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After delays due to the wildfires in L.A., nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards were announced this morning in Hollywood.
What's next: The Oscars will be broadcast live on March 2 on ABC and Hulu.
Keep reading... for the full list of nominees in 23 categories.
Emilia Pérez, Netflix's musical about a trans drug lord in Mexico, leads with 13 nominations – including nods for star Karla Sofía Gascón and Zoe Saldaña for their acting, Jacques Audiard for directing, and a nomination for Best Picture.
Wicked and The Brutalist follow with 10 nominations each, including Best Picture. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were both nominated for their acting in Wicked, for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively. Adrien Brody, who plays a Jewish architect who immigrates to the U.S. after World War II in The Brutalist, also got an acting nod.
The 2025 Academy Awards ceremony will be held Sunday, March 2, hosted by comedian Conan O'Brien at the Dolby Theater and comes in the wake of devastating fires in L.A. that twice delayed the announcement of nominees.
Academy leaders say the ceremony "will celebrate the work that unites us as a global film community and acknowledge those who fought so bravely against the wildfires."
Here are the nominees:
Best Picture
Directing
Actor in a Leading Role
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Leading Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Animated Feature Film
Animated Short Film
Cinematography
Costume Design
Documentary Feature
Documentary Short
Film Editing
International Feature
Makeup and Hairstyling
Music (Original Score)
Music (Original Song)
Production Design
Live Action Short
Sound
Visual Effects
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
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Three people are dead and there are multiple injuries after a driver crashed into a 99 Ranch Market in Westwood.
What we know: The crash happened around 12:11 p.m., according to LAFD, which says four people were transported to local hospitals. Two of those people were in critical condition and two were in fair condition. The L.A. Fire Department said the woman driver hit a bicyclist about a block earlier before crashing into the store.
Both the driver and bicyclist declined medical treatment and hospital transport. LAPD says it's not treating the crash as intentional. The LAFD says it removed the silver sedan from the store when it arrived at the scene to rescue people who were trapped. All three people who died were inside the bakery at the time of the crash.
The victims: Names of the victims have not been released, but LAFD has identified them as a 42-year-old woman and two men, ages 55 and 30.
This is a developing story.
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Los Angeles police officers shot and killed a man who appeared to be armed with a rifle outside the California Science Center in Exposition Park on Thursday morning, according to LAPD Deputy Chief Marc Reina.
What do we know right now? Reina said a motorcycle cop initially spotted the man around 9:30 a.m. carrying what appeared to be a rifle and walking west down State Drive, a small road that runs between the science center and Exposition Park Rose Garden. Multiple cops responded to the scene and faced off with the man. The subject continued down State Drive, Reina said, before police opened fire.
Read on ... for more on what witnesses to the incident saw.
Los Angeles police officers shot and killed a man who appeared to be armed with a rifle outside the California Science Center in Exposition Park on Thursday morning, according to LAPD Deputy Chief Marc Reina.
Reina said police do not yet know the identity of man, who they estimate was about 35 years old.
No police or other community members were injured in the incident, Reina said. The science center was placed briefly on lockdown but reopened. The north side of the museum remains closed, the deputy chief said.
Reina said a motorcycle cop initially spotted the man around 9:30 a.m. carrying what appeared to be a rifle and walking west down State Drive, a small road that runs between the science center and Exposition Park Rose Garden.
Multiple cops responded to the scene and faced off with the man. The subject continued down State Drive, Reina said, before police opened fire.
Los Angeles Fire Department personnel arrived at the scene and pronounced the man dead, Reina said.
The incident will be investigated by department use-of-force investigators, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office and the LAPD’s inspector general, the deputy chief said.
Investigators have not yet determined what prompted police to open fire, Reina said. Police do not believe the man fired his weapon.
Stacey Hutchinson said he was sitting on a bench along State Drive drinking a cup of coffee when the incident unfolded.
He said the man appeared in good spirits and greeted him nonchalantly as he walked up the street before taking a seat. Hutchinson said he saw the man carrying what appeared to be a long gun.
Police initially responded with bean bag guns, Hutchinson said, but drew firearms when the man picked up the weapon.
Police opened fire after the man pointed the apparent rifle in their direction, Hutchinson said.
The man did not appear to be trying to enter the science center, Hutchinson said, and appeared to remain calm until police asked him to drop his weapon.
Former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do has been disbarred, stemming from his conviction last year on a federal bribery charge. The disbarment was expected. It stems from a state Supreme Court order that came down Dec. 1 and is now recorded as such on the state bar's website.
Do is currently serving a five-year prison sentence in Arizona after admitting to directing money to several nonprofit groups and businesses that then funneled some of that money back to himself and family members for personal gain. LAist has been investigating the alleged corruption since 2023. Do was also ordered to pay $878,230.80 in restitution for his role in the bribery scheme that saw millions in taxpayer dollars diverted from feeding needy seniors, leading authorities to label him a “Robin Hood in reverse.”
The official disbarment means Do is prohibited from practicing law in California. He was also ordered to pay $5,000 to the State Bar.
Here's a look at some of LAist's coverage of one of the biggest corruption scandals in Orange County history:
LAist investigates: Andrew Do corruption scandal
Ex-Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do is ordered to pay $878,230.80 in restitution
'Robin Hood in reverse.' O.C. Supervisor Andrew Do resigns and will plead guilty to bribery conspiracy charge
Former OC Supervisor Andrew Do turns himself in, begins 5-year federal prison term
6 questions we still have after disgraced former OC Supervisor Andrew Do’s sentencing
A quiet retreat for the judge married to disgraced OC politician Andrew Do
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California now has it's first fully accredited tribal college in almost 30 years.
California Indian Nations College in Palm Desert recently received an eight-year accreditation from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.
Why it matters: The accreditation grants the college access to state and federal funding for higher education. Assemblymember James C. Ramos of San Bernardino calls the milestone historic, saying California has the highest number of Native Americans in the U.S.
How we got here: There aren't any fully accredited tribal colleges in California. But a Palm Desert school might change that.
