The Best Reactions to Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s ‘Shallow’ Oscar Performance

Two hours into the Oscars ceremony and the show-stopping performance of “Shallow” finally came.

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga surprised the audience by approaching the stage from their seats in the crowd, without an introduction. Gaga took her place at a grand piano and Cooper perched on a stool.

Twitter went wild. Here’s a collection of a few of our favorite reactions to the passionate performance between “A Star is Born” co-stars.

Duke investigating sexual assault allegation made against former basketball player

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The sexual assault allegation made recently against a former Duke men's basketball player is being investigated, the university announced Saturday.

In a series of statements released Friday through her attorney, Meredith Watson said a former Duke basketball player raped her in 1999. Watson also has said that Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax sexually assaulted her on Duke's campus in Durham, North Carolina, when they were both students in 2000.

The identity of the men's basketball player facing the allegation is not known.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said both he and the university understand the severity of the matter.

"I think there was an allegation made, right?" Krzyzewski said after Saturday night's victory at Virginia. "So, I'm not sure that's true or not, but there's an allegation. I didn't find out about it until late last night, and I have no knowledge about it. ... Our university will take care of whatever actions and give whatever information that's needed to be done. I think our [athletic director] has put out a statement that we'll give to you. It's very ... something like that is serious. So, our school looks at it that way, and we'll do whatever we can to make sure that we answer whatever questions are posed to us."

Duke did distribute a statement after the Virginia game, detailing its intent to investigate the claims.

"Duke first learned of the allegations involving a student-athlete last night when they were reported by the media," the statement said. "Coach Krzyzewski confirms that he had no knowledge of the alleged conduct from 1999. The university is looking into the matter and will have no further comment at this time."

The 1998-99 Duke team was one of the most talented and highly touted teams in school history. It lost to UConn in the national title game that season.

"Ms. Watson was raped by a basketball player during her sophomore year at Duke," a portion of Watson's statement read. "She went to the Dean, who provided no help and discouraged her from pursuing the claim further. Ms. Watson also told friends, including Justin Fairfax."

Watson is the second woman to allege that Fairfax sexually assaulted her. Fairfax has been urged by leaders to step down.

The allegations against Fairfax are attached to one of the most turbulent weeks in the history of Virginia politics. Gov. Ralph Northam admitted to wearing blackface after a racially incendiary photo in his medical school yearbook surfaced. The state's attorney general, Mark Herring, also has admitted to donning blackface in the past.

Northam has refused to step down, despite demands from his peers and adversaries who want him to leave his post.

Fairfax was expected to succeed Northam if he had decided to step down.

UFC 234 Results: Winners, Bonuses, Highlights And Analysis

UFC 234 RESULTS

Almost everything about UFC 234 was disappointing. The one exception was the amazing show of respect between Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silvaafter the former took a unanimous-decision victory in the makeshift main event in Melbourne, Australia.

Hours before the event started, UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker had to pull out of his title defense against Kelvin Gastelum. That elevated Adesanya-Silva to the main event spot, which wouldn't have been too bad if the card had other strong bouts.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. This was one of the weaker lineups of fights you'll ever see for a pay-per-view. Evidence of the event's frailty is in seeing the Lando Vannata-Marcos Mariano bout elevated to co-main event.

In any case, Adesanya tussled in a main event that featured almost as much posing and posturing as it did action. There was tons of showmanship and respect, which is admirable, but it was like watching too friends fight and it's clear neither man wants to truly hurt the other one.

I'm not Silva could have if he even wanted to. While he looked good considering he's 43 and will turn 44 in April, but he still looked 40-something. Adesanya didn't have much to gain from a status standpoint. He was promised a title shot if he won, and he did by outstriking Silva 65-31, but if we're being totally truthful, Adesanya didn't look great.