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Yes, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway came back.
No, there was no stunning envelope debacle. (The Academy made sure of that by stamping this year’s envelopes with giant bold type.)
Whether or not you chose to spend four hours of your evening watching the Academy Awards, someone is sure to talk to you about them today.
So, with a major hat tip to our reporters Brooks Barnes, Cara Buckley, Sopan Deb and Daniel Victor, and to our photographer Josh Haner (it’s like our own little acceptance speech!) we offer you an Oscars roundup you can scan quickly on your way to work.
The awards
• “The Shape of Water” won best picture, and Guillermo del Toro won best director for the film.
• Frances McDormand won best actress for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
• Gary Oldman won best actor for “Darkest Hour.”
• Allison Janney won best supporting actress; Sam Rockwell won best supporting actor.
A #MeToo moment
• Ashley Judd, Salma Hayek and Annabella Sciorra — three of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers — took the stage and introduced a segment highlighting the importance of diversity in film.
The red carpet
• Miss your favorite star’s arrival? From Saoirse Ronan and Jordan Peele (who took the award for best original screenplay), to the Olympic figure skaters Adam Rippon and Mirai Nagasu, you can see 69 of the stars here.
• A sexual harassment claim against Ryan Seacrest added uncertainty to the E! red carpet show. But as it turned out, Mr. Seacrest did not ask any questions about sexual harassment or pay equity, and the event could have fit in any prior year.
Jimmy Kimmel’s got jokes
• Wielding his dry, sardonic style, Mr. Kimmel delivered an opening monologue that took jabs at Mr. Weinstein, Mel Gibson and President Trump.
And he began this year’s show where last year’s left off.
“Last year, about a week before the show, the producers asked me if I wanted to do some comedy with the accountants,” he said. “And I said, ‘No, I don’t want to do comedy with the accountants.’ So, then the accountants went ahead and did comedy on their own.”
“And I have to hand it to them, it was hilarious,” he continued. “But it won’t happen again.”
You can read his whole monologue here.
And a word about “Lady Bird” …
Despite being nominated for five awards, the film that served as the director Greta Gerwig’s love letter to Sacramento came up empty-handed on Sunday.
“Snubbed,” as The Sacramento Bee put it.
Still, reporters for the newspaper described a jubilant, upbeat scene at a viewing party at St. Francis High School — Ms. Gerwig’s alma mater.
Most of the more than 200 people in the gymnasium whistled and cheered whenever Ms. Gerwig was mentioned or featured on camera, the newspaper said.
And, during a red carpet interview, she made sure to give them a shout-out.
“If anybody is watching in Sacramento, I love you guys,” she said. “I love you. I love you and I love St. Francis.”
California Online
(Please note: We regularly highlight articles on news sites that have limited access for nonsubscribers.)
• As storms blew through California last week, two avalanches struck mountain resorts, injuring several people. At Squaw Valley, the body of a missing snowboarder was discovered — though the cause of his death remains unknown. [The Los Angeles Times]
• In a separate episode, a 36-year-old man at China Peak Mountain Resort died after falling headfirst into several feet of fresh snow — and suffocating. [The Fresno Bee]
• The federal government ordered Qualcomm to delay its shareholder meeting to provide more time for a review of Broadcom’s proposed $117 billion takeover. It was a highly unusual intervention. [The New York Times]
• President Trump’s plan to impose a tariff on imported steel could have an outsize effect on California. The state has about 5,500 steel workers and more than 100,000 people whose job is to turn steel into other products. [KPCC]
• Scientists have found that the snowpack across the American West has been dramatically declining over the past six decades — a trend that will probably cause more water shortages. [The Associated Press]
• At least two dozen farm workers and other undocumented people in Kern County have been detained after another sweep by federal immigration agents. [The Bakersfield Californian]
• California’s share of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument may soon be at the center of a national debate over public lands. The Trump administration is considering reducing its size. [The San Francisco Chronicle]
• Last week, Malibu banned restaurants from giving out plastic straws, following the lead of cities like San Luis Obispo. Could Berkeley be next? [The New York Times]
• A growing number of tech leaders are flirting with the idea of leaving Silicon Valley. “I’m a little over San Francisco,” one said. “It’s so expensive, it’s so congested, and frankly, you also see opportunities in other places.” [The New York Times]
• In search of reasonable rent, members of San Francisco’s middle class are moving into dorms. [The New York Times]
• Thanks to an initial coin offering, the messaging company Telegram is on track to pull in a billion dollars in just four months. [The New York Times]
• Shohei Ohtani is already a source of intrigue at Angels spring training. Why? He’s a star pitcher and hitter. [The New York Times]
• Richard Weinstein, the former dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at U.C.L.A. who helped select designs for the Walt Disney Concert Hall, has died. [The New York Times]
• Charles Wilson, a pioneering San Francisco neurosurgeon who performed several surgeries each day while also building a leading brain tumor research center, has also died. [The New York Times]
Coming up this week
• The 2018 BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, better known as the Indian Wells Masters, begins today.
• The singer and songwriter Lionel Richie will place his handprints and footprints in cement at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Wednesday. Then, Thursday, Mark Hamill, of “Star Wars” fame, will be honored with the 2,630th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• Senator Kamala Harris is expected to speak at an afternoon luncheon at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on Friday.
And Finally …
There was another award show in Southern California this week that you would be forgiven for not knowing about.
As The Times reported, “Get Out” was the big winner Saturday at the Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica — a somewhat looser affair than the Oscars that was held inside a massive tent.
“Get Out” won best feature, and Mr. Peele took home the award for best director.
As at the Oscars, Ms. McDormand, Mr. Rockwell and Ms. Janney won acting prizes. But unlike at the Academy Awards, Timothée Chalamet won best male lead for his performance in “Call Me by Your Name.”
Another difference from the Oscars scene: Ms. McDormand accepted her Indie Spirit dressed in pajamas and fuzzy slippers.
California Today goes live at 6 a.m. Pacific time weekdays. Tell us what you want to see: [email protected].
California Today is edited by Julie Bloom, who grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from U.C. Berkeley.
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