The Daily Populous

Monday March 13rd, 2023 day edition

image for Brendan Fraser wins best actor Oscar for The Whale

Brendan Fraser has won the best actor Oscar for The Whale at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

Fraser stars as a morbidly obese teacher in the film, which was directed by Darren Aronofsky and adapted by Samuel D Hunter from his own play.

Fraser defeated a field of contenders including Elvis’s Austin Butler and The Banshees of Inisherin’s Colin Farrell.

The role has already won Fraser best actor at the Screen Actors Guild and Critics’ Choice awards, and best actor nominations for the Baftas and Golden Globes (for film drama).

Fraser chose not to attend the latter, after alleging in 2018 that the Golden Globes former president Philip Berk sexually assaulted him in 2003.

An emotional Fraser took to the stage exclaiming: “So this is what the multiverse looks like!”.

“Things didn’t come easily to me but there was a facility I didn’t appreciate at the time until it stopped.”. »

New poll suggests Ron DeSantis’ 'anti-woke' crusade will backfire

Authored by msnbc.com

“Florida is where woke goes to die,” DeSantis crowed when he was sworn in for a second term earlier this year.

DeSantis’ increasingly draconian measures give Americans plenty of opportunities to examine exactly what killing “wokeness” entails, beyond the rapturous admiration of GOP primary voters.

But in fact, he’s out of touch with Americans and American families, and that is the most important thing to know about his presidential aspirations. »

Russian Hackers Leak STALKER 2 Game Material and Demand Changes from GCS Game World

Authored by gameinfinitus.com

The Ukrainian game studio, GSC Game World, responsible for developing the game now faces a new challenge as it prepares for its 2023 release.

In exchange for not releasing “tens of gigabytes” of unreleased game material, GSC Game World has until March 15 to meet the hackers’ demands.

GSC Game World, a Ukrainian studio that created the original STALKER games, is currently developing the game. »

Police: Hand found in NYC woods belonged to woman buried in nearby cemetery

Authored by upi.com

March 11 (UPI) -- A human hand spotted by a dog walker this week in a wooded area of New York City's Staten Island belonged to a woman who was buried at a nearby cemetery, police said Saturday.

Using fingerprint analysis, the hand was identified as belonging to a woman who died in 2011 at the age of 63 and was buried at Staten Island's Resurrection Cemetery, police say.

Police are not sure how the hand arrived in the woods from the cemetery, which is located approximately one mile from the location where the hand was discovered. »

President of Switzerland supports ban on arms supplies to Ukraine

Authored by ukrinform.net

President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset says that Switzerland’s neutrality is more important than ever which does not allow the country to send weapons to Ukraine.

The President emphasized that Switzerland seeks to be present wherever it can contribute to mediation and peace.

He also considers it necessary to hold negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, and "the sooner, the better.". »