Former NASA mathematician gets her Oscars moment 

She said only “thank you,” but it was one of the more moving moments of Sunday’s Oscars ceremony.

Katherine Johnson, 98, the former NASA mathematician played by Taraji P. Henson in the movie “Hidden Figures,” was brought on stage to thunderous applause. She was introduced by Henson, Janelle Monae and Octavia Spencer, who all star in the film as female black mathematicians who helped put NASA ahead in the space race against the Soviet Union. 

The 98-year-old Johnson wore a blue dress and was brought out in a wheelchair during Sunday’s ceremony.

Clooney warns about hate in age of Trump

George Clooney used the stage at the 42nd Cesar awards, France’s equivalent of the Oscars, to criticize U.S. President Donald Trump, without directly calling him out by name.

Receiving an honorary Cesar on Friday, Clooney said that “citizens of the world” must work “harder and harder not to let hate win.”

He said that “the actions of this president have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies and given considerable comfort to our enemies.”

The fault, he said, “is not really his” because fear was already present. “He merely exploited it, and rather successfully.”

Playwright who inspired ‘Moonlight’ wins PEN award

The playwright who inspired the Oscar-winning movie “Moonlight” has won a prize from PEN America, the literary and human rights organization.

Tarell Alvin McCraney received an award for best mid-career playwright. McCraney’s “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue” is the basis for the acclaimed movie drama, which won three Academy Awards Sunday night including best film and best adapted screenplay.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Gavin MacLeod is 86. Singer Sam the Sham is 80. Actor-director-dancer Tommy Tune is 78. Actress Mercedes Ruehl is 69. Actress Bernadette Peters is 69. Comedian Gilbert Gottfried is 62. Actor John Turturro is 60. Singer Cindy Wilson of The B-52’s is 60. Actress Rae Dawn Chong is 56. Actor Robert Sean Leonard is 48. Singer Pat Monahan of Train is 48. Actress Ali Larter is 41. Country singer Jason Aldean is 40.