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Ray Stone has enjoyed the best and possibly worst moments of his NRL career, scoring Parramatta's golden-point match-winning try against Melbourne but hurting his knee in the process.

The unheralded lock became the Eels unlikely new hero, scoring twice at AAMI Park to help secure a 28-24 victory but was taken for scans following the match with fears it could be season over.

The golden point try came two minutes into extra time when Stone pounced on an attempted field goal by Mitch Moses that hit the upright.

The haul doubled the 24-year-old's career tally from five seasons.

Stone immediately clutched at his knee after diving untouched across the line and while he managed to walk off the field he was too upset post-game to front the media.

The Eels said he would be sent for scans in Melbourne before travelling back to Sydney.

Coach Brad Arthur was unaware of the seriousness of Stone's injury at the media conference and said the popular player deserved some luck.

'It's always good when a little bit of luck goes to one of our players that you can rely on," Arthur said.

"Stoney is one of those guys, he works hard, he is sometimes in and out of the team but he never complains, he just gets on with his job."

The injury blow dampened the celebrations for Parramatta, who again proved a thorn in the Storm's side.

They beat the Storm twice last season, their round 24 victory ending Melbourne's chance to set a record 20 successive NRL wins, and now serving up the Storm's first loss of the year.

Playing in the centres, Stone's other try came in the 70th minute to break a 18-18 deadlock when he attempted to catch a Moses bomb that bobbled off a Storm player and back into his hands.

Melbourne took momentum into golden point when Brandon Smith and Cameron Munster combined to put Ryan Papenhuyzen away in the 75th minute, with the fullback converting to make it 24-24.

The home side had two early tries disallowed however Smith, who made an early return from a broken hand made no mistake in the 11th minute.

The Eels responded with a try in the 18th minute through fullback Clint Gutherson after a Dylan Brown break.

The Parramatta five-eighth then sent a long ball to Waqa Blake and the winger steamrolled Papenhuyzen, sending the lightweight fullback flying back into the in-goal.

Nick Meaney, who was a late replacement for injured Storm winger Xavier Coates, crossed on either side of halftime to put the home side up by six.

But again the Eels hit back, with Moses putting up a bomb for centre Tom Opacic and the halfback squared up the ledger with his conversion.

The heavyweights continued to go toe to toe before Moses and Stone stood up to again leave the Storm shattered.

Coach Craig Bellamy said while they had had disrupted preparation, losing first-choice hooker Harry Grant to COVID, they were too inconsistent.

"We did some real good things and then we did some things that weren't so good," the Storm coach said.

"I think they scored three tries off kicks and we knew that was coming and practised for it ... whoever won it was going to have a bit of luck go their way and whoever lost it, bad luck, so it is what it is."

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A musical about Diana, the late Princess of Wales, and a remake of Space Jam starring LeBron James took home the most Razzies, the awards that skewer the year's lamest films on the eve of the Oscar ceremony.

The Razzies announced the winners before Sunday's Academy Awards, handing out five prizes to Diana: The Musical, the film version of a Broadway production that closed in December after just 33 regular performances.

After its demise on stage, the film version snagged Razzies for worst picture, worst actress for Jeanna deWaal in the title role, worst supporting actress for Judy Kaye and worst director for Christopher Ashley.

"The Diana duo of Joe DiPietro and David Bryan claimed worst screenplay for what the Razzies called some of the year's most ridiculed dialogue and lyrics, including rhyming 'Camilla' with both 'Manilla' and 'Godzilla'," the Razzies said in a statement announcing the winners.

Space Jam: A New Legacy won three Razzies: worst actor for LeBron James, worst rip-off or sequel, and worst screen couple for James combined with any of the cartoon characters.

The movie put the NBA star, shot in live action, in a cosmic basketball game with Looney Tunes characters, remaking the 1996 original with Michael Jordan.

As usual, the Razzies ridiculed a former Oscar winner, naming Jared Leto worst supporting actor for his over-the-top performance as Paolo in House of Gucci.

The Razzies gave Bruce Willis his own special category, nominating him eight times for worst performance by Bruce Willis in a 2021 movie, in eight forgettable films. The one called Cosmic Sin took the prize.

Four-time Razzie winner Will Smith received the only true honour, the redeemer award, for his role in King Richard, for which Smith is also nominated for a best actor Academy Award.

The Razzies, the self-described ugly cousin to the Oscars, started in 1980 as the Golden Raspberry Awards, created by UCLA film school graduates and film industry veterans John JB Wilson and Mo Murphy.

More than 1100 Razzie members in the United States and about two dozen other countries vote on the awards.

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Taylor Hawkins, for 25 years the drummer for Foo Fighters and best friend of frontman Dave Grohl, has died at age 50 during a South American tour with the rock band.

There were no immediate details on how Hawkins died, although the band said his death was a "tragic and untimely loss".

Foo Fighters were scheduled to play at a festival in Bogota, Colombia, on Friday night. Hawkins' final concert was Sunday at another festival in San Isidro, Argentina.

"His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever," said a message on the band's official Twitter account.

"Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family."

Police vehicles, an ambulance and fans were gathered outside the hotel in northern Bogota where Hawkins was believed to have been staying.

Colombian authorities have not commented on Hawkins' death.

After Grohl, Hawkins was the most recognisable member of the group, appearing alongside the lead singer in interviews and playing prominent, usually comic, roles in the band's memorable videos and their recent horror-comedy film, Studio 666.

Hawkins was Alanis Morrissette's touring drummer when he joined Foo Fighters in 1997. He played on the band's biggest albums including One by One and On Your Honor, and on hit singles including My Hero and Best of You.

In Grohl's 2021 book The Storyteller, he called Hawkins his "brother from another mother, my best friend, a man for whom I would take a bullet".

"Upon first meeting, our bond was immediate, and we grew closer with every day, every song, every note that we ever played together," Grohl wrote.

"We are absolutely meant to be, and I am grateful that we found each other in this lifetime."

It's the second time Grohl has experienced the death of a close band mate. Grohl was the drummer for Nirvana when Kurt Cobain died in 1994.

Born Oliver Taylor Hawkins in Fort Worth Texas in 1972, Hawkins was raised in Laguna Beach, California. He played in the small Southern California band Sylvia before landing his first major gig as a drummer for Canadian singer Sass Jordan.

Hawkins told the AP in 2019 that his early drumming influences included Stewart Copeland of The Police, Roger Taylor from Queen, and Phil Collins, who he said was "one of my favourite drummers ever. You know, people forget that he was a great drummer as well as a sweater-wearing nice guy from the '80s, poor fella."

When he spent two years in the mid-1990s drumming for Morrissette, he was inspired primarily by the playing of Jane's Addiction's Stephen Perkins.

He and Grohl met backstage at a show when Hawkins was still with Morrissette. Grohl's band would have an opening soon after when then-drummer William Goldsmith left. Grohl called Hawkins, who was a huge Foo Fighters fan and immediately accepted.

Hawkins is survived by his wife Alison and their three children.

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