Oscar weekend is here, and if you see certain winners on stage Sunday holding their gold statues upside down...it's not an accident. It's all part of a protest against a decision made by the Motion Picture Academy. And it was an attempt to keep the peace during spring break. A strict curfew was enforced on Miami Beach last night after five people were hospitalized in separate shootings last weekend. But did the curfew work? Plus, if you think Russian leader Vladimir Putin is unaware of Western pop culture think again. In an address to the Russian people he actually mentioned Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling, saying the world is trying to cancel Russia like they tried to cancel Rowling. Les Trent reports. And Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was discharged from the hospital today, a week after being admitted with an infection. His release comes as his wife Ginni finds herself in the news for texts she wrote urging an overturn of the 2020 election. So what do we know about Mrs. Clarence Thomas?

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