Beyonce made a surprise appearance at the 81st Academy Awards, to join host Hugh Jackman for a spectacular song and dance number.

Legendary comedian Jerry Lewis accepted a humanitarian award during Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony in a presentation that honored both his philanthropy and his acting. The trophy was presented to the 82-year-old actor by Eddie Murphy, who starred in a remake of one of Lewis’ signature roles, “The Nutty Professor.”

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The late Australian actor, Heath Ledger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as The Joker in “The Dark Knight.” Penelope Cruz won the best supporting actress trophy and “Wall-E,” the morality tale cleverly disguised as romance about robots, won for best animated feature.

The show will include supplementary coverage of Hollywood’s biggest event, including live commentary and footage from multiple locations. Viewers can interact by chatting with the show hosts and with each other during the live stream.

A blast in a coal mine has killed at least 74 miners in China’s Shanxi province. Scores more were rescued after being trapped underground for hours. More than 400 miners were working underground when the accident occurred at Shanxi Jiaomei Group’s Tunlan mine in Gujiao City near Taiyuan, the provincial capital.

Felony insurance fraud charges have been filed against a Seattle man who is accused of sinking his own yacht because of “financial pressure and frustration with the maintenance” of the vessel, authorities said.

The world’s shortest escalator is in the Kawasaki More’s department store in Japan. It has even been certified by the Guinness Book of Records in 1989 as having the shortest vertical height of 834mm.

A Pennsylvania boy allegedly killed his father’s pregnant girlfriend— then calmly got on the bus and went to school, authorities said Saturday.

Mark Selby has been knocked out of the Welsh Open quarter-finals but the competition was overshadowed by weird circumstances. The snooker ace was left stunned after being handed legal papers —just seconds before the start of his match on live television.