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Star tells awards ceremony: ‘I disagree with everything that this administration stands for, but there’s no place for the kind of violence we saw two nights ago’In the wake of the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner, George Clooney used an awards-show speech to make a plea against “hatred and corruption and cruelty and violence”.Clooney was speaking at an event at the Lincoln Center in New York, where he was given Film at Lincoln Center’s annual Chaplin award, which “recognises an individual’s significant contribution to cinema”. Continue reading...

Democrat led Hawaii from 1973 to 1986, coinciding with the party’s rise to power in the stateGeorge R Ariyoshi – Hawaii’s former governor and the nation’s first Asian American governor – has died at age 100.Ariyoshi, a Democrat who led the state from 1973 to 1986, died peacefully while surrounded by family on Sunday night, according to a statement Monday from the current governor, Josh Green. Continue reading...

White House says only person committing war crimes is actor ‘for his awful movies and terrible acting ability’The long-running war of words between the George Clooney and the White House has ignited again after the Oscar-winning actor criticised Donald Trump’s threat to Iran that “a whole civilization will die tonight”.On Wednesday, in a speech to 3,000 high school students in Cuneo, Italy, Clooney said the US president had committed a war crime with his threat. Continue reading...

The Saint Louis Billikens defeated George Washington 78-65 in the Atlantic 10 Tournament quarterfinals on Friday in Pittsburgh, led by Gibson Jimerson's 22 points and six assists. The heavily favored Billikens pulled away in the second half with a 15-2 run, securing a semifinal matchup against the Dayton-VCU winner on Saturday. This victory positions Saint Louis for a potential deep NCAA Tournament run as a projected at-large bid. Next, they face a tough semifinal challenge amid March Madness preparations.

Top-seeded Saint Louis Billikens face the ninth-seeded George Washington Revolutionaries at 3:30 p.m. ET on USA in the Atlantic 10 Tournament quarterfinals in Pittsburgh, with SLU favored by 6.5 points and moneyline odds at -315. George Washington enters with recent wins over Duquesne (91-76) and Illinois (79-65) but losses to George Mason and Dayton. The matchup tests GW's upset potential against SLU's dominance. A Billikens win advances them toward the semifinals on Sunday.