrainian leader after a contentious White House meeting last week. European leaders gave a show …

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