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Brett Ratner Out, Brian Grazer In As Oscars 2012 Producer

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Brian Grazer is the new producer for the Oscars 2012, which just goes to show how quickly things happen in this town. Brett Ratner just resigned the post after his controversial homophobic statement at a Tower Heist Q&A on Sunday. Eddie Murphy also just quit as the host saying, “I was truly looking forward to [...]

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Eddie Murphy Drops Out As Oscars Host

Eddie Murphy, no! One day after Brett Ratner’s Oscar resignation following his public use of a homophobic slur, Murphy has bowed out of the 2012 telecast as well. Everyone and their mother has been fantasizing about all those funny bits and spot-on musical numbers we had to look forward, ever since Eddie Murphy’s Oscar hosting [...]

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Brett Ratner Was ‘Too Hard On Himself,’ Russell Simmons Says

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Hours after Brett Ratner resigned his post as producer of the Academy Awards in the aftermath of his quote that “rehearsing is for f—s,” his buddy Russell Simmons stopped by Big Morning Buzz Live. After chatting about his book, Super Rich, and the passing of Heavy D, the hip-hop mogul came to the defense of [...]

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Brett Ratner Resigns As Academy Awards Producer Post Homophobic Slur

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“Words have meaning, and they have consequences,” said Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. That statement was directed toward Brett Ratner, who has officially quit his position as producer for the 2012 Academy Awards. His resignation comes in the wake of Sunday’s Tower Heist fan Q&A event, where the [...]

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Whoopi Goldberg Talks About Smoking Weed Before Her 1991 Oscar Win

Whoopi Goldberg has never been shy about her past drug use, but TMZ has unearthed a recording of Goldberg from 1992 admitting that she smoked a “wonderful joint” just before the Oscar ceremony where she won for Best Supporting Actress in 1991 for Ghost. During a recording session for he 1992 film The Pagemaster, Whoopi [...]

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Natalie Portman’s Black Swan Dancing Slammed, Fiance Defends Her

The fact that she won an Oscar for her role still hasn’t convinced people she’s capable. Natalie Portman has of late been criticized about her dancing in Black Swan, with naysayers suggesting she didn’t give as much credit as she should have to her dance double, Sarah Lane. Lane even told ONTD, “They were trying [...]

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James Franco Bails On His Own Oscar Party

Considering there’s James Franco! Worse Oscar Host Ever! coming from everywhere after the actor’s abysmal performance on Sunday, it’s no wonder Franco bailed as soon as the Oscars were done, not even staying to hang at his own after-party at The Writer’s Room in L.A. And it pains us to say this, because we have [...]

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Are Emma Roberts And Chace Crawford Getting Together?

Oscar after parties must be the perfect place to hook up! Everyone’s looking their best, liquor’s flowing and you have a pick of stars — both movie and TV — around in the same general area much like a real life look-book. We’d be smitten the entire time. A girl after our own heart is [...]

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Celebrities Party It Up At The Vanity Fair Oscar Party

How gorgeous did everyone look at the massive Vanity Fair Oscar party at the Sunset Tower in West Hollywood! We had already seen the likes of winners Natalie Portman and Colin Firth at the show, but plenty of other celebrities, who we hadn’t necessarily focussed on, came out to play. And one couple who got [...]