Taraji P. Henson (NASA/Bill Ingalls/Wikipedia)
Twitter erupted in disappointment Tuesday, Jan. 24, when Taraji P. Henson failed to earn an Oscar nomination for “Hidden Figures,” even as three other Black nominees made history for the usually white ceremony.
Henson has won praise for her role as real-life NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, but the Academy Awards did not recognize her performance. Instead, the nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role went to Isabelle Huppert for “Elle,” Natalie Portman for “Jackie,” Emma Stone for “La La Land,” Meryl Streep for “Florence Foster Jenkins” and Ruth Negga for “Loving,” the sole Black actress nominated in the category. Read More...
Dakota Blue Richards is an English actress. Her film debut at the age of 13 was in The Golden Compass, as the lead character Lyra Belacqua. Other lead roles include the wayward teenager April in Dustbin Baby and Maria in the 2009 film The Secret of Moonacre. In 2011 she played Franky Fitzgerald in the third generation cast of British teen drama Skins. She has also played roles in television, film and on stage. Read More...
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Bitcoin’s price could surge between $200,000 and $500,000 if institutions together allocated between 2.5% and 6.5% of their portfolios to BTC, Ark found Block’s Cash App tipped to enjoy long-term growth in part thanks to its bitcoin offerings Coinbase’s partnership with BlackRock could be a catalyst for bitcoin’s price to rise by up to $500,000, according to Ark Invest analyst Yassine Elmandjra.
The innovation-focused fund manager doubled down on Ark’s bullish bitcoin projection after BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, revealed it would offer institutional clients access to bitcoin via Coinbase Prime. Read More...