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#OscarsSoWhite, Round 2?

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) could see a resurgence of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy it endured last year if the organization does not nominate any people of color for acting honors at this year’s Academy Awards, a possibility seen as increasingly likely by many Hollywood awards insiders.

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Israel Awards Iran Mock Oscar for Best Actor

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor gave his own version of the Academy Awards during a UN session in New York this week. The “Oscars for Maintenance of International Peace and Security” mockingly awarded Iran, Hezbollah, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinians with Oscars in its very own special categories.

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Neil Patrick Harris Gets Mixed Reviews on Oscar Hosting Gig

The 87th annual Academy Awards were a bit of a letdown; there were no real surprises in any of the major categories, winners’s acceptance speeches got too political, and there was a shortage of good performances (apart from an outstanding turn from Lady Gaga channeling Julie Andrews).

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Best Director Winner Blasts Mexican Government

Sunday night’s Academy Awards was littered with political commentary, with Best Director winner Alejandro González Iñárritu no exception as he dedicated Birdman’s Best Picture win to his fellow Mexicans, “who live in Mexico.” Iñárritu’s comments echo prior statements made by last year’s Best Director and fellow Mexican, Alfonso Cuarón, slamming Mexican government officials over systematic corruption.

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Trump on the Oscars: ‘Great Night for Mexico’

On Monday’s “Fox & Friends” on the Fox News Channel, real estate mogul Donald Trump reacted to the night before’s Academy Awards, specifically Best Picture winner “Birdman” director Alejandro Iñárritu statement on immigration during his acceptance speech. “Well, it was

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Hollywood: Still Honoring Stalinists

The patriotic film The American Sniper was nominated for six Oscars, astonishing fans and critics alike. But why is it surprising that a film honoring an American hero would be celebrated in the capital of the American movie business? The fact is, despite a few recent signs of dawning good sense—think Zero Dark Thirty, on the hunt for Osama bin Laden, and Argo, about a successful CIA operation—Hollywood still tends to spurn patriotism on the silver screen and to celebrate truly unsavory characters and ideology, as long as they’re on the Left.

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Julianne Moore Acceptance Speech (Video)

Julianne Moore picked up a Best Actress golden statuette at Sunday night’s Academy Awards for her role in the film “Still Alice.” Moore started her acceptance speech off with a joke. “I read an article that said that winning an

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Watch: Eddie Redmayne Acceptance Speech

Sunday night’s Best Actor Academy Award went to Eddie Redmayne for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything. Redmayne called himself a “lucky, lucky man” before getting overwhelmed. “This belongs to all of those

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Watch: Common/John Legend Acceptance Speech

Hip Hop star Common and R&B singer John Legend accepted the Oscar for Best Original Song at Sunday night’s Academy Awards for their song Glory from the film Selma. Common began by thanking God before relating how lucky he was

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Patricia Arquette Gets Political In Oscar Acceptance

Sunday at the the 87th Academy Awards, while accepting her Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in “Boyhood,” Patricia Arquette got political. After thanking her colleagues and family, Arquette said, “To my heroes, volunteers and experts who have