Morning Brief: February 29
At long last, it's finally happened: Leo has won an Oscar. Leonardo DiCaprio took home the Academy Award for Best Actor last night for his role in the Revenant, an achievement he says he's dreamt off since he was four. Brie Larson was his counterpart, picking up the Oscar for Best Actress for Room. And in an upset, Spotlight won big with Best Picture. But none of these films swept the Oscars. That honor surprisingly belongs to Mad Mac: Fury Road, the post-apocalyptic action movie, which ended the night with six Academy Awards in design and production, the most awards of the evening.
NEED TO KNOW
Twin Suicide Bombings Kill 70 in Baghdad's Deadliest Attack this Year [Reuters]
The Republican Party's Implosion Over Donald Trump Has Arrived [Washington Post]
Fears About Water Supply Grips NY Village that Made Teflon Products [New York Times]
Housing Crisis Never Ended for Black Homeowners in Queens, Data Shows [DNAinfo]
3 Dead, 2 Injured in 5 Separate Hit and Runs Across the NYC [CBS New York]
SPORTS
WEEKEND
The Nets beat the Jazz 98-96 on Saturday.
The Knicks topped the Magic 105-98 on Friday but lost to the Heat 98-81 yesterday.
The Rangers beat the Stars 3-2 on Saturday.
The Islanders fell to the Oilers yesterday 3-1.
The Devils were beaten by the Lightning 4-0.
TONIGHT
The Nets face the Clippers at 10:30.
The Rangers play the Blue Jackets at 7.
WEATHER
Warm and cloudy with occasional rain showers, 57/37 [Full Forecast]
ON STAGE TONIGHT
- Jack Garratt @ The Bowery Ballroom
- Pig Pen Theatre Co. @ Rough Trade NYC
- Woody Allen & The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band @ Café Carlyle
TODAY IN HISTORY
On this day in 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Oscar.
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