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The stars are out Sunday night in Los Angeles for the 82nd annual Golden Globes, the world’s largest award show celebrating both film and television. Emilia Pérez boasts the most nominations for a movie, with 10, followed by The Brutalist (7) and Conclave (6). In the television categories, The Bear leads with five nominations, followed by Only Murders in the Building and Shōgun, which earned four each.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in other public service jobs. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it will also put strain on Social Security Trust Funds, which face a looming insolvency crisis. The bill rescinds two provisions—the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset—that limit Social Security benefits for recipients if they get retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement programs from a state or local government. “The bill I’m signing today is about a simple proposition: Americans who have worked hard all their life to earn an honest living should be able to retire with economic security and dignity—that’s the entire purpose of the Social Security system,” Biden said during a signing ceremony in the White House East Room. “This is a big deal,” he said. Biden was joined by labor leaders, retirement advocates, and Democratic and Republican lawmakers including the legislation’s primary sponsors, Maine Republican Sen.

More than 600 flights were canceled or delayed at Denver International Airport on Sunday as light snow continued to fall across the mountains and Front Range and temperatures hovered below freezing across the state. As of 5:45 p.m. Sunday, 533 flights at DIA had been delayed and another 98 were canceled entirely, according to data from flight tracking software FlightAware. That’s fewer than Saturday at the Denver airport when at least 1,120 flights were delayed and another 70 were canceled.

When police couldn’t stop a fleeing burglary suspect on Interstate 70 last week, a fleet of snowplow drivers stepped in to help. Colorado Department of Transportation snowplows traveling up Floyd Hill on I-70 ahead of the car chase began to slow down and block the highway’s lanes, trapping the suspect, the Idaho Springs Police Department said in a Friday statement on Facebook. “We’re at a roadblock with three plows, they’ve got I-70 shut down,” one officer can be heard saying in a video posted by the police department. The blockade forced the fleeing driver to stop and turn himself over to police, investigators said. Around 11:30 p.m.

Hollywood is getting dressed up as the Golden Globes return for their annual champagne-soaked celebration of film and television workers at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. The show serves as the ceremonial start to the 2025 awards season. The audacious musical “Emilia Pérez” leads all nominees with 10. Other nominees include “The Bear,”“Shōgun,”“Wicked” and “Challengers.” Comedian Nikki Glaser will be emceeing the ceremony. Here’s the latest: Glen Powell loves his family Looking back on a huge 2024, Glen Powell says his family is crucial to his success and keeping him centered. Powell attended the Golden Globes with his parents, posing with them on the red carpet. “You know, I got my family,” the “Hit Man” star said when asked how he remains grounded after such a groundbreaking year.

The $tadium Game Part I: Amid another nationwide stadium boom, will Broncos build new home to land what Rockies have and what Nuggets, Avs are getting? Part II: Is Coors Field the model for publicly financed stadium success? How the Monforts struck gold in LoDo. Part III: Ball Arena was always window into downtown Denver land development for Stan Kroenke Part IV: New Broncos stadium?