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It's been a fruitful awards season for Joaquin Phoenix, who has dominated this year’s circuit thanks to his role as the title character in Joker. Phoenix won Best Actor at the Golden Globes, the Critics’ Choice Awards, the SAG Awards, and the BAFTA Film Awards, among others. https://slate.com/culture/2020/02/joaquin-phoenix-joker-acceptance-speech-bafta-oscars.html 

World champion boxer and Baltimore native Gervonta Davis has been arrested and charged with battery after a viral video allegedly showed him in an altercation with his ex-girlfriend over the weekend. The viral video appeared to show Davis, 25, battering his ex-girlfriend, with whom he shares a child, while at a celebrity basketball game in Miami on Saturday. 

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/02/04/gervonta-davis-arrested-charged-battery-after-viral-video-shows-physical-altercation-with-ex-girlfriend/ At least 490 people in China have died from the coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday, and the number of confirmed cases of infection rose to 24,324, up from 425 deaths and 20,438 confirmed cases the day before. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/world/asia/coronavirus-china.html 

Megan Thee Stallion is the girl of the moment. She may have coined the term hot girl summer but her appeal hasn’t worn off as the temperature has dropped. https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/megan-thee-stallion-responds-to-claims-shes-dating-g-eazy.html/ 

Cardi B is putting thieves on blast. On Tuesday, the rapper posted a video calling out those who stole strippers' money at the Million Dollar Bowl—an annual event hosted by the Quality Control imprint. https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/qc-ceo-pierre-pee-thomas-clarifies-qc-stripper-bowl-payment-controversy-news.102850.html