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Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan were on stage at the BAFTAs on Feb. 22, when Tourette syndrome advocate John Davidson yelled a racial slur

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• Lindo addressed the incident as he appeared onstage with Sinners director Ryan Coogler at the 2026 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, Feb. 28

• During the event, Regina Hall voiced her support for Lindo and Jordan

Delroy Lindoaddressed the racial slur incident at theBAFTAsinvolving Tourette syndrome advocateJohn Davidsonduring the 2026 NAACP Image Awards.

The Oscar nominee, 73, andMichael B. Jordanwere presenting an award on stage on Feb. 22, when Davidson, 54,yelled the n-word. While appearing on stage withSinnersdirector Ryan Coogler at the 2026 NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, Feb. 28, Lindo took a moment to acknowledge the public's support following the incident.

"I'd just like to officially say, I appreciate, we appreciate all the support and love we have been shown in the aftermath of what happened last weekend. It means a lot to us," Lindo said onstage at the ceremony in avideoposted byRevolton TikTok, after receiving a standing ovation from the audience.

"It is an honor to be here amongst our people this evening, among so many people who have shown us such incredible support," the actor continued.

Referring to the BAFTA controversy, he added that, "It's a classic case of something that could have been very negative becoming very positive. Thank you so much for the support."

Elsewhere during the 2026 NAACP Image Awards, actressRegina Hallshared her support for Lindo and Jordan, 39, following the racial slur incident.

"I would like also to just take a moment to the two kings who are in this audience and just send you so much love for your class and that is Michael B. Jordan and Delory Lindo," Hall, 55, said in a video reposted onTikTok. The audience then gave another standing ovation in support of the actors.

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At the2026 BAFTA Awardsin London on Feb. 22, Tourette's syndrome advocate Davidson, who attended the ceremony as a guest, yelled the n-word at Lindo and Jordan as the pair appeared onstage together to present an award.

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Davidson started experiencing symptoms ofTourette syndrome, which causes involuntary verbal and physical tics, at the age of 12. He was invited to the awards show to represent the BAFTA-nominated filmI Swear,which is based on his life and experiences with the condition.

While attending a Warner Brothers' afterparty, Lindo said in an interview withVanity Fair, that he wished "someone from BAFTA spoke to [Jordan and I] afterwards."

Davidson indicated in an interview withVarietyon Feb. 24, he reached out to theSinnersteam to directly apologize to Jordan, Lindo and the movie's production designer, Hannah Beachler, following the racial slur incident.

"StudioCanal were working closely with BAFTA, and BAFTA had made us all aware that any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast," Davidson told the outlet. "I have made four documentaries with the BBC in the past, and feel that they should have been aware of what to expect from Tourette's and worked harder to prevent anything that I said — which, after all, was some 40 rows back from the stage — from being included in the broadcast."

He continued, "I remember there was a microphone just in front of me, and with hindsight I have to question whether this was wise, so close to where I was seated, knowing I would tic."

"When socially unacceptable words come out, the guilt and shame on the part of the person with the condition is often unbearable and causes enormous distress," Davidson added of the highly misunderstood neurological disorder. "I can't begin to explain how upset and distraught I have been as the impact from Sunday sinks in."

TheBBCapologized for the offensive moment not being edited out of the BBC One broadcast, which had a two-hour delay, telling PEOPLE in a statement, "Some viewers may have heard strong and offensive language during the BAFTA Film Awards. This arose from involuntary verbal tics associated with Tourette syndrome, and as explained during the ceremony, it was not intentional."

"We [apologize] that this was not edited out prior to broadcast and it will now be removed from the version on BBC iPlayer," the BBC concluded.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts also apologized for the incidentin a statementreleased on Feb. 23. "We apologize unreservedly to them, and to all those impacted. We would like to thank Michael and Delroy for their incredible dignity and professionalism."

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"One Battle After Another"remains undefeated.

Paul Thomas Anderson's ragtag revolutionary drama took top honors Saturday night at the 37th annual Producers Guild Awards, setting it on course to triumph in two weeks at theAcademy Awards.

In winning the guild's Daryl F. Zanuck award for best feature film, "One Battle After Another" is poised to sweep the major prizes of awards season. It's won at the Directors Guild, the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs. The Screen Actors Guild is to present its awards on Sunday night.

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The PGA Awards andthe Academy Awardshave a long history of correlating. Since 2009, both groups have used a preferential ballot to pick a winner from 10 nominees. For five years running, the PGA winner has matched the best picture winner at the Oscars. In the last 10 years, they've diverged only twice.

Accepting the award, Anderson alluded to the recentsale of Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount Skydancewhile thanking Warner Bros. film chiefs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy.

"Long may you wave, whatever the future holds," said Anderson. "It is one battle after another."

The PGA Awards were held at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood. The group also named "KPop Demon Hunters" best animated film, "My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay" best documentary, "The Pitt" best drama series and "The Studio" best comedy series.

In the early morning hours of March 3, a totallunar eclipsewill pass over the United States.

The "blood moon" eclipse will cause the moon to exhibit a reddish hue, according toNASA. It will be visible in parts of the world beginning in the evening and going into the early morning, NASA said.

Here's everything to know about the phenomenon as it approaches.

See stunning images of the 2025 'Blood Moon' and total lunar eclipse

What is a total lunar eclipse?

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, creating a shadow across the lunar surface, which turns the moon's color reddish-orange. Our planet blocks most of the sun's light from reaching the moon, but the Earth's movement during the eclipse will cause the natural satellite to develop a color.

The moon typically exhibits a grey color because light that reaches the lunar surface is often filtered through Earth's atmosphere.

It's only possible to observe an eclipse during a full moon phase, according to NASA. An eclipse can be observed from anywhere with a direct view of the natural satellite.

Where will the eclipse be visible?

The eclipse will be visible in eastern Asia and Australia in the evening and throughout the night in the Pacific. In the early morning, it will be visible in North and Central America, in addition to far western South America, NASA has said.

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In central Asia and much of South America, the eclipse will only be partially visible. There will be no visibility in Africa or Europe.

What time will the eclipse be visible?

Stargazers can observe the eclipse on March 3 from 4 a.m. EST to around 7 a.m. EST, while a partial eclipse will continue until roughly 9 a.m. EST.

Anyone seeking more information on how to view the eclipse, stars and planets can visit NASA'sWhat's Up guide. Binoculars or a telescope are recommended for enhanced views, as is watching the eclipse from a dark environment away from bright lights.

What else is visible during an eclipse?

More:How to view the 2026 'Blood Moon' total lunar eclipse

An eclipse can also make stars and constellations more visible. During the upcoming eclipse, the moon will be in the constellation Leo under the lion's hind paws, according toNASA.

Venus and Saturn will also appear closer to each other in the night sky on March 8.

Michelle Del Rey is a trending news reporter at USA TODAY. Reach her at mdelrey@usatoday.com

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan said Sunday it had thwarted attempted airstrikes on Bagram Air Base, the former U.S. military base north of Kabul, whilecross-border fightingbetween Pakistan and Afghanistan stretched into a fourth day.

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The fighting has been the most severe between the neighbors for years, with Pakistan declaring it is in"open war"with Afghanistan. The conflict has alarmed the international community, particularly as the area is one where other militant groups, including al-Qaida andthe Islamic State group, still have a presence and have been trying to resurface.

Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's Taliban government of harboring militant groups that stage attacks against it and also of allying with its archrival India.Border clashes in Octoberkilled dozens of soldiers, civilians and suspected militants until aQatari-mediated ceasefireended the intense fighting. But several rounds of peace talks in Turkey in November failed to produce a lasting agreement, and the two sides have occasionally traded fire since then.

On Sunday, the police headquarters of Parwan province, where Bagram is located, said in a statement that several Pakistani military jets had entered Afghan airspace "and attempted to bomb Bagram Air Base" at around 5 a.m. The statement said Afghan forces responded with "anti-aircraft and missile defense systems" and had managed to thwart the attack.

There was no immediate response to the claim from Pakistan.

Bagram was the United States' largest military base in Afghanistan. It was taken over by the Taliban as they swept across the country and took control in the wake of thechaotic U.S. withdrawalfrom the country in 2021. Last year, U.S. President Donald Trumpsuggested he wanted to reestablisha U.S. presence at the base.

The current fighting began when Afghanistan launcheda broad cross-border attackThursday night, saying it was in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes the previous Sunday.

Pakistan had said its airstrike had targeted the outlawed Pakistani Taliban,or TTP. Afghanistan had said only civilians were killed.

The TTP militant group, which is separate but closely allied with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, operates inside Pakistan, where it has been blamed for hundreds of deaths in bombings and other attacks over the years. Pakistan accuses Afghanistan's Taliban government of providing a safe haven within Afghanistan for the TTP, an accusation Afghanistan denies.

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After Thursday's Afghan attack,Pakistani Defense MinisterKhawaja Mohammad Asif declared that "our patience has now run out. Now it is open war between us."

In the ongoing fighting,each side claims to have killed hundredsof the other side's forces — and each side puts its own casualties at drastically lower numbers.

Afghan officials said fighting had continued overnight and into Sunday in the border areas.

The police command spokesman for Nangarhar province, Said Tayyeb Hammad, said anti-aircraft missiles were used from the provincial capital of Jalalabad and surrounding areas on Pakistani fighter jets flying overhead Sunday morning.

Defense Ministry spokesman Enayatulah Khowarazmi said Afghan forces had launched counterattacks with snipers across the border from Nangarhar, Paktia, Khost and Kandahar provinces overnight. He claimed two Pakistani drones had been shot down and dozens of Pakistani soldiers had been killed.

Deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said Pakistani drone attacks hit civilian homes in Nangarhar province late Saturday night, killing a woman and a child, while a mortar killed another civilian when it hit a home in Paktia province.

There was no immediate response to the claims from Pakistani officials.

Becatoros contributed from Athens, Greece.

In 1988, PEOPLE named John F. Kennedy Jr. the Sexiest Man Alive after a picture of him playing football in Central Park shirtless came across PEOPLE's then Executive Editor Jim Seymore's desk. The crowning was befitting for the time, and according to JFK Jr.'s Brown classmate and friend, theKennedy heir was "thoroughly amused."

Now, nearly 40 years later, JFK Jr.'s high-profile life has found its way back into the zeitgeist with FX'sLove Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, a limited series depicting the romance between the political heir and Calvin Klein associate. JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette met in the early 1990s and eventually tied the knot in 1996. Nearly three years into the marriage, their lives were tragically cut short by a fatal plane accident in July 1999.

Here's a look back at PEOPLE's unfiltered 1988 cover story that crowned John F. Kennedy Jr. the Sexiest Man Alive, showing a cheeky glimpse into the late JFK Jr.'s life as a 27-year-old law student in New York.

"He has something that no film star, no athlete, can duplicate — the aura, the excitement that charges a room when he enters it, simply by virtue of being Kennedy."

Okay, ladies, this one's for you — but first some ground rules. GET YOUR EYES OFF THAT MAN'S CHEST! He's a serious fellow. Third-year law student. Active with charities. Scion of the most charismatic family in American politics and heir to its most famous name.

Get your eyes off that man's extraordinarily defined thighs! What do you think, he strips down to his shorts for a game of touch football in Central Park so strangers can gape at them? They are fantastic, though. Measure three, four feet around. Legend has it that if he lived in Tahiti, instead of Manhattan, he could crack coconuts with them.

Get your eyes off that man's derriere! We saw your gaze wandering back there. It is true that columnist Liz Smith has noted that the boy "has gorgeous buns," but you've got to remember: He has a mind too. This is one hunk who won't be trifled with. Report that he is being courted as a talk show host, as a New York paper once did, and you'll get a call from the family attorney, reminding you that the son of the 35th President of the United States is not interested in showbiz, that he is a "full-time" law student and that he is "pursuing his studies very seriously."

So before we introduce John F. Kennedy Jr., 27, crown him this year's Sexiest Man and stand him a drink (he likes tequila), we want to remind you of the following: He spent the summer learning law at a very prestigious Los Angeles law firm. He attends roller-skating parties to raise funds for the inner city. He introduced his uncle Teddy (D-Mass.) at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta and made the crowd misty-eyed and nostalgic. He is — and we want you to note we are saying this three times now — a law student, at New York University, no less, a major university. Now you can look at his tushie.

John F. Kennedy Jr., unlike PEOPLE's previous selections as Sexiest Man of the Year —Mel Gibson,Mark HarmonandHarry Hamlin— isn't a professional actor. He doesn't make his living by being on public display. The folks around him argue that he is a private citizen, and his mother, Jacqueline Onassis, has gone to some lengths to keep the press away from her family. But he has been in the public eye for more of his life than any other figure except members of the British royal family — from the time we knew him by his private family name, "John-John," and watched him — as a 3-year-old boy —stand with his mother at the funeral of his father. The nation has followed his life through his studies at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., and on through Brown University, from which he graduated in 1983 with a B.A. in history.

When did we first notice his spirit? When, at 14, he belted paparazzi with snowballs on the slopes at Gstaad, or when, at 16, he spent three days alone on an uninhabited island off Maine during an Outward Bound project?

When did we first notice his social conscience? No, forget it. You really don't care about his work for his aunt Jean Kennedy Smith's Very Special Arts program for people with learning disabilities, or that he's considered a friendly, decent, remarkably down-to-earth guy who once followed a stranger down the street to return the five bucks the man had dropped.

You'd rather hear some wild tales about his showing up at a Halloween party in Manhattan at 3 a.m. last year as Golden Boy, covered in glitter, or how at Brown, he and his roommate kept a baby pig in the basement of the Phi Psi fraternity house.

There were some "obnoxious types" in the fraternity, an old frat brother says, "but John wasn't one of them. At Brown he was very undercover, and he didn't have any attitude."

What was that, C.W. in Tulsa? You want to know what he looks like naked?! The entire city — no, make that the entire state of Oklahoma — will go to its room and readProfiles in Courageby John F. Kennedy Sr. and not continue this story until you have finished.

The rest of the country may continue reading to see what life is like for this year's Sexiest Man Alive.

Morning in Manhattan, and John F. Kennedy Jr. awakens in his triplex Park Avenue penthouse, gets out of his queen-size brass bed and makes his way through half a dozen nubile representatives of America's Old Money to the Jacuzzi ...

The preceding paragraph, except for the description of the bed, is totally false, by the way. We just threw it in to show you, by contrast, how exceedingly normal, in some ways, the life of John Kennedy Jr. is.

He lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in a messy, book-filled apartment. He prefers to get around, even in winter, on his bike. He is not, in the manner of some other much-photographed young men, a male prima donna: He not only jokes with paparazzi, he's been heard to warn them when they're going to step backward into a pothole. Unlike his mother and sister,Caroline, 30, he seems to enjoy the spotlight. He's been an amateur actor since college, and when he goes for a hamburger at his favorite spot, Jackson Hole on Columbus Avenue and 85th Street, he sprawls at an outside table. Friends say he's a ham, but a lovable ham. At the L.A. law firm of Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Phillips, where he just finished a stint as an $1,100-a-week summer associate, he got along with everybody. "He was one of the guys," one attorney says. "If you didn't know who he was, you wouldn't know who he was, if you see what I mean."

On the other hand, he is not one of the guys. It is not merely his looks — his mother's dark eyes and his father's striking body. (He's 6 ft. 1 in., 187 lbs.) It is that he has something that no film star, no athlete, can duplicate — the aura, the excitement that charges a room when he enters it, simply by virtue of being Kennedy.

The energy, however, hasn't inflated his ego. "I used to pay my rent to the 42nd Street Development Corporation, which was co-founded by Jackie Onassis," says Manhattan restaurateur Jean-Claude Baker. "JFK Jr. was in the office once, wearing big Texas boots with his feet up on the desk. When he saw me, he stood up and said very politely, 'Yes, can I help you?' There is no arrogance in the guy."

This is not to say that, in style and taste, he is a turncoat to his class: He is a prep. And preps do not shlep. When he couldn't get a first-class ticket to West Palm Beach last year, he bought two coach seats: one for himself and one for his guitar. He works out at the Plus One Fitness Club in SoHo, where Cher and Bernadette Peters are also $6,000-a-year members. Many of his close friends — as well as his girlfriend, actress Christina Haag — are haut monde types from Brown.

He loves to party. During the Democratic convention, he went dancing with Ally Sheedy and Rob Lowe at Rupert's, a local club. Once, on a friend's birthday, he sent a stripper to the guy's office. He does, however, have one sober habit: So he won't have his pocket picked, he attaches his wallet to his pants with a little chain.

Hisstyle of dress, when he's not suited up to escort his mother, is the aggressively bad taste best described as trust fund funk. John arrives at school in sweats and backpack and his bicycle helmet, or he shows up for an exam in a bright lime-green shirt — an extension, one might say, of the preppy ethos: Except at Racquetball, Never Let 'Em See You Sweat.

"He's interested in school, but he takes things in stride," a classmate says. "He's not one of those guys with a load of books, running around worrying that he's going to get a bad grade." How bright is he? He's certainly not much of a speller. A cheerfully scrawled invitation to his 25th-birthday party at New York's Nirvana Club 1 asked guests to come to the "lessor of two evils." His devotion to his studies, nonetheless, seems sincere; once in Torts class ...

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What was that, B.W. in Daytona Beach? You say, "The heck with torts, what does he look like in Bermuda shorts?" Okay, readers, just for that, you're not going to hear one thing about his love life until you read and memorize some serious information about JFK Jr.

1) It is not easy being JFK Jr. at NYU. "People don't know how to approach him," says one woman classmate. "I've sometimes heard [prospective] employers use up the whole 20-minute interview talking about him. A few women employers have said, 'Gee, I'd love to get him into our firm.' "

2) While Democratic Party insiders do not believe JFK Jr. will seek a career in politics, no one disputes his popularity. Though privately he was nervous, his introduction of Senator Kennedy at the Democratic convention got a two-minute standing ovation. "I can't remember a word of the speech," says conservative Republican consultant Richard Viguerie, "but I do remember a good delivery. I think it was a plus for the Democrats and the boy. He is strikingly handsome."

3) During his summer job at the law firm (one of its founding partners wasTed Kennedy's law school roommate), JFK Jr. did not, like some summer associates, turn down assignments. He worked, according to one attorney, on "anything he was given."

And now, on to the women.

As yet unlike his father and grandfather, who were legendary ladies' men, JFK Jr. has long relationships with his girlfriends. For four years, he dated fellow Brown student Sally Munro, 27, who resembles his sister, Caroline.

His steady for the last two years has been another Brown alumna, Christina Haag, 27, daughter of a marketing executive. A graduate of the upper-crusty Brearley School in Manhattan, Christina has known Kennedy since they were both 15. She too is Catholic; like Kennedy, she loves to keep in shape. They've acted together, playing the young lovers in Brian Friel's Winners at Manhattan's Irish Arts Center in 1985. This summer, when Haag appeared in a one-act comedy,Sleeping with the Past, at Hollywood's Tiffany Theater, she and JFK Jr. shared a house in Venice. "They bring out the best in each other," says Robin Saex, the play's director and one of Christina's closest friends.

There was no question, this summer, that Christina was Kennedy's girl. But last year, when they were dating, Kennedy was seen around Manhattan with other women as well: He showed up at a hangout on East 36th Street, Zanzibar and Grill, according to one Kennedy watcher, with a "pretty funky" Madonna look- alike. (But not the realMadonna, as alleged in the tabs. "They barely know each other," says the singer's spokeswoman.)

He was also spotted a few times with Click model Audra Avizienis, 22. "We've been on a few dates, but I'm not seeing him," says Avizienis. "I'm not a girlfriend. He has a girlfriend. Or have they broken up?"

Did she find young Kennedy sexy?

"Oh, yes," she says. "He has this quiet sadness. There's something pensive and sad about him." So how does she explain all the partying? "Well," she says, "there'sthatside to him too."

One cannot, of course, hold the Sexiest Man title forever. Another year, another set of Perfect Pecs. What, then, does Kennedy's family believe his future holds?

Senator Kennedy believes that his nephew will one day be involved in public affairs. "Not necessarily running for office," he said at the time of the Democratic convention, "but trying to make some sort of contribution."

Cousin Bobby Kennedy echoes that belief. "He has a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility," says RFK Jr., who now practices environmental law in Mount Kisco, N.Y. "Whenever any of the cousins need help on one of their [charity] projects, John always participates."

And as a neighbor who has watched John around the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport observes, "He used to walk to the post office every day, just after he'd taken a shower. You could tell he wanted attention. He'd wear just a towel wrapped around his waistand no shirt."

Wait a minute! Stop that quote! This person isn't a member of thefamily, he's a gossipy neighbor!

But hold on. What's that he's saying?

"He wears the towel practically around his ankles."

Oh, good heavens!!!

"We've never been able to figure out if he's wearing a bathing suit. He's got an extremely good body."

What's that, Akron, Detroit, Cleveland, Paducah, Wichita and Des Moines? You want another look at that body? You want to see that body now?

Hey, why not? JFK Jr. has always been America's favorite son. How terrific, now, he has grown into its sexiest.

— Written by Joyce Wadler and reported by Victoria Balfour in New York with the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., bureaus

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