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1. The Academy Awards
If you fell asleep during last night’s Oscar as it droned on and on, you missed one heckuva twist ending:
— The winner of Best Picture was ‘La La Land‘ … until it wasn’t! AnnouncerWarren Beatty pulled a Steve Harvey– and hisreason for the flub just added to the intrigue.
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Award-worthy bad
Razzie voters went political this year, bestowing “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party” with not just worst picture, but also worst actor, director and actress (for the unnamed person who played Clinton).
You get a ride, and you get a ride
You can keep your cars, Oprah. Ellen just gave 42 high-schoolers college scholarships.
Rise and fall
$6 billion: What LivingSocial was valued, at its height
$0: What Groupon paid to acquire it.
Nothing but a number
At this school, the average age of a student is 75.
To comfort and calm
The preemies at this UK hospital’s NICU unit have an unlikely companion — colorful, crocheted octopi.
And finally …
It’s called acting, dear boy
The bike crash was meh. But this little boy, no doubt a future Best Actor contender, knows how to sell it. (Click to view)
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