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FILE - In this Sunday, May 20, 2018, file photo, 21 Savage arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was a shock for fans when 21 Savage was taken into custody Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, by U.S. immigration agents in Georgia. It was an even bigger shock to learn he had been an immigrant in the first place. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

NEWS | CAMPUS

21 Savage performance rescheduled to April 15

By Kelly Hayes | Feb. 20, 2019

Current tickets will be honored

The 91st Academy Awards will air Sunday Feb. 24 at 8 p.m.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

The Avenue reviews the 2019 Nominees for Best Picture

By Lindsey Breneman | Feb. 20, 2019

On Sunday, Feb. 24, the 91st Academy Awards, an event that has been fraught with controversies for its past few iterations, will decide the most noteworthy films of 2018. After #OscarsSoWhite in 2015, the subsequent boycott of many artists in 2016, the “Moonlight” and “La La Land” blunder in 2017 and the hyper spotlight on the #MeToo and “Time’s Up” movements last year, the Oscars lacks a host this year for the first time in three decades.

Christian Bale’s performance manages to make one of the most notorious figures in modern politics a sympathetic human being.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

‘Vice’ has the power to humanize Dick

By Sara Han | Feb. 20, 2019

”Vice” is about power. It’s a dark comedy biographical movie about how Dick Cheney rises to become one of the most powerful, yet problematic, vice presidents of U.S. history.

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper‘s chemistry in ‘A Star is Born’ could warm even the coldest of hearts.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

Gaga and Cooper shine in ‘A Star is Born’

By Vanessa Blankenship | Feb. 20, 2019

“A Star Is Born” is the fourth Hollywood version of this tragic tale: Two talented musicians fall in love thanks to their undeniable chemistry on stage.

Bohemian Rhapsody attempts to share the story of the life of music legend and frontman to music group Queen, Freddie Mercury.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ rocks the big screen

By Tranelle Maner | Feb. 20, 2019

The retelling of Freddie Mercury’s life may be the champion of the box office and Oscar night.

This dramatic adaption of true events is especially salient today. It also gave Spike Lee his first two, well-deserved, Oscar nominations.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

’BlacKkKlansman’: unveiling a true story and how it still relates today

By Tranelle Maner | Feb. 20, 2019

A black man uses his white colleague to help him infiltrate and breakdown the Ku Klux Klan during the 1970s — sounds like almost everything could go wrong.

Chadwick Boseman put on a phenomenal performance as Black Panther in the 2018 blockbuster.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

“Black Panther”: The superhero we needed

By Alex Camargo | Feb. 20, 2019

“Black Panther” is one of Marvel’s successful films of 2018. The film brings the world of “Blank Panther” to life — allowing viewers to experience Wakanda with it’s incredible culture and futuristic technology. Perhaps more importantly, it gives black audiences the chance to finally see a powerful superhero who looks like them on the big screen and achieve roaring success.

“The Favourite” follows cousin Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) and Abigail Hill (Emma Stone) who are now in competition.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

Was this your “Favourite” film of 2018

By Tranelle Maner | Feb. 20, 2019

Tied with “Roma” for the most Oscar nominations this year, this historical drama depicts the age-old tale of family members battling to be the most loved and the best.

The black-and-white choice for ‘Roma’ made the film even more beautiful without being overstimulating audiences.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

Netflix’s ‘Roma’ gives the production company legitimacy in the art field

By Jackie DeFreitas | Feb. 20, 2019

Shot in black-and-white and in panoramic style, “Roma” is a cinematic masterpiece that makes its ten Oscar nominations well deserved. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, the Mexican director of “Gravity” (2013) and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004), “Roma” follows the story of Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a live-in maid for a white, upper middle-class family in the Mexican city of Colonia Roma.

Although the story is extremely problematic, Mahershala Ali, who played Dr. Don Shirley, and Viggo Mortensen, who portrayed Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga, both had phenomenal performances.

THE AVENUE | MOVIES AND TV

When white people romanticize our histories we get films like ‘Green Book’

By Lindsey Breneman | Feb. 20, 2019

After years of slowly diversifying the Academy, “Green Book” seems to be the pick of the remaining faction of old white men. The film is “based on true events” in the story of an acclaimed black musician’s tour through the Deep South with a racist white driver who changes his attitude toward race during the journey.

Sierra Brooks is tied for 40th place at +6 after the first round of the Northrop Gumman Regional Challenge.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS GOLF

Baggarly ties for first, Florida finishes in top 5

By Bryan Matamoros | Feb. 19, 2019

How much can change in a year?

Florida coach Roland Thornqvist and the Gators are ranked No. 11 heading into the spring despite being mostly composed of freshmen and sophomores.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS TENNIS

Florida drops rivalry match against FSU

By Victor Prieto | Feb. 19, 2019

The Florida State women’s tennis team came to Gainesville with just one win in program history under the lights of the Ring Tennis Complex.

The UF swimming teams will compete in Athens, Georgia, at the SEC Championships this week. The men’s team heads into the championships ranked No. 6 in the nation.

SPORTS | OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE

UF returns to Athens for conference championships

By Jack Braverman | Feb. 19, 2019

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams return to Athens, Georgia, for the first time since their seemingly effortless victories over the Bulldogs last October.

Victor Prieto poses after winning the NBA's first Pop-A-Shot Championship at All-Star Weekend.

SPORTS | COLUMNS

I outshot Steph Curry at All-Star Weekend

By Victor Prieto | Feb. 19, 2019

I’ve always prided myself in my ability to play Pop-A-Shot. The fast-flowing motion of transferring a ball from one hand to the other. A simple flick of the wrist to propel the ball towards the rim and in. It’s such a silly and simple game at its core.