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via CNN: Kevin Hart is stepping down from hosting the Oscars after homophobic tweets surfaced on Thursday. The tweets, between 2009 and 2011, included derogatory language referring to gay people and made disparaging comments about sexuality. Some of the tweets have since been deleted. “I have made the choice to step down from hosting this […]

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“La La Land” was the big story from the nominations announcement for the 89th Academy Awards Tuesday morning, garnering 14 nominations, tying “Titanic” and “All About Eve” for the most of any movie. The musical’s nominations include best picture, best director for Damien Chazelle, leads Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, and two in one category, […]

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Jada Pinkett Smith isn’t letting Chris Rock’s Oscars dig get her down. Pinkett Smith said she was unfazed by Rock’s jokes about her in his opening monologue at the awards ceremony, saying it simply “comes with the territory.” “It comes with the territory, sweetheart,” she told x17online. “We got to keep it moving, there’s a lot of stuff […]

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Whether Will Smith has any ill will toward Chris Rock or not regarding his comments on Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith is still a mystery. What can be said is that Smith is practicing his right to remain silent. Upon spotting the rapper-actor when he left a restaurant in New York City, TMZ questioned Smith […]

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Article By Alexa Patterson What a way to bring something good out of a humiliating moment. On Oscars night, when TotalBeauty.com mistook “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg for OWN CEO, Oprah Winfrey in a tweet, the negative reaction was brutal. But the story doesn’t end there. Total Beauty chose to do something good with the […]

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Ellen DeGeneres gave out pizza — Chris Rock sold cookies. The host of Sunday’s Oscars took the time to sell some Girl Scout cookies to stars during the awards show and raised a whopping $65,243, with over 13,000 boxes sold. The 51-year-old, who was collecting money for his daughters Zahra Savannah and Lola Simone Rock […]

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Invoking the Rev. Martin Luther King’s legacy on his birthday, two prominent African-Americans announced Monday that they will boycott this year’s Academy Awards over a lack of diversity among nominees. Filmmaker Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith posted separate messages Monday saying they would not be attending the February 28 ceremony. The Oscars have […]

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  It’s safe to say that this year’s Oscars ceremony is going to be a night full of wins, as well as a load of laughs with Chris Rock as the host. The funny man gives a small taste of the snarky humor to come in the first Oscars official promo video. In the clip, […]

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“Selma,” the critically acclaimed movie starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey and  directed by Ava DuVernay was not recognized as Best Picture, it did go home with at least one prize. “Glory” from “Selma” won the Academy Award for best original song. Performed and written by Common and John Legend, it also won the […]

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Eddie Murphy announced Wednesday he would not host next year’s Academy Awards, one day after colleague and show producer Brett Ratner quit over an anti-gay remark he made over the weekend. “I appreciate how Eddie feels about losing his creative partner, Brett Ratner, and we all wish him well,” said Tom Sherak, president of the […]