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Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and Carol Littleton will receive honorary Oscars at this year's Governors Awards, announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Honorary Award is "to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, outstanding contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or outstanding service to the Academy." Michelle Satter of the Sundance Institute will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards. The four statuettes will be presented at the 14th annual ceremony on November 18 in Los Angeles.“Throughout her decades-long career, Angela Bassett has continued to deliver transcendent performances that set new standards in…

Rory McIlory was once again in the Top 10 of a PGA Tour event this week at the Travelers Championship with an impressive 18-under score after 72 holes. Normally, a performance like that would be more than enough to win a tournament, but he finished tied for seventh and five shots behind 23-under winner Keegan Bradley. He set the tournament record by one shot. TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. got a shot at McIlroy after he said the course basically hasn't adapted to the stick-and-ball technology that has evolved for the pros. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON…

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Monday that those responsible for the armed revolt that plunged his country into chaos would be "brought to justice."Addressing the nation for the first time since the short-lived mercenary rebellion ended over the weekend, Putin was defiant but offered little clarity on the situation."Any blackmail is doomed to fail," he said, claiming his forces could have crushed a revolt that posed the biggest challenge to his rule in more than 20 years and left the Kremlin struggling to restore a sense of stability.Early Monday, Wagner's mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin issued a defiant audio message defending…

Prosecutors say they have "insufficient evidence to file a murder case against the white Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her black neighbor through a door. Susan Louise Lorincz will be indicted for manslaughter with a firearm and one count of assault in the death of Ajike "AJ" Owens, State Attorney William "Bill" Gladson said Monday.The charge of a second-degree murder charge requires prosecutors to prove "beyond and to the exclusion of a reasonable doubt, the existence of a depraved mind toward the victim at the time of the murder." Gladson said in to statement."The depraved mind requires evidence of…