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See Matt Damon, Ellen, and Kim Kardashian in 'The Martian' Sequel, 'Stuck on Uranus'

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Bring him home ... from Uranus.

Never imagined we'd see and Kim Kardashian in a sketch together, and we really never imagined enjoying it. On Friday's "Ellen" show, Ellen DeGeneres promoted the Oscars by giving a cheeky poster-by-poster description of each Best Picture nominee. But when she got to "The Martian," things took a seriously random turn:

"Here's 'The Martian' and I think everybody knows what 'The Martian' is about: Matt Damon gets stuck on Mars. It was such a big hit they've already worked on a sequel an here it is."


On that note, the video cut to a fake trailer for "Stuck on Uranus," with Matt Damon addressing the camera:

"I'm Mark Watney and I'm stuck on Uranus. Even if I could make contact, it would take eight years for another person to reach Uranus. So I'm left with only one option: I'm going to have to explore the surface of Uranus. ... No matter what happens, tell the world, tell my family that I never stopped fighting to get off of your anus."


Ellen plays the head of NASA, with Kim Kardashian West as an "expert" on Uranus. Cue Kim holding a clipboard with the quip, "Did somebody say 'Uranus'?"


It's obviously ridiculous and juvenile, but don't you love Matt Damon even more for doing it anyway? He never takes himself too seriously. You know who would never deign to do something like this? Leo. Just saying.

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Fans Love the Shade 'Fuller House' Just Threw at the Olsen Twins

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Ashley (L) and Mary-Kate Olsen arrive aCritics may be mixed (OK, not mixed, they hated it) on "Fuller House," but #FullerHouse has been trending all day on its February 26 debut, and fans seem charmed by Netflix's '90s nostalgia trip.

We were already told that the Olsen twins's decision to skip the "Full House" sequel would be addressed by noting that their character, Michelle Tanner, was in New York running her fashion empire. But we didn't quite know that the actors would use that line to break the fourth wall, giving very pointed looks to the camera, and giving the studio audience an early laugh.

Well, the Internet got it, dude, and ate it up like candy:


Candace Cameron Bure told Us Weekly that look into the camera wasn't written in the script. "We just sort of decided to do it for the writers and producers as we did our run-through. But it was so funny and so poignant that they kept it in! I mean, it's a fun poke!"

A fun poke, eh? Do you think the Olsens are out there somewhere, watching "Fuller House" or at least being told that the cast just threw some shade their way? Do they care? And what did we as a society do before the word "shade" was used for everything? These are the questions that keep us up at night.

If you happen to watch "Fuller House" and think "I hope there's more," well, there's no official word yet on Season 2, but Bob Saget pitched "Fullest House" to Entertainment Weekly:

"What we're expecting it to do is be so beloved by the fans that later there will be a 'Fullest House,' which will be the children of the new kids on the show. And I will come out of Cryovac cave. [You know] how aliens sleep for a thousand years? They'll just open some thing, and I'll still be there. I'll be able to do it. I can do it from a nursing home. I don't care. I will never let the legacy be tarnished."


Yeah, he's joking, but Bob Saget playing Danny Tanner from a nursing home sounds about right from here.

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Why Jeremy Piven Turned Down 'The Office'

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Can you imagine The Piv as Michael Scott on "The Office"?


It almost happened. And the reason it didn't happen is actually a credit to Jeremy Piven, and a rare sign of humility in Hollywood.

Piven talked to Cigar Aficionado for the April issue and they covered a lot of issues, including his own cigar company, his British period drama Mr. Selfridge, his "Entourage" alter ego Ari Gold, and the U.S. adaptation of "The Office."

Here's why he turned down the NBC role that ultimately went to Steve Carell:

"They came to me initially for the American version of 'The Office.' I was such a huge Ricky Gervais fan from the British version. I thought, 'How could anyone possibly play that character better than he did?' It was this perfect blend of nerdy cockiness in the way he navigated the space. So I turned it down."


You know what? Good for him. Because he's right, no one could ever play David Brent better than Ricky Gervais. But Steve Carell didn't even try, his Michael Scott is warmer and more sweetly naive than the U.K. boss, and the U.S. show's humor is much broader than the dry, witty, painfully awkward genius of the original.


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Oscars 2016: 5 Lessons From This Year's Crazy Race

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The ballots are in and on Sunday, the Oscars will (finally) be handed out.

This year's race has been full of "The Revenant" this and "Spotlight" that. Thankfully, it all comes to an end this weekend -- and us movie-fans could use the rest.

But before the stars and filmmakers stroll down the red carpet, here are five big takeaways from one of the most interesting -- and unpredictable -- Oscars ever.

1. It Ain't Over 'til it's Over
Voting may have ended on Tuesday, Feb. 23, but groups will keep handing out precursor awards -- the Costume Designers Guild, the Motion Picture Sound Editors, the Independent Spirits, even the Razzies -- all handed out after it's too late for them to influence the Oscar balloting. There's a nice irony in the notion that Eddie Redmayne is more likely to win a Razzie on Saturday for "Jupiter Ascending" than he is to win an Oscar on Sunday for "The Danish Girl," but it's not like the Academy is going to hold his performance in the former movie against him when voting on Best Actor; indeed, there's no evidence that Academy members pay any attention at all to the Razzie nominations while voting.

Similarly, there used to be a lot of overlap between the Independent Spirits and the Oscars, especially 10 to 20 years ago, when the major studios had all but abandoned the prestige picture business and let independent distributors dominate the Academy Awards. These days, however, there's a more balanced mix of studio and indie productions at the Oscars, and while Brie Larson ("Room") is just as likely to win Best Actress on Saturday night at the Spirits' beachside ceremony in Santa Monica as she is Sunday at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, there are very few other nominees in common this year, much less likely winners.

Nonetheless, it's possible that, while filling out their Oscar ballots over the past couple weeks, some voters had the nominees for these late awards in the back of their minds, maybe even enough voters to affect the outcome in some categories. We won't know for certain until the envelopes open Sunday night. Which leads to the next point...

2. Nobody Knows Anything
That's the famous line about Hollywood attributed to screenwriter William Goldman. It's true about Oscar forecasts as well.

This year's race has been especially unpredictable, which analysts have found either fun or frustrating. (I'd like to think I've been in the "fun" camp, but I'll let my readers be the judge.) Put it this way, it's still a three-way melee for Best Picture. While most pundits think "The Revenant" will sweep, there are still some who argue, with valid reasoning, that "The Big Short" will pull it off, or that "Spotlight" (the most old-fashioned, traditional prestige picture of the bunch) still has a good shot. My predictions are now a matter of public record, but if "Big Short" beats "Revenant," if Mark Rylance ("Bridge of Spies") upsets Sylvester Stallone ("Creed") for Best Supporting Actor, or if Kate Winslet ("Steve Jobs") defeats Alicia Vikander ("The Danish Girl") for Supporting Actress, I won't be that surprised.

3. Box Office Hasn't Been That Big of a Factor
"Revenant" is a big hit ($166 million earned to date in North America), but not as big as "The Martian" ($228 million) and only slightly ahead of "Mad Max: Fury Road" ($154 million). Besides "Revenant," Best Picture front-runners "The Big Short" and "Spotlight" have earned $67 million and $38 million, respectively.

The lowest-grossing Best Picture nominee is "Room" ($13 million), which will not stop Brie Larson from winning Best Actress. The point is, there's no "Titanic" or "The Lord of the Rings"-sized blockbuster that demands attention simply for being too big to ignore, and there's no scrappy "The Hurt Locker"-sized indie that will win based on its underdog backstory. There's also no movie that stands to reap millions at the box office from an Oscar victory. Aside from "Revenant" and "Big Short," which opened fairly late in the year, most of this year's Oscar movies are either near the end of their theatrical lives or are already out on video. (The movies that were still playing when they were nominated in mid-January were able to reap the benefits then, but actually winning won't matter much now.)

The studios behind the Oscar-nominated movies may have invested heavily in their awards campaigns, but the amount of business the movies actually did, or may yet do, doesn't seem to have swayed the Academy.

4. The Academy Should Be Proud of This Film Slate
Yes, there have been complaints about snubs; and, of course, #OscarsSoWhite. But among the eight Best Picture candidates, there's really not one that you can say doesn't deserve to be there.

It would have been nice if they'd nominated a full slate of 10 and made room for such overlooked films as "Creed," "Ex Machina," or "Straight Outta Compton," but at least such gripes mean that 2015 was such a good year for movies that the Academy simply couldn't recognize them all. The ones they did pick, as noted above, are a healthy mix of art-house standouts that aren't off-puttingly highbrow and mass-appeal hits that are intelligent and substantive -- exactly the sort of populist-but-critically-acclaimed slate the Academy has been shooting for since it expanded the category in 2009 from five slots to as many as 10.

In the short term, that list, plus the suspense of an unpredictable race, ought to draw viewers to Sunday night's awards ceremony. In the long term, it should result in a top prize winner that, 10 or 20 years from now, won't make movie fans wonder, "What we're they thinking?"

5. The Diversity Issue Isn't Going Away
Think about this: More black performers were nominated in 1940 (the year Hattie McDaniel won for "Gone With the Wind") than in the last two years.

The last time Chris Rock hosted the Oscars, in 2005, there were six nominations for actors of color and two wins. One reason the #OscarsSoWhite protests have been so vocal is that the Academy actually used to do a much better job of recognizing achievement among all performers, not just the white ones. The Academy has been trying in recent years to diversify its membership, and its effort since the public relations debacle of this year's nominations to make the Academy younger have run into some backlash, as well. Especially among older members who don't want to be thrown under the bus just because they haven't racked up film credits in a while. Their argument is the same as that of the protesters: that every perspective has value. They just disagree on how to make the voting more inclusive.

It's been a worthwhile discussion to have, since it's prompted Hollywood to acknowledge that the problem's origins lie not with the Academy but with the entire industry, and that changes have to be made behind the cameras before the results will be apparent at the Dolby Theatre.

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11 Most OMFG Shocking TV Deaths Ever

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On TV, it seems like nobody's safe. Even the most beloved main characters meet untimely deaths. Sometimes we never saw it comin.' Sometimes they're wiped out in a way we would have never expected. You never know when the small screen grim reaper is going to come a knockin.'

Which characters got the (elevator) shaft and made our jaws drop? There have been many throughout the years that have hit us right in the feels. Here are 11 shocking TV deaths that totally had as saying "OMFG."

Spoilers, obviously.

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'Grey's Anatomy': Sarah Drew Was 'Completely Shocked' by April's Big Twist

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GREY'S ANATOMY - "The Me Nobody Knows" - Grey Sloan Memorial not only welcomes a new transfer resident, but also a patient who's the topic of conversation after accidently sending his sex tape to his entire congregation. Meanwhile, Richard wrestles with how to progress his relationship with Maggie when an old friend visits the hospital, and April brings in a case of a young boy from the Middle-East, on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 (8:00--9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Tony Rivetti)JESSE WILLIAMS, SARAH DREWOh, Japril fans. How are you feeling after "Grey's Anatomy" put your hearts through the wringer? In last night's Season 12, Episode 11, "Unbreak My Heart," Jackson (Jesse Williams) presented April (Sarah Drew) with divorce papers and, after a walk down memory lane, she signed. And then April revealed, at least to us, that she's pregnant. So do we cheer, cry, both?

Sarah Drew gave some interviews about April's big reveal, and it sounds like there's definitely hope for Japril fans, even if the actress herself was thrown by this new baby twist.

TV Guide asked Sarah for her reaction to April's pregnancy news. "I was completely shocked when I read that in the script," Sarah said. "I was like, oh my gosh. But I loved it. It was this beacon of hope that we could cling onto. So, I love it. I had no idea it was coming, and I'm so glad that it did." She said April is still "100 percent" wiling to work on things with Jackson. In terms of the timeline, she said we will find out in the next few episodes whether April knew she was pregnant before or after signing the papers.
Of course, this may give fans hope that the baby will bring April and Jackson back together. On that note, Sarah told TV Guide, "You'll find out in the next episode a little bit more about how she feels about that. I think moving forward, her perspective shifts. She's really all about this baby."

Variety asked when Jackson would know about April's pregnancy. Sarah said, "He does not know, but the end of this episode is not the end of anything. It's really the beginning of a whole lot of stories that burst out of it in the next eight or nine episodes. When, if, and how she tells Jackson is a subject that is going to be explored in the next few episodes."

If? It's his baby, right?

Anyway, forget all the divorce drama, 'cause the baby is now everything. "The biggest thing that changes her going forward is the fact that she's pregnant," Sarah told Variety. "For her, that new life that's growing inside of her is sort of her great gift and her great hope and joy in the midst of this pain. She's not going to let herself wallow in pain because she has this great joy and great gift and great love that she needs to focus on now. That kind of saves her in this moment."

How do you feel about the divorce, followed by the pregnancy news, and what do you hope for these characters moving forward?

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7 Things That Need to Happen in 'Wolverine 3'

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7 Things That Need To Happen In Wolverine 3
After "Deadpool" crushed the box office and became the highest-grossing movie featuring the X-Men ever, the bar is set pretty damn high for "Wolverine 3." Here are seven things we need to see in the movie to make us happy.

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Cute 'Finding Dory' Promo Teases New Trailer Next Week

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Our favorite forgetful fish is trying to find herself in Disney/Pixar's new teaser for "Finding Dory." The movie isn't actually about Dory going missing, or having a mid-life crisis, it follows Dory trying to find her parents, who'll be voiced by and .

Dory herself is still voiced by the inimitable , and the 30-second teaser promises a new trailer will premiere on Ellen's show this Wednesday, March 2.

The first trailer also debuted on "Ellen" back in November, although it was more of a sneak peek scene than a traditional trailer, and didn't show us any of the new characters ahead. Whatever comes next, we're looking forward to more heart-tugging trips down nostalgia lane.

"Finding Dory," sequel to the 2003 blockbuster "Finding Nemo," will be released in theaters on June 17th, 2016.

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Oscars Stats: The Academy Awards by the Numbers

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The accountants of PricewaterhouseCoopers aren't the only ones crunching numbers on the run-up to the Oscars. We've compiled some fascinating stats about Hollywood's biggest night: How many people will be watching? How long do winners really have to give a speech (in theory)? Who set the record for the oldest Oscar nominee ever?

And here's one record this year's Academy Awards will never beat: Shortest Oscar Ceremony Ever, unless it ends after the first award is given out.87th Annual Academy Awards - Backstage And Audience

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Watch 'Curly Sue' Child Star Stun 'The Voice' Judges in Fantastic Audition

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Well this is a pleasant surprise. Wow. Remember the 1991 movie "Curly Sue," starring and young ? Porter fell off the acting radar for a long time, but she's now 34-years-old and ready to make a comeback -- as a singer. "The Voice" Season 10 premieres this Monday, February 29, and NBC teased the debut with a five-minute video of Porter's blind audition performance, singing "Blue Bayou."

She earned herself four chair turns and a standing ovation, and that was even before revealing her past as Curly Sue.

"I was an actress when I was very young. It's not my passion. This is my passion." She explained why it took her so long to focus on singing. "Honestly, I was going through a hard time in life, and I actually got sober almost eight years ago. I fell in love and I had children, and that was my goal: to be a good mom. I really feel like the universe just had a plan for me, because you guys turned for me today."

How wonderful for her. And if you watch the video below to hear her performance, you can tell the praise is earned, not just doled out because it makes for a good comeback story.


Guess we'll have to stay tuned to see which coach she picks. Any suggestions?

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Lucy Hale: Yes, 'Pretty Little Liars' Is Ending, and I Want It to End 'Tragically'

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los angeles mar 16 ashley...Sorry, Aria, but your alter ego wants the worst for you on the "Pretty Little Liars" series finale. PLL is still airing Season 6 and it's not official that Season 7 will be the last we see of the group on TV. But it seems to be headed that way, and Lucy Hale pretty much confirmed that last night on "The Late Late Show."

Host James Corden asked Lucy if it's true that next season might be the last. She tried to give a detailed answer, but he insisted on "true or false." So Lucy said, "It is ending," and James gave a melodramatic show of shock. "I know you're devastated," Lucy said. When she was given a chance to speak, here's what she said about the end:

Lucy: "We've been doing it for six years. I've literally spent my 20s on the show, and I think that all good things must come to an end. Who knows what could happen. I love that show, I love the people I work with. It's really fun, it's the best job in the world. I count my blessings every day, I can't believe I get to wake up and do that. But you know, go ahead. What are you going to say. Are you OK?"

James (fighting back fake tears): "How do you want it to end?"

Lucy: "I used to say I wanted the show to end, walking away in the sunset, they're all happy ... no drama, right? But I don't, I want it to end really tragically."

James: "Whichever way it ends is a tragedy, and you know that."

The real tragedy is watching Casey Affleck sit next to Lucy on that couch like "How the hell did I get dragged into this?"


Do you agree with Lucy that all good things must come to an end, and this particular one should end tragically?

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Facts: 9 Things You Didn't Know About the 'Gods of Egypt' Star

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is best known for his role as Jaime Lannister on HBO's "Game of Thrones." Now, he's starring opposite Gerard Butler and Chadwick Boseman in "Gods of Egypt." Even though he's been acting for a while, you likely don't really know all that there is to know about him.

Here are nine things you probably don't know about Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Trophy Room[Source: IMDB, Vulture, What Culture, Independent, Heavy]

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Oscars 2016: Chris Rock Teases Show With 'Blackout' TV Static

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However you feel about the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, you have to hand it to Chris Rock and the 2016 Oscars producers for playing it to their advantage -- through silence. Rock, who is hosting the show for the second time this Sunday, talked to The Hollywood Reporter before the nominees were announced, then canceled subsequent interviews after all-white nominees made headlines. He's been pretty low-key in the interim, keeping his material secret to ensure a must-watch monologue.

It's not like he's completely staying out of it. His Pinned Tweet is "The #Oscars. The White BET Awards." But other than that, he's only tweeted a couple of teaser images, including dressed in a NASA suit presumably for a skit about "The Martian."

And now that we are just T-Minus 48 hours until showtime, here's what he teased to fans:



Blackout and static. Don't expect any news until the show, and when it hits, be ready. Hollywood seems braced for impact, and based on many replies to Chris's tweet, the reactions from viewers will be quite polarizing. Apparently this is not the week where we all start trying to get along! Maybe next year.

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Warning: The 'Captain America: Civil War' Ending Will Be 'Controversial'

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There's been a lot of hype about "Captain America: Civil War," including Anthony Mackie's prediction that it may even be up for Best Picture next year. But the directors themselves are bracing for some strong reactions of a less positive nature.

Empire Magazine has a ton of details on Marvel's new movie, which comes out May 6. When asked about the ramifications of this first movie in Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, co-director Joe Russo told Empire (via ComicBookMovie), "The consequences of Civil War will have an even more significant impact [than 'Winter Soldier']. In 'Civil War,' we're going to change the Marvel Cinematic Universe's psychology, and it's an extreme shift." Co-director Anthony Russo said fans should expect a "very dramatic ending that will be controversial for a lot of people."

What would be controversial in a superhero movie?

*POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD*

How about a hero dying? Many fans think this is predicting the death of Captain America, however temporarily, with possibly returning in "Avengers: Infinity War Part II."

Here's the theory from /Film:

"Although Captain America: Civil War has only borrowed the basic set-up of the Civil War comic book storyline (Steve Rogers and Tony Stark have a difference of opinions and openly clash, tearing the Marvel universe in two), it certainly sounds like the film version could end on a similar note. In the comics, Steve decides that his battle with Tony has shed enough blood and led to to enough destruction, so he surrenders and is taken into custody...only to be assassinated while being escorted to the courthouse for his arraignment. Naturally, Steve Rogers eventually returned, but it took some time. In his absence, Bucky Barnes (a.k.a. the Winter Solider) took up the Captain America mantle and fought in place of his best friend."


They noted that "Chris Evans is only officially on board for one more movie and Sebastian Stan is practically signed on for life," which could give credence to the theory.

The Russos previously said "Winter Soldier" was more of a political thriller while "Civil War" is a "psychological thriller." Chris Evans also said "Civil War" wasn't just anther Avengers movie and would focus on "Steve and his struggle."

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Oscars Facts: 25 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the Academy Awards

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It's almost here -- the 88th Academy Awards finally airs this Sunday, and we're counting down the minutes.

We've already given you our Oscar predictions, and now we're bringing you some of the best (and, um, craziest) facts about Hollywood's biggest awards show. From the first Best Actor winner, to the "one dollar" Oscar rule, here are 25 things you (probably) don't know about the Oscars.
1. The youngest Oscar winner was Tatum O'Neal (above), who won Best Supporting Actress for "Paper Moon" (1973) when she was only 10 years old. Shirley Temple won the short-lived Juvenile Award at 6 years old.

2. After winning Best Actress for "Cabaret" (1972), Liza Minnelli became (and still is) the only Oscar winner whose parents both earned Oscars. Her mother, Judy Garland, received an honorary award in 1939 and her father, Vincente Minnelli, won Best Director for "Gigi" (1958).

3. Nameplates for all potential winners are prepared ahead of time; in 2014, the Academy made 215 of them!

4. The first Academy Awards were presented in 1929 at a private dinner of about 270 people. It was first televised in 1953, and now the Oscars ceremony can be seen in more than 200 countries.

5. Only three women have received Best Director nominations, while Kathryn Bigelow is the lone winner for "The Hurt Locker" (2009). Interestingly, Bigelow beat out ex-husband James Cameron, who was nominated for the technological wonder "Avatar."

6. At 82, Christopher Plummer (above) became the oldest person to win an Academy Award. He received the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in "Beginners" (2010) opposite Ewan McGregor.

7. Peter Finch ("Network") and Heath Ledger ("The Dark Knight") are the only actors to be awarded an Academy Award posthumously. Ledger's Oscar -- and his entire fortune -- was gifted to his young daughter, Matilda.

8. With her nomination last year for "Into the Woods," Meryl Streep has been nominated a record 19 times. She has won three Best Actress Oscars -- the last for "The Iron Lady" (2011).

9. Katharine Hepburn won a record four Academy Awards -- all Best Actress Oscars -- the last for "On Golden Pond" (1981), which starred another Hollywood legend, Henry Fonda.

10. The first Oscars were held at the famous Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Today, the ceremony takes place at the Dolby Theatre (around the corner from the Roosevelt), its tenth venue over the decades.
11. Jack Nicholson (above) is the most-nominated male actor, receiving 12 Oscar nominations beginning with 1969's "Easy Rider." His three wins tie him with Walter Brennan and Daniel Day-Lewis.

12. Oscar statuettes are technically property of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. As a result, before an Academy Award winner or his estate can sell his Oscar, he must first offer to sell it to the Academy first for one dollar (yes, one dollar). This, of course, is to discourage winners from selling the award for financial gain. Oscars awarded before 1950, however, are not bound by this agreement. In 2011, Orson Welles' 1941 Oscar for "Citizen Kane" was sold at auction for over $800,000 in 2011!

13. Only three films have won all of the "Big Five" Academy Award categories: "It Happened One Night" (1934), "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975), and "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991). The "Big Five" categories are: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay (either adapted or original).

14. In 1940, the LA Times broke the Academy's embargo and published the names of all the Oscar winners prior to the ceremony. As a result, the Academy introduced the sealed envelope tradition that is present to this day.

15. The legendary Alfred Hitchcock was nominated five times for Best Director, but never took home the Oscar.
16. "Ben-Hur," "Titanic," and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (above) are the most successful films in Oscar history, each winning a shocking 11 Oscars. "Return of the King" is the only one to win every award for which it was nominated.

17. Composer John Williams is the most-nominated living person, having earned 49 Oscar nominations throughout his storied career, beginning with 1967's "Valley of the Dolls."

18. The longest Oscar acceptance speech ever given was five and half minutes by 1943 Best Actress winner Greer Garson ("Mrs. Miniver").

19. Oscar statuettes were made from painter plaster during World War II due to metal shortages. After the war ended, these Oscars were replaced with the traditional statues.

20. Bob Hope hosted the ceremony a whopping 19 times, making him the most frequent Oscar host.
21. With his Best Actor nomination for "American Sniper," Bradley Cooper (above) has now been nominated for an acting Oscar three years in a row. That's one shy of the record for most consecutive acting nods, held by the late Marlon Brando.

22. The first Best Actor awards were given to Emil Jannings for "The Last Command" and "The Way of All Flesh" (yes, both!).

23. At the 29th Academy Awards ceremony in 1957, the Best Foreign Language Film category was introduced. Previously, the best foreign language film was simply acknowledge with a Special Achievement Award.

24. In 1999, Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench were both nominated for playing Queen Elizabeth in "Elizabeth" and "Shakespeare in Love." Dench won Best Supporting Actress despite only appearing in the film for a total of eight minutes. Meanwhile, Blanchett lost the Best Actress Oscar to Gwyneth Paltrow -- also for "Shakespeare in Love."

25. Although "Boyhood" (2014) was filmed over 12 years, it only took a total of 39 days to film.

[Sources: Wikipedia, The Wrap, Empire, ET Online]

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'Bones' Stars React to Bittersweet News of Final Season

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"Bones" was just renewed and canceled at the same time, with Fox announcing one last season, with a shortened run of 12 episodes.

The procedural drama, starring Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan and David Boreanaz as Special Agent Seeley Booth, premiered in September 2005, and TVLine noted that the final tally will be an impressive 246 episodes.

Showrunners Jonathan Collier and Michael Peterson reacted to the announcement in a joint statement: "We couldn't be more thrilled to have another season, so we can give the show, characters and fans the end they so richly deserve. Also knowing there is a Season 12, we can now write the most rewarding Season 11 finale possible — one we hope will leave our fans excited for what's to come in this final season of Bones."

Meanwhile the two main stars took to Twitter to thank the show and the fans, who most recently stuck by them through a series of lawsuits over profits:


Are you glad to hear "Bones" is returning for a half-season? Season 11 is only up to Episode 11 (which airs April 14) out of 22 episodes, so it's not like the show is going away anytime soon, they just have time now to plan how they want to say goodbye.

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Amazing 'Mean Tweets: Movie Edition' Deserves Its Own Oscars

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The greatest thing about an Oscars edition of Mean Tweets is that the readings are particularly well acted. There are reps to protect here! The 2016 Oscars air this Sunday on ABC, and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" celebrated that magical night of celebrity worship by treating film actors to the opposite -- the most blunt dismissals of Twitter.

The special "Mean Tweets: Movie Edition" featured Christoph Waltz, Patricia Arquette, George Clooney, Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Susan Sarandon, Kevin Costner, Emily Blunt, Zach Galifianakis, Kevin Hart, Richard Dreyfuss, Cate Blanchett, Seth Rogen, Oscar Isaac, Taraji P. Henson, and Sean Penn. (Where's Leo?! You know there's plenty of material out there for him.)

Emily Blunt deserves a special award for delivery, knowing just how to land the joke of her particular poop tweet. Eddie Redmayne had an adorable how-can-you-not-love-him reaction. Susan Sarandon was dead right, that person just wishes. Richard Dreyfuss may need to look into that Jews/Jaws slip. The last two, from Taraji and Sean Penn, also deserve accolades -- she for reaction, he for delivery of that ridiculous four-point plan for why Sean Penn is a butthole face. Also, there's a woman in the studio audience who deserves her own Oscar for Best Laugh.


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'Pretty in Pink': 15 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About the John Hughes Classic

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Sportsphoto/AllstarThirty years have passed since the release of "Pretty in Pink" (on February 28, 1986), and yet we're still bewildered by the teen romance's climax.

Maybe we need to think of the John Hughes-scripted film as Gen X's own "Casablanca." The ending makes more sense if you think of Duckie (Jon Cryer) as Humphrey Bogart, letting the woman he loves (Molly Ringwald's Andie) go off with the dull-but-decent guy (Andrew McCarthy's Blane) because he's finally admitted to himself that he's a chivalrous romantic who values her happiness above his own. Yeah, it's a stretch, but it's just one of many interpretations to spin out of this Hughes classic.

In honor of the film turning the big three-0, here are 15 surprising facts about the best movie ever named after a Psychedelic Furs song.
1. Hughes wrote the role of Andie Walsh for Ringwald, but even though she'd starred in his hits "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club," Paramount initially wanted someone the studio perceived as a bigger star: Jennifer Beals. Fortunately for posterity, Beals said no.

2. Before he made his feature directing debut on "Pink," Howard Deutch was best known for directing music videos for such stars as Billy Idol and Billy Joel.
3. Hughes and Deutch almost chose the then-little-known Charlie Sheen to play Blane. But Ringwald told them she preferred McCarthy, saying, "That's the kind of guy I would fall in love with." Sheen, of course, ended up with a small but key role that same year in Hughes' "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."

4. The filmmakers wanted Anthony Michael Hall for Duckie, but he'd done four John Hughes films in two years -- two of them with Ringwald -- and didn't want to repeat himself. Fisher Stevens auditioned for Duckie as well before the producers hired Jon Cryer.
5. Cryer (pictured left) was not Ringwald's ideal Duckie. She wanted Robert Downey Jr., then a little-known actor who'd played one of the bullies in Hughes' "Weird Science." She felt she had more romantic chemistry with him than with Cryer. In fact, she even suggested, a few years ago, that Cryer's Duckie might secretly be closeted, and that if the movie were made now, he'd be the gay best friend instead of the romantic rival. Ringwald finally got to romance Downey in 1987, when they co-starred in "The Pick-Up Artist."

6. Cryer didn't get along well with Ringwald or McCarthy during the shoot. "I think they were irritated by me from day one," he said last year. As for the gay-best-friend vibe he gave off, Cryer has said he understands. He often calls himself "an effeminate heterosexual dork" in interviews. Even his wife, entertainment reporter Lisa Joyner, has said she thought Cryer was gay when they first became friends.
7. James Spader proved he deserved the part of Steff by behaving obnoxiously at the audition. He arrived smoking a cigarette and stubbed it out on the floor. During the shoot, however, Cryer remembered him as "perfectly friendly and lovely to work with."

8. Anjelica Huston and Tracey Ullman were both up for the role of record-store manager Iona. Huston turned the role down, while Ullman had yet to master the flat Midwestern American accent.
9. Hughes ultimately chose Annie Potts to play Iona because he liked her performance in "Ghostbusters."

10. Duckie's record-store dance, where he lip-syncs to Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness," wasn't in the script. During his audition, Cryer had done a similar routine, performing both Michael Jackson's and Mick Jagger's parts in "State of Shock." Deutch wanted to have Cryer move like Jagger to the tune of the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up," but the filmmakers couldn't get the rights. Deutch ultimately picked the Redding chestnut and hired no less than choreographer Kenny Ortega ("Dirty Dancing") to plot Cryer's dance steps.11. As most "Pink" fans know, the film originally ended with Andie and Duckie getting together, but test audiences rejected that ending, so McCarthy had to return well after the film wrapped to shoot an Andie-and-Blane ending.

12. But what fans may not know is why McCarthy looks so different in the sequence. Turns out he'd gone on to act in a play, "The Boys of Winter," for which he had shaved his head, so for the reshoot, he had to wear a wig. He'd also lost a lot of weight for the play and is noticeably more gaunt than in the rest of the film.

13. The initial ending had been scored to Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark's "Goddess of Love," but the new ending required a new song. When OMD received the request for a new track, the band was just two days away from going on tour. In 24 hours, the band wrote and recorded the swoony "If You Leave," which made the sequence and became OMD's biggest hit.14. Other now-classic songs composed for the movie include Suzanne Vega's "Left of Center," New Order's "Shellshock," and Echo and the Bunnymen's "Bring on the Dancing Horses."

15. "Pretty in Pink" cost a reported $9 million to make. It earned back $40.5 million in North America.

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