Doctor Who Makes History With Its First Black Doctor

By Rita Bratovich

South Korea, home to some of the most distinctive cinema of the past two decades, is finally basking in Oscars glory.Bong Joon Ho's acclaimed thrillerParasitescored big early in the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, winning in the best original screenplay category.

The 2020 Independent Spirit Awards winners have been announced. The Spirit Awards took place a day before the 92nd Academy Awards is set to take place.

Parasite, Bong Joon Ho’s dark comedy juggernaut, made history at the2020 Independent Spirit Awardsas it took home the ceremony's best international film prize.The film, which is up for five Academy Awards including best picture, was the first ever South Korea winner at the annual awards show.

Pete Buttigieg made history as the first openly LGBTQ person to win the Iowa caucus in a slim lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders—however, Sanders’ campaign has also claimed a victory, revealing the confusing nature of the caucus format.

Pete Buttigieg – Photo: LGBTQ Victory Fund.

39-year-old trans man Chris Mosier has made history by becoming the first out transgender athlete to compete in the men’s Olympic trials, according to Outsports.

Batman Begins star Jo Martin has been unveiled as the first black Doctor Who.

It’s been revealed that Jo Martin’s appearance in the most recent episode of Doctor Who was more than it seemed and she is in fact the first black actor to play the role of The Doctor.

Billie Eilish made history Down Under on the weekend by taking out triple j’s Hottest 100 countdown. The breakthrough U.S.

At the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night, Billie Eilish emerged as a five-time winner during the ceremony hosted by Alicia Keys.The 18-year-old singer and first-time Grammy winner — who grew up recording songs with her brother, Finneas O'Connell, a fellow Grammy winner who co-writes and produces her music, in the bedroom of her parents' house in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park — was up for six awards during the ceremony.Eilish won for best vocal pop album, album of the

Billie Eilish continued her Grammys streak when she took home one of the final awards of Sunday night's show: album of the year for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.The 18-year-old "Bad Guy" singermade history bybecoming the youngest album of the year winner ever. (Taylor Swift was 20 when she won a decade ago for Fearless.)"Please, sit down.

Billie Eilish must be feeling pretty good for a "Bad Guy." The 18-year-old singer, whose album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? took over the pop culture zeitgeist in 2019, took home six Grammys on Sunday night, including a trophy for each of the Big Four categories — Best New Artist, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year.

[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Season 12, Episode 5 of Doctor Who, "Fugitive of the Judoon." Read at your own risk!]