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Viola Davis wins the Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Fences". 2017-02-26
Mahershala Ali wins the Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Moonlight". He is the first Muslim American to win the award. 2017-02-26
"The Salesman" directed by Asghar Farhadi won Best Foreign Language Film. Farhadi and other film crew did not attend the ceremony in protest of Donald Trump's visa ban. First Iranian in space Anousheh Ansari and scienist Firouz Naderi attended in place of Farhadi. 2017-02-26
Casey Affleck wins the Best Actor for his role in "Manchester by the Sea", which also won Best Original Screenplay. 2017-02-26
The Netflix "documentary" "The White Helmets", a film about the Syrian Civil War, wins the Best Documentary Short.The cinematographer Khaled Khatib who is himself a member of the rebel-aligned group couldn't attend the ceremony because officials from the Department of Homeland Security discovered "derogatory information" about him. 2017-02-26
Nominations for the 2017 Academy Awards are announced, with "La La Land", "Moonlight" and "Hidden Figures" among the favorites. 2017-01-24
Ex National Football League player Darren Sharper is sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping two women in the American city of Los Angeles, California. Sharper has been accused of attacking a dozen women across the United States. 2016-11-29
The 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards is held in the US city of Los Angeles with Jean Dujardin winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his role in "The Artist". [https:--www.usatoday.com-life-movies-movieawards-story-2012-01-29-2012-screen-actors-guild-awards-52873680-1 ("USA Today")]Viola Davis wins the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her role in "The Help". [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-ap-20120130-ap_on_en_mo-us_sag_awards (AP via Yahoo News)]date=August 2019 Viola Davis wins the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her role in "The Help". [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-ap-20120130-ap_on_en_mo-us_sag_awards (AP via Yahoo News)]date=August 2019 2012-01-29
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for television programs broadcast in the United States are held in Los Angeles with "Mad Men" winning the outstanding drama series and "Modern Family" winning the Outstanding Comedy. 2011-09-18
English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor dies at the age of 79 in Los Angeles. 2011-03-23