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Film director Brett Ratner resigns as a producer of Academy Awards telecast...
LOS ANGELES -- Film director Brett Ratner on Tuesday resigned as one of the producers of the annual Academy Awards telecast after igniting a firestorm of criticism for using a gay slur, in which he...
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Ellen DeGeneres to host 2014 Oscars
NEW YORK -- Comic and daytime television host Ellen DeGeneres was picked to host the Academy Awards for the second time.
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Ellen DeGeneres has global ‘goal’ for next year’s Oscar telecast
LOS ANGELES — Ellen DeGeneres has high aspirations for her second time around hosting the Oscars.
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Host Ellen DeGeneres is ready to dance on the Oscars stage once again
Seven years after her Oscar debut, Ellen DeGeneres is back. The 56-year-old TV personality talked with The Associated Press about her plans and preparations for hosting her second Academy Awards on...
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Jared Leto wins Best Supporting Oscar for ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
LOS ANGELES — Jared Leto has won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance as an HIV-positive transgender prostitute in "Dallas Buyers Club."
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Backstage: Jared Leto in generous mood after acting Oscar win
LOS ANGELES — Jared Leto wasn't just thinking about himself after winning the best supporting actor Academy Award on Sunday night — his thoughts veered from his mother, the populations of Ukraine and...
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Matthew McConaughey wins Best Actor Oscar for ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
LOS ANGELES -- Matthew McConaughey has won the Academy Award for best actor for his performance as a desperate and determined AIDS patient in "Dallas Buyers Club."
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Big Oscar night for ‘12 Years a Slave,’‘Dallas Buyers Club,’‘Gravity’
LOS ANGELES — Perhaps atoning for past sins, Hollywood named the brutal, unshrinking historical drama “12 Years a Slave” best picture at the 86th annual Academy Awards.
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Ellen DeGeneres’ selfie crashes Twitter
LOS ANGELES — Ellen DeGeneres' goal of setting a retweet record with her star-studded selfie was achieved before the Oscars telecast was even over.
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Award show veteran Neil Patrick Harris to host Oscars in 2015
LOS ANGELES -- Neil Patrick Harris is set to host the Oscars next year. The actor and author announced his latest gig online Wednesday. He posted a video on Twitter of him on the phone saying, "I'm...
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‘Birdman’ takes flight at an Oscars ceremony punctuated by politics
The long take of "Birdman" has stretched all the way to the Academy Awards, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing his superhero past, took Hollywood's top honor in a ceremony...
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Graham Moore’s Oscar‑worthy acceptance speech for ‘Imitation Game’– #StayWeird
Graham Moore, who on Sunday won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for “The Imitation Game,” took the opportunity to give a powerful acceptance speech calling awareness to teen suicide and...
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Graham Moore’s Oscar speech was not intended for LGBT kids
Moore is not gay. His speech was not about LGBT youth, many of whom experience depression because of the homophobia and transphobia in which our culture is mired. His speech was not even about the...
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Sam Smith’s not-so-historic Oscar win results in jeers and drama
Sam Smith's claim that he was the first gay man to win an Oscar wasn't exactly the truth.
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Here’s what Oscar winners had to say about diversity
Backstage on Sunday, it was the topic of choice.
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An Oscars first: actress Kelly Mantle can be nominated in two gender categories
The Academy is allowing Kelly Mantle of Drag Race fame to be considered for nomination in both best supporting actor and actress categories.
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‘Moonlight’ and ‘Transparent’ among this year’s LGBTQ Golden Globe nominees
Barry Jenkins' celebrated coming-of-age tale "Moonlight" received six nominations, second only to "La La Land."
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Hollywood’s sliding scale of justice for winning an Academy Award
The puzzling ethical calculus has prompted many to question the standards used to weigh the bad behavior of stars and would-be nominees.
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Red carpet clash: Meryl Streep vs. Chanel in ‘pay to wear’ Oscar gown dispute
Creative director Kurt Lagerfeld claims he got a call from the actress’s team, saying, "We found somebody who will pay us.” Streep's people deny it.
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‘Moonlight’ takes home six Film Independent Spirit Awards
Director Barry Jenkins said the film stood "as a beacon of inclusivity" in contrast to the Trump Administration.
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