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THURSDAY, Feb 4

Myanmar police have filed charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for “the incredibly petty charge” of illegally importing communications equipment (walkie talkies).

She will be detained until February 15 for investigations, according to a police document.

The move follows a military coup on Monday and the detention of Nobel Peace laureate Ms Suu Kyi and other civilian politicians.

The takeover has cut short Myanmar’s long transition to democracy and drawn condemnation from the United States and other Western countries.

A police request to a court detailing the accusations against Ms Suu Kyi, 75, said six walkie-talkie radios had been found during a search of her home in the capital Naypyidaw.

The radios were imported illegally and used without permission, it said.

The document requested Ms Suu Kyi’s detention “in order to question witnesses, request evidence and seek legal counsel after questioning the defendant”.

A separate document showed police filed charges against ousted President Win Myint for violating protocols to stop the spread of coronavirus during campaigning for an election last November.

Ms Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party won the election in a landslide but the military alleges the poll was marred by fraud.

David Mathieson, an independent analyst who has studied Myanmar for 26 years, told the ABC the new charges against Ms Suu Kyi were “incredibly petty”.

“It’s really about punishing her for larger alleged misdeeds,” he said.

“I mean, trying to get someone on having an unregistered walkie talkie is a mere technicality.

“This is much, much bigger and it’s really predicated in justifying her detention, and it’s transparently squalid and dishonest of the new military junta to do that.”

The chair of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Parliamentarians for Human Rights, Charles Santiago, said the charges were ludicrous.

“This is an absurd move by the junta to try to legitimise their illegal power grab,” he said in a statement.

The electoral commission had said the vote was fair.

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Netflix’s Emily in Paris has been nominated for a Golden Globe for best comedy TV series, with lead actress Lily Collins also nominated for best actress.

The show is up against some strong contenders which are The Great, The Flight Attendant, Schitt’s Creek, and Ted Lasso. 

Last year, Fleabag won the category.

Collins said she was “ecstatic” and “grateful” for the two nominations. 

But on the same platform, people were quick to call out the show’s nomination saying other shows like I May Destroy You, Insecure, and Lupin, were unfairly snubbed.

In fact, Emily in Paris has been trending alongside #GoldenGlobes on Twitter. 

Netflix’s Ratched wasn’t getting too much love online either. 

Despite poor reviews, the show scored a trio of Golden Globe nominations for Best Drama Series, Best Actress for Sarah Paulson, and Best Supporting Actress for Cynthia Nixon.

Ratched will battle against The Crown, Lovecraft Country, Ozark and The Mandalorian for Best Drama Series.

Last year, Succession won this category.

Some users debated that Sophie Okonedo should have been nontimed for her portrayal of Charlotte Wells in Ratched. 

With the awards set to go ahead on February 28 (US time, or the morning of March 1 in Australia), here is the full list of nominees, with Australian nominees highlighted with an asterisk*.

Best motion picture — drama

The Father

Mank

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Frances McDormand is up for the best performance by an actress in a drama motion picture award.(Supplied: 20th Century Studios)

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture — drama

Carey Mulligan — Promising Young Woman

Frances McDormand — Nomadland

Vanessa Kirby — Pieces of a Woman

Viola Davis — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Andra Day — The United States vs Billie Holiday

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture — drama

Riz Ahmed — Sound of Metal

Chadwick Boseman — Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom 

Anthony Hopkins — The Father

Gary Oldman — Mank

Tahar Rahim — The Mauritanian

Nominee Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed Levee in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, died of cancer last year.(Supplied: Netflix/David Lee)

Best motion picture — musical or comedy

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Hamilton

Music

Palm Springs

The Prom

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture — musical or comedy

Maria Bakalova — Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Kate Hudson — Music

Michelle Pfeiffer — French Exit

Rosamund Pike — I Care a Lot

Anya Taylor-Joy — Emma

Maria Bakalova (left), who received a best performance by an actress in a motion picture — musical or comedy nomination, with co-star Sacha Baron Cohen during a scene in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.(Supplied: IMDb)

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture — musical or comedy

Sacha Baron Cohen — Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

James Corden — The Prom

Lin-Manuel Miranda — Hamilton

Dev Patel — Personal History of David Copperfield

Andy Samberg — Palm Springs

Best motion picture — animated

The Croods: A New Age

Onward

Over the Moon

Soul

Wolfwalkers

Best motion picture — foreign language

Another Round

La Llorona

The Life Ahead

Minari

Two of Us

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture

Jodie Foster — The Mauritanian

Olivia Colman — The Father

Glenn Close — Hillbilly Elegy

Amanda Seyfried — Mank

Helena Zengel — News of the World

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in any motion picture

Sacha Baron Cohen — The Trial of the Chicago 7

Daniel Kaluuya — Judas and the Black Messiah

Jared Leto — The Little Things

Bill Murray — On the Rocks

Leslie Odom, Jr — One Night in Miami

Best director — motion picture

David Fincher — Mank

Regina King — One Night in Miami

Aaron Sorkin — The Trial of the Chicago 7

Chloe Zhao — Nomadland

Emerald Fennell — Promising Young Woman

Best screenplay — motion picture

The Father

Mank

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best original score — motion picture

The Midnight Sky

Tenet

News of the World

Mank

Soul

Best original song — motion picture

Fight for You — Judas & the Black Messiah

Io Si — The Life Ahead

Speak Now — One Night in Miami

Hear My Voice — The Trial of the Chicago 7

Tigress & Tweed — The US v Billie Holiday

Best television series — drama

Ratched

Ozark

The Crown

Lovecraft Country

The Mandalorian

Best performance by an actress in a television series — drama

Emma Corrin — The Crown

Olivia Colman — The Crown

Jodie Comer — Killing Eve

Laura Linney — Ozark

Sarah Paulson — Ratched

Best performance by an actor in a television series — drama

Jason Bateman — Ozark

Josh O’Connor — The Crown

Bob Odenkirk — Better Call Saul

Al Pacino — Hunters

Matthew Rhys — Perry Mason

Best television series — musical or comedy

Emily in Paris

The Flight Attendant

Schitt’s Creek

The Great

Ted Lasso

Best performance by an actress in a television series — musical or comedy

Lily Collins — Emily in Paris

Kaley Cuoco — The Flight Attendant

Elle Fanning — The Great

Catherine O’Hara — Schitt’s Creek

Jane Levy — Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Best performance by an actor in a television series — musical or comedy

Don Cheadle — Black Monday

Nicholas Hoult — The Great

Eugene Levy — Schitt’s Creek

Jason Sudeikis — Ted Lasso

Ramy Youssef — Ramy

Anya Taylor-Joy in Netflix’s series, The Queen’s Gambit, which is up for best television limited series or motion picture made for television.(Supplied: Netflix/Phil Bray)

Best television limited series or motion picture made for television

Normal People

The Queen’s Gambit

Small Axe

The Undoing

Unorthodox

Best performance by an actress in a limited series or a motion picture made for television

Cate Blanchett — Mrs America*

Daisy Edgar-Jones — Normal People 

Shira Haas — Unorthodox

Nicole Kidman — The Undoing*

Anya Taylor-Joy — The Queen’s Gambit

Nicole Kidman and fellow Australian Cate Blanchett are both up for an award in the same category.(Supplied: IMDb)

Best performance by an actor in a limited series or a motion picture made for television

Bryan Cranston — Your Honor

Jeff Daniels — The Comey Rule

Hugh Grant — The Undoing

Ethan Hawke — The Good Lord Bird

Mark Ruffalo — I Know This Much Is True

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television

Cynthia Nixon — Ratched

Gillian Anderson — The Crown

Helena Bonham Carter — The Crown

Julia Garner — Ozark

Annie Murphy — Schitt’s Creek

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for TV

John Boyega — Small Axe

Brendan Gleeson — The Comey Rule

Dan Levy — Schitt’s Creek

Jim Parsons — Hollywood

Donald Sutherland — The Undoing

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Two women have been charged after a woman’s hand was spotted waving through a hole made in a car’s broken tail light as it drove in the NSW Southern Highlands.

Police will allege Kayley Lee Katley, 18, was at the wheel of the Holden Commodore with Latia Henderson, 24, in the passenger seat, driving on the Hume Highway at Pheasants Nest.

Unsuspecting fellow drivers may not have known there was a third woman in the car — stashed in the boot and suffering stab wounds.

Ms Katley and Ms Henderson were arrested and charged on Wednesday night with several violent offences and drug possession.

Police are now investigating whether it was an alleged drug deal gone wrong.

Detective Chief Inspector Brendan Bernie said the three women met at a home on Robert Way in Claymore on Tuesday night. 

Early yesterday morning, the victim was allegedly stabbed and forced into the boot of the Commodore.

“We will be alleging she was in the car for several hours before she was sighted,” Detective Chief Inspector Bernie said.

A truck driver driving behind the car noticed a hand waving out of a punctured tail light and alerted NSW Police.

Twenty minutes later, highway patrol caught up with the pair at Berrima and the 24-year-old woman was extracted from the boot of the car.

The woman had sustained multiple stab wounds to her knee, thigh and forearm and was taken to Liverpool Hospital in Western Sydney.

Detective Chief Inspector Bernie said the woman was discovered “with a fair amount of blood on her”.

Sources close to the investigation say the alleged victim was stabbed five times.

She remains in hospital and will undergo surgery today for her stab wounds which were “deep”, Detective Chief Inspector Bernie said.