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WORLD IN BRIEF
Associated Press
New anti-IS strategy may mean
deeper US involvement in Syria
Oscars flap eclipses ‘Moonlight’
win, but civility reigns
LOS ANGELES — The 89th Academy Awards got off on the
right foot, with a song and dance, but ended with the most stun-
ning mistake ever to befall the esteemed awards show when the
best picture Oscar was presented to the wrong movie. Faye Dun-
away and Warren Beatty, holding an incorrect envelope, wrongly
presented the top prize to “La La Land,” instead of “Moonlight.”
The moment at the conclusion of the Sunday night show was
so jaw-dropping, it eclipsed everything else in a ceremony that
was packed to the brim with Donald Trump jabs, fun stunts, heart-
felt positivity and a stunning upset by “Moonlight” over what had
been a “La La” juggernaut throughout award season. Yet some-
how, even the embarrassing moment pivoted into grace.
As confusion and bafflement overwhelmed those in the Dolby
Theatre and at home on their couches, “Moonlight” director Barry
Jenkins and “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle shared a hug
on the back of the stage, out of sight from the television cameras.
“The folks of ‘La La Land’ were so gracious. I can’t imagine
being in their position and having to do that,” Jenkins told report-
ers backstage. “It was unfortunate that things happened as they did
but, goddamn, we won best picture.”
Oscar tabulators PwC, in their 83rd year providing the service
to the academy, later apologized to all in a statement and are inves-
tigating why it happened.
Oops, our bad: ‘Moonlight’ really
won in major mess-up
LOS ANGELES — It was one of the most awkward moments
in the history of the Oscars, of television, in entertainment, heck
maybe in American history.
And somehow Warren Beatty, Hollywood’s ultimate smooth
leading man, was at the center of it, and the accounting firm that
is responsible for the integrity of Oscar voting apologized and was
vowing a full investigation.
The producers of “La La Land” were nearly done with their
acceptance speeches for Best Picture, the Oscar broadcast’s cred-
its sequence about to roll, when a stir of whispers began on stage.
Moments later “La La Land” producer Jordan Horowitz returned
to the microphone and said “Moonlight won Best Picture” and
insisting that “this is not a joke.”
The collective jaw of the crowd at the Dolby Theatre — and of
America — remained dropped long after they became convinced
it was no joke, but what academy historians later called an appar-
ently unprecedented Oscar error. The accounting firm PwC, for-
merly Price Waterhouse Coopers, said early today that Beatty and
Dunaway had been given the wrong envelope.
“We sincerely apologize to ‘Moonlight,’ ‘La La Land,’ Warren
Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Oscar viewers for the error that was
made during the award announcement for Best Picture,” a state-
ment from the firm said. “The presenters had mistakenly been
given the wrong category envelope and when discovered, was
immediately corrected. We are currently investigating how this
could have happened, and deeply regret that this occurred.”
Iranians welcome Farhadi’s
Oscar for best foreign film
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranians today cheered the choice of one of
their own for the best foreign film Oscar, lauding director Asghar
Farhadi’s boycott of the Hollywood ceremony for his film “The
Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
Barry Jenkins, foreground left, and the cast accept the
award for best picture for “Moonlight” at the Oscars on
Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Salesman” as an act of defiance against the Trump administration.
Farhadi refused to attend the Academy Awards, announc-
ing after the temporary U.S. travel ban was initially imposed last
month for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries that he
would not attend the ceremony — even if an exception was made
for him. Iran was one of the seven countries affected by the mea-
sure, which has since been blocked from being carried out by a fed-
eral court ruling.
“The Salesman” — about a couple performing Arthur Miller’s
“Death of a Salesman” and their attempts to find peace and justice
after the wife is attacked at their Tehran apartment — had become
a rallying cry for immigrant rights after the travel ban.
The six nominated directors in the foreign language category
had put out a joint statement ahead of the award decrying what they
called the climate of “fanaticism” in the United States and dedi-
cating the award to the promotion of “unity and understanding”
regardless of who won.
Film critic Esmaeil Mihandoost, who wrote a book about Far-
hadi, told The Associated Press that thanks to the boycott, the
film director has now “more influence on public opinion than a
politician.”
AP Exclusive: Ex-congregants
reveal years of ungodly abuse
SPINDALE, N.C. — From all over the world, they flocked to
this tiny town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, lured
by promises of inner peace and eternal life. What many found
instead: years of terror — waged in the name of the Lord.
Congregants of the Word of Faith Fellowship were regu-
larly punched, smacked, choked, slammed to the floor or thrown
through walls in a violent form of deliverance meant to “purify”
sinners by beating out devils, 43 former members told The Associ-
ated Press in separate, exclusive interviews.
Victims of the violence included pre-teens and toddlers —
even crying babies, who were vigorously shaken, screamed at and
sometimes smacked to banish demons.
“I saw so many people beaten over the years. Little kids
punched in the face, called Satanists,” said Katherine Fetachu, 27,
who spent nearly 17 years in the church.
Word of Faith Fellowship, an evangelical church with hundreds
of members in North Carolina and branches in other countries, also
subjected members to a practice called “blasting” — an ear-pierc-
ing verbal onslaught often conducted in hours-long sessions meant
to cast out devils.
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WASHINGTON — A new military strategy to meet
President Donald Trump’s demand to “obliterate” the Islamic
State group is likely to deepen U.S. military involvement in
Syria, possibly with more ground troops, even as the current U.S.
approach in Iraq appears to be working and will require fewer
changes.
Details are sketchy. But recommendations due at the White
House today are likely to increase emphasis on nonmilitary ele-
ments of the campaign already underway, such as efforts to
squeeze IS finances, limit the group’s recruiting and counter IS
propaganda that is credited with inspiring recent violence in the
U.S. and Europe. One official with knowledge of the recommen-
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as a starting point for a more detailed internal discussion. The offi-
cial wasn’t authorized to speak to reporters about the contents of
the document and demanded anonymity
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that the emerging strategy will take
aim not just at the Islamic State militants but at al-Qaida and other
extremist organizations in the Middle East and beyond, whose goal
is to attack the United States. He emphasized that it would not rest
mainly on military might.
“This is a political-military plan,” he said. “It is not a military
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Dunford’s comment suggests that Pentagon leaders have a more
nuanced view of the IS problem than is reflected in Trump’s prom-
ise to “obliterate” the group, as he put it on Friday. Dunford said
the U.S. should be careful that in solving the IS problem it does not
create others, hinting at the sensitive question of how to deal with
Turkey, which is a NATO ally with much at stake in neighboring
Syria, and Russia, whose military action in Syria has had the effect
of propping up the Syrian regime.
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