Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend
'Billboards,' 'Lies' take home big awards in a Golden Globes unlike any other
Sunday night's Golden Globes were unlike any other in the award show's 75-year history. From the red carpet and Seth Meyers' opening monologue to the acceptance speeches, Tinseltown turned what has traditionally been a previously lighter-toned awards show into a serious statement on the state of women in Hollywood. Debra Messing called out E!'s wage-gap issue in a red carpet interview with the network before Natalie Portman savagely ripped the fact that only men were nominated for best director. Oh, and all hail Oprah Winfrey. As for the awards themselves? Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and HBO's Big Little Lies dominated, each winning four Globes.
#MeToo is changing awards season, and it started at tonight's Golden Globes
The 75th Golden Globe Awards begins the race to the Oscars, with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association honoring 2017’s best in movies and TV. But Sunday wasn't the beginning of an ordinary awards season. In the wake of a massive sexual harassment scandal that's descended upon Hollywood, the women of Tinseltown are sticking a stiletto to the patriarchy. Well aware that live cameras are pointed in their direction — with millions watching — stars showed up on the red carpet in black as a way to protest gender inequality and drive home the continued power of #MeToo.
Blast of arctic air breaks records
The blast of arctic air that engulfed portions of the East Coast broke more cold temperature records in several cities — although a warm-up is coming Monday. In New Hampshire, the summit of the White Mountains registered minus 36 Saturday morning, with a wind chill of minus 94, tying for the second coldest place in the world. The National Weather Service said the temperature in Worcester, Mass., fell to minus 9 on Sunday, breaking a record of minus 5 set in 1942. Boston tied a low-temperature record set more than a century ago in 1896 of minus 2. A water main break at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport delayed flights and forced a partial terminal evacuation Sunday as the airport struggled to recover from the relentless run of bitter cold temperatures. The good news is the bone-numbing air is set to push out of the region. By Monday, Boston temperatures should return to a more seasonable low 30s.
$1B awaits lottery jackpot winners
More than $1 billion in jackpots could be claimed as soon as Monday after Mega Millions and Powerball each had winners on back-to-back nights of a historic lottery weekend. Mega Millions kicked off the parade of riches Friday night when the lottery's drawing resulted in one winning ticket, sold in Florida, worth a cool $450 million. Twenty-four hours later, Powerball upped the ante. The lottery announced that one ticket sold in Merrimack, a town of 25,000 people 50 miles north of Boston, was the winner of that game's $560 million jackpot. It's the eighth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
Trump: I'm 'a very stable genius'
President Trump, likely responding to discussion of his mental state raised in a new tell-all book, branded himself a "very stable genius," in a string of Saturday tweets, saying his two greatest assets are mental stability and being smart. The tweet burst erupted in the morning from Camp David on a day the president was meeting with top Republicans in Congress to work out a legislative agenda for 2018. Trump's tweets also followed days of brutal commentary in the wake of the publication of Michael Wolff's new book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, that quotes staffers as calling the president everything from "moron" to "idiot," and describing him as uninformed and "like a child." On Sunday, former White House strategist Steve Bannon said he intended to blame former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, not Trump's son, for a meeting in 2016 with a Russian lawyer that was characterized as "treasonous" in Wolff's book.
Astronaut John Young dies at 87
Astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and was the first to fly into space six times, died Friday night at 87. In a statement, acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot said Young died from complications from pneumonia. He called Young NASA's "most experienced astronaut." A former fighter pilot, Young started his career with NASA in 1962. He went to the moon in May 1969 aboard Apollo 10 and again in April 1972 on Apollo 16. Young had gone into space as apart of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs, the only NASA astronaut to be a part of all three.
Meet the figure skaters representing the U.S. in Pyeongchang
The U.S. women’s Olympic figure skating team is set. Bradie Tennell, Mirai Nagasu and Karen Chen will represent Team USA in Pyeongchang next month. Unlike four years ago, when U.S. Figure Skating’s international committee chose to replace Nagasu with Ashley Wagner, the committee went by the order of the national championships, picking the first three finishers in the women’s competition at the 2018 nationals. Wagner, the three-time national champion and 2016 world silver medalist who was expected to be the face of American women’s figure skating in South Korea, finished fourth by fewer than three points Friday night at the U.S. national championships. "I am absolutely furious," Wagner said of the results. The 2018 U.S. men's Olympic figure skating team will be Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou and Adam Rippon. Ross Miner, the second-place finisher Saturday night at the U.S. national championships, was dropped in an intricate selection process that includes criteria of competitions both past and present.
'Coach' actor Jerry Van Dyke dead at 86
Jerry Van Dyke, the actor, comedian and younger brother of Dick Van Dyke, died Friday. He was 86. Van Dyke's wife, Shirley Ann Jones, said his health had deteriorated since a car accident two years ago. Van Dyke got his start in TV by making appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show, the American sitcom that starred his real-life older brother. He was best known for his role as Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam on the TV series Coach, which earned him four Emmy Award nominations when the series ran from 1989 to 1997.
Trump wants $18 billion from Congress for border wall
The price tag is in on President Trump's much-ballyhooed border wall with Mexico: $18 billion. Trump's administration asked Congress on Friday to set aside that amount over the next 10 years to build or extend the nearly 700-mile barrier that became a signature 2016 presidential campaign pledge. The estimate is the most detailed accounting yet of how much it will cost to make the border wall a reality. The proposal comes as the administration intensifies negotiations with Congress on a package to overhaul the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
NFL wraps up a crazy wild-card weekend
Sunday's NFL playoff games had a little bit for everyone. In a defensive standoff in the early game, the Jacksonville Jaguars got just enough from their offense to earn their first postseason victory since 2007 when they edged out the Buffalo Bills 10-3 in the final AFC wild-card game. The final NFC wild-card matchup featured plenty of offense as Drew Brees led his New Orleans Saints past the Carolina Panthers 31-26. On Saturday, the Tennessee Titans erased an 18-point second-half deficit to rally past the Kansas City Chiefs for a 22-21 wild-card win and the Atlanta Falcons ended the Los Angeles Rams’ season.
Contributing: Associated Press