Emilia Pérez and Wicked are in the lead for this year’s Academy Awards with 13 and 10 respective nominations.

Happening in the World: A23a, one of the world’s oldest and largest icebergs, is en route to collide with South Georgia, a remote British island. The iceberg, which measures 3,500 square kilometers, broke off from Antarctica in 1986 and got stuck on the seafloor. It broke free in December and is now being monitored for its potential deadly impact on wildlife in South Georgia. (BBC)

Happening in the US: Nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards were announced this morning. Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez leads with 13 nominations, followed by Jon M. Chu’s Wicked with 10 nominations. The nominations announcement, originally scheduled for January 17, was delayed as a result of the Los Angeles wildfires. (AP)

Happening in NYC: As part of several new health care projects announced by New York Governor Kathy Hochul last week, a new cancer center is being opened in Jamaica, Queens. The project is being funded by a state program launched last year to incentivize partnerships between health care facilities and hospitals that serve low-income communities. The cancer center is being developed through a partnership between Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. (Gothamist)

Happening in Our Community: A screening of Lumumba: Death of a Prophet is being held in Buell Hall from 6:30 to 8 pm today. The film, directed by Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck, explores the political career of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Oscars via Bwog Archives