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Make Oscar Night More Interesting by Playing Crushable’s Drinking Game

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The Oscars are this Sunday, and once you've caught up on all the nominees (or at least gotten a quick rundown from your favorite comedy source), it's time to watch and enjoy. You'll likely want some refreshment during the show, whether in the form of delicious microwavable snacks or alcohol. And if alcohol is on the menu, why not make things more drunk fun with a drinking game?

The great thing about the Oscars is that it's the last major award show of the season, so you have all the other award shows that came before it to help you know what to expect. Add the fact that the Oscars are always extremely predictable, and you have the perfect recipe for a drinking game. Here are a few rules to get you started. Feel free to add your own.

  • Drink every time anyone makes a joke about how white everybody is.
  • Drink whenever two unexpected celebrities greet each other on the red carpet.
  • Drink whenever Kate Winslet praises Leonardo DiCaprio.
  • Drink whenever the show cuts to someone in the audience and they aren't laughing.
  • Drink whenever a winner comments on the stupid crawling thank yous method.
  • Whenever someone refers to Room as The Room, the last person to scream “You're tearing me apart, Lisa!” has to do a shot.
  • Drink every time Chris Rock looks like even he doesn't know what he's doing there.
  • Drink whenever somebody jokes about Fifty Shades of Grey getting a nomination.
  • Drink if someone is left out of the In Memoriam segment and Twitter rages over it.
  • If Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't win, pour one out for him.
  • If Leonardo DiCaprio does win, pour one out for a dead meme.
  • Drink if someone struggles to say either Domhnall or Saoirse. Then, just for fun, have a competition to see which drunk person at your viewing party is the worst at saying them.
  • Drink if Jennifer Lawrence falls down.
  • Drink if Leo and Lady Gaga have another awkward run-in.

And here are some suggestions specific to the Best Picture nominees:

  • If Brooklyn wins, drink some Bailey's Irish Cream and/or anything green.
  • If The Big Short wins, draw a bubble bath and drink champagne in it like Margot Robbie.
  • If Mad Max: Fury Road wins, drink some water out of the hose.
  • If Room wins, drink a glass of all the tears you cried while watching the movie.
  • If The Revenant wins, drink the grossest combination of liquids you can come up with. Hey, at least it's not raw bison liver.
  • If The Martian wins, puree a potato and drink it through a straw.
  • If Spotlight wins, just keep drinking, since that's probably all you've been doing since seeing this movie anyway.
  • If Bridge of Spies wins, drink a White Russian.

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Ben Affleck Smuggled Matt Damon Onto Jimmy Kimmel Live After the Oscars

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As you may or may not be aware, Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon have had a bit of a feud going on for several years now, and Matt is regularly excluded from being a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live. This has led to all kinds of shenanigans, from Matt taking over the show to Jimmy and Matt attending couples therapy to work through their problems. Last night after the Oscars, even though Matt was nominated for Best Actor for The Martian, Jimmy still didn't invite him on the show. He did, however, invite Matt's BFF Ben Affleck. So obviously they concocted a plan.

That plan involved Ben smuggling Matt onto the show like a store-bought bag of Twizzlers into a movie theater. The only difference of course being that Matt Damon is much larger and heavier than a bag of Twizzlers. But Ben Affleck has all that Batman muscle now, not to mention he recently had his Jennifer Garner removed, so he's a lot stronger and more agile these days. So strong and agile that he was able to carry Matt onto the stage stuffed in the front of his trench coat. Just looking at it and imagining it from Matt's perspective makes me claustrophobic.

Unfortunately Matt's time on the show was limited, as he was quickly escorted away. Ben and Jimmy then continued with the interview, and Ben got in quite the diss against Matt: “I've been figuratively carrying him for years.” Cue '90s sitcom style “ooooooh!” sound. He also did a great parody of his and Matt's Oscar speech for Good Will Hunting by saying he thanked Boston eight times in a row: “We want to thank Boston, and um, Boston…” Yeah, that sounds about right.

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Sam Smith Is Far From the First Openly Gay Oscar Winner, Despite What He Said in His Speech

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Last night Sam Smith and songwriter Jimmy Napes won the Oscar for Best Original Song for “Writing's on the Wall” from Spectre. Putting aside my dislike of the song, I'd rather talk about Sam's acceptance speech for the award, in which he suggested he is the first openly gay man to win an Oscar. That couldn't be further from the truth.

Here's what Sam said in his speech, referencing a recent Guardian interview with actor Ian McKellen.

“I read an article a few months ago by Sir Ian McKellen, and he said that no openly gay man had ever won an Oscar, and if this is the case, even if it isn't the case, I want to dedicate this to the LGBT community all around the world. I stand here tonight as a proud gay man and I hope we can all stand together as equals one day.”

In fact, Ian McKellen was talking about the Oscar for Best Actor. Several gay men have won Oscars, including, in Sam's own category, Elton John and Stephen Sondheim. And if you want to include gay women in the conversation, you can add Melissa Etheridge.

It wouldn't have been difficult for Sam to research this before his speech to avoid the incorrect suggestion that he was breaking new ground, even within his own category. He still could have dedicated his award to the LGBT community and expressed the same message of equality without prefacing it with false information.

According to EW, Sam was informed backstage that he was wrong, and he responded, “Shit! Fuck that!” Then he continued to underestimate the number of winners there had been, saying, “Two's my lucky number, so it's all good. Who was the other person?” You can't see it, but I'm facepalming right now.

One of the other persons is screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who won Best Original Screenplay in 2009 for Milk. He was not happy with Sam's comment last night and took to Twitter to call him out with a link to his own acceptance speech. Then things got personal when he suggested that Sam has been texting his fiancé, Olympic diver Tom Daley.

Well, that escalated quickly. Yikes.

(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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The 10 Stages of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar Win, in Leonardo DiCaprio GIFs

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Well, guys, it finally happened. Last night Leonardo DiCaprio won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in The Revenant. And thus a meme that brought us years and years of joy and laughter passed into legend. The Internet was united by the anticipation leading up to the award, as well as the celebration after Leo's name was announced.

So I thought I'd outline the ten stages most of us probably went through during last night's ceremony — before, during and after Leo's win — with Leonardo DiCaprio GIFs to illustrate. There's no way of knowing for sure what Leo's own emotions were, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were similar.

1. Confidence

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Yay, it's Oscar day! Also known as the day Leonardo DiCaprio wins his first Oscar. I mean, there's really no way he won't win. It's a sure bet.

2. Doubt

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But what if he doesn't win? What if there's an upset and someone we never expected takes home the prize? WHAT THEN?

3. Relaxation

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Okay, there's no use worrying about it right now. His category isn't until the end of the show. Let's just sit back, relax, and maybe take a nap through all the technical categories.

4. Excitement

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Ahh, it's almost time for Best Actor! I can't wait to see how the Internet responds when Leo wins! We're so close!

5. Stress

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Oh God, it's time. They're about to announce Best Actor. Why am I so stressed? I'm not the one nominated. But my heart is pounding so fast.

6. Acceptance

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You know what, it doesn't matter what happens. It's just an Oscar. If he wins, good for him. If he doesn't, we get to joke about it for at least another year. It's all good. Oh look, they're about to announce it…

7. Joy

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HE DID IT! HE WON! GO LEO! THAT RAW BISON LIVER WAS WORTH IT!

8. Satisfaction

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This is great. Look how happy everyone is for him. Aww, what a nice moment.

9. Nostalgia

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Remember when Leo didn't have an Oscar? It seems like just yesterday. They grow up so fast, don't they?

10. Existential Crisis

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It's the morning after the Oscars. Leonardo DiCaprio won. I don't know what to do with myself now. I never thought this would happen. What will we all joke about now? Will I ever laugh again? We just don't know.

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Morgan Freeman Takes a Cookie and Runs in Your New Favorite Oscars Moment

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I think I just discovered the greatest moment of last night's Oscars. Sure, Leonardo DiCaprio winning was pretty big, but it's nothing compared to Morgan Freeman grabbing a Girl Scout cookie (or two) out of host Chris Rock's hand and bolting. “Take the cookie and run” is really the only motto any of us need in life, don't you agree?

It all happened at the very end of the ceremony. Morgan announced Spotlight as the winner for Best Picture. Those involved with the film crowded the stage for their acceptance speech. When they were done, Chris Rock came out with a box of Girl Scout cookies. In case you missed it, during the show he pulled an Ellen and had the attendees buy boxes of cookies for his daughters' Girl Scout troop.

While Chris was talking into the microphone wrapping up the show, Morgan, who was still on stage after the winner announcement, crept up behind Chris and stole a couple of cookies from the plastic. He didn't even let Michael Keaton get in there first. Morgan then took a bite, but instead of sticking around to celebrate with the winners, he promptly strode off stage. Thankfully the moment was captured for posterity.

This might be the most relatable thing that has ever happened at the Oscars in living memory. That is exactly how I acted at every social gathering in college. Oh, there's going to be free pizza after the frisbee club info meeting? Cool, I'll just sit through that spiel, take my reward, and get the hell out of there before anyone tries to talk to me.

I wouldn't be surprised if the promise of cookies was the Academy's way of getting Morgan to present in the first place. It might be most of the reason he even does movies anymore. “Millions of dollars? Meh, that's cool. Will there be free food, though? Okay, I'm there.” #Same

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Stephen Colbert Gives Us What We’ve Always Wanted, a Puppy Version of the Oscars

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I think we can all agree that the Oscars have their good parts and their bad parts. That's to be expected from a four-hour event with a 100-hour red carpet preshow. Wouldn't it be nice if, when we got bored of stiff presenter banter and trying to tell the difference between sound editing and sound mixing, there was something else we could turn to that perhaps had puppies? Like the Puppy Bowl, except for the Oscars? Well, Stephen Colbert agrees, and that's why last night he gave us the Puppy Oscars. As we've seen time and time again, puppies make everything better.

Once you've seen the puppies in this video walk the red carpet in fancy dresses and gnaw on the microphone like it's a chew toy, you'll be ready to watch something like this every year. Then when you see the nominees for Best Actor — Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio and, in this puppy universe, Tom Hardy for Mad Max — you'll be ready to throw out the real Oscars entirely and just watch this version. And when you see puppy Matt Damon accept the award dressed like a pilgrim for some reason, while his lovely puppy wife applauds, you'll be ready to ban any and all television programs that don't have puppies.

As Colbert points out, all the puppies in this video are available for adoption at AnimalLeague.org. I'm going to need The Late Show to do this every year, for more events than just the Oscars. I want to see the puppy Golden Globes, the puppy Grammys, and the puppy MTV Movie Awards. Oh, and the puppy Olympics during applicable years. Don't let me down, Colbert. Sure, Jimmy Fallon gives us puppies predicting sporting events, but if they're not walking red carpets and delivering acceptance speeches, it's simply not the same.

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Leonardo DiCaprio Is So Used to Not Having an Oscar He Almost Forgot to Take It With Him

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As I'm sure you already know and have liked approximately a million Facebook statuses about, Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar on Sunday. You might think that, having waited so many years and poured his heart and soul into so many roles and sat through so many losses, Leo would never let that golden statue out of his sight ever again. But according to TMZ, that's not the case.

The site has video of Leo partying after his win Sunday night. Yes, there is vaping involved. But the most important moment comes when he leaves Ago restaurant in West Hollywood and forgets to take his Oscar with him. Surprisingly, he doesn't immediately turn around to retrieve it and then walk casually out of the restaurant like he totally meant to do that. (You know, like Kim Kardashian leaving North West in a Paris hotel.) Rather, someone has to run out to the car and hand it to him. And even then, Leo doesn't take it himself but instead has the guy hand it to Dan in the front seat.

I think I know why this happened, you guys. Even thought it seems like Leo would never be without his Oscar by his side ever again, he was probably just so used to not having one that remembering to take it with him isn't programmed into his brain yet. Whenever Leo has left anywhere in the past, he's probably thought to himself, “Keys, wallet, phone, no Oscar. Got it,” and walked out the door. Things are different now, and he has to get used to it. Like when you start working eyebrows into your beauty routine after years of ignoring them, and for a few weeks you keep forgetting to do them out of habit. Eyebrows or Oscars, it's the same idea.

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Some of Lady Gaga’s Family Didn’t Know About Her Rape Until They Saw Her Oscars Performance

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Lady Gaga took to the Oscars stage on Sunday to give a knockout performance of her song “Til It Happens to You,” which she co-wrote with Diane Warren for the 2015 sexual assault documentary The Hunting Ground. Gaga was joined on stage by dozens of sexual assault survivors, and although the song didn't win the award for Best Original Song, it did earn a standing ovation from the crowd. However, not everyone in Gaga's life was aware that she herself was a survivor until after Sunday's performance.

Gaga posted a family photo on Instagram yesterday, writing that her grandmother Ronnie and her aunt Sheri both called her the day after the Oscars because she had never told them of her experience:

I was too ashamed. Too afraid. And it took me a long time to even admit it to myself because I'm Catholic and I knew it was evil but I thought it was my fault. I thought it was my fault for ten years.

Thankfully, it sounds like both women were supportive of Gaga. She shared her grandmother's emotional words:

The morning after the Oscars when I talked to my grandmother Ronnie, with tears in her eyes I could hear them welling through the phone she said to me “My darling granddaughter, I've never been more proud of you than I am today.”

Gaga explained how much hearing those words meant to her coming from such an important woman in her life:

Something I have kept a secret for so long that I was more ashamed of than anything– became the thing the women in my life were the most proud of. And not just any women, the ones I look up to the most.

She added the hashtags #BeBrave, #speakup and #tilithappenstoyou.

Gaga first spoke publicly about her rape in December 2014 when she revealed in an interview with Howard Stern that the traumatic experience was the inspiration for her song “Swine.” Gaga was reportedly 19 when she was assaulted by a man 20 years her senior whom she ultimately never confronted. She said she didn't tell anyone about it for a long time, adding, “I didn't even tell myself for the longest time.” She also said she “was a shell of my former self at one point” because of it.

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Jennifer Garner Tells a Story About Her Oscar Dress That’s Scarier Than Any Horror Film

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I love looking at celebrities' gorgeous gowns on the red carpet, but damn do those look uncomfortable to wear. And if Jennifer Garner's story on The Tonight Show last night is anything to go by, they definitely are. Especially if the dress you're wearing has a metal corset that's crushing your ribs. Because that's what Jennifer had on at the Oscars this year. Well, at least I think she did. She keeps saying she's kidding about things, so I'm not totally sure what's true and what isn't, but what she describes is scarier than anything you watched on TV last Halloween.

Jennifer explains that her “ribs were compressed” in the corset, which Jimmy Fallon mistakenly assumes was like Spanx. I think Jennifer's response to that assumption tells you everything you need to know about how torturous this thing was: “No, dude, it's not like that.” She says her ribs and liver had to be moved, and I'm pretty sure she's joking, but in Hollywood you really never know, do you? Jen says that during the show she “had a panic attack in my ribs” and desperately needed to stand up, but she had to wait until a commercial, because her friend was worried she'd look like she was pulling a Kanye.

Once she stood up and made it backstage, she realized she had to use the bathroom. That involved her friend holding her dress up for her. You know, like drunk girls hold each other's hair back when they're vomiting, #BFF. But there were other things to deal with underneath the dress, as Jen had a thong body suit underneath whose clasp was in an awkward position. She doesn't explicitly reveal whether or not her friend had to help her out in that department, but it sounds like she didn't have an Alison Brie situation, so hurrah!

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The Most Surprising Academy Award Wins Of All Time

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Ever since the first Academy Awards back on May 16, 1929, there have been many surprises over the years. Often times, the big upsets come up in a select few categories. Best Picture is awarded to the film of the year according to the Academy. But over the course of the 89 Best Picture awards that have been handed out, a handful of those were total shockers. So much so, that even the winners were totally blown away when their names were called out.
It isn’t just the Best Picture category that can be a shocker either. The winners of Best Actor, Actress and supporting titles can provide some Academy Award season scandals as well.

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25 of the Biggest Oscar Snubs Of All Time

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In the world of film, one of the highest honors that a film, director, or actor can win is an Academy Award. When Oscars season rolls around, the snubs can start before the big show. In many cases, a film or actor can receive praise from virtually every critic and audiences, but still not earn a nomination from the Academy.

Did you know that Judy Garland and Cary Grant never won an Oscar in their lifetimes? Judy was awarded a Juvenile Oscar but didn’t actually get the honor of winning after a nomination during her career. Martin Scorsese has been nominated for 12 Oscars during his career, for a mix of Best Director and Best Picture, but he didn’t win for the first time until 2007. Don’t even get us started on how long it took Leonardo DiCaprio to win an Oscar!

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The 18 Most Memorable Awards Show Moments

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It's that time of year again: awards show season. Week after week, we'll be treated to the sight of others richer and more famous than ourselves getting all dressed up to receive recognition for their talents. Things kicked off with the Golden Globes, but they've really barely begun. We've got the Oscars, the Grammys, and numerous other shows to get through yet in 2018.

Watching the same people receive the same awards week-in week-out would get a little boring if it weren't for the total unpredictability of the awards shows themselves. They've been the source of numerous controversies, hilarious moments, unexpected kisses, and totally expected fall-outs. Celebs have managed to offend each other, the general public, and on one occasion the Vatican at these prestigious events. On other occasions, they've managed to use the spotlight for good to promote those less fortunate than themselves. Whatever the details, there are a number of infamous awards show incidents that have really stuck in our minds…

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James Franco Snubbed For Oscar Nom As His Sexual Misconduct Accusers Publicly Speak Out

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James Franco is not having a good Tuesday. The nominees for 90th Academy Awards were announced this morning and James Franco failed to land a nod for his performance in The Disaster Artist, despite winning the Golden Globe earlier this month. On top of that, two of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Violet Paley sat down with Good Morning America to elaborate on the allegations they've made against him and discuss why they decided to go public.

“James abused his power by exploiting the non-celebrity women that he worked with under the guise of giving them opportunities,” Sarah said. “Being an actor and filmmaker and working in the industry has been my dream since 5 or 6 and I knew that by coming forward I was risking my career.”

Despite her allegations, Sarah did say she thinks James Franco is “absolutely not a Harvey Weinstein,” adding that “he is not an unfeeling monster who has no sense of reality.” Instead, he created “exploitative environments for non-celebrity women on his sets.”

“It is a pyramid and at the top is rape and sexual violence and at the bottom are the other abuses of power that, when they continue to happen over and over, build and build and build and create a culture that allows the most heinous examples of sexual violence and misogyny and discrimination to happen. If we allow any of them, we’re allowing all of them,” she explained.

Now, that's a statement worth reading. Considering there is no excuse for the way James allegedly treated the women he worked with, Sarah was empathetic with her response. She went on to say that she would like to see James use his power to “give opportunities to women that are real and valuable and actually give them career advancement.” She also wants him to apologize.

After taking home the Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy award at the 2018 Golden Globes earlier this month, many thought the actor was on track to win an Oscar, too. But that all changed after five women came forward accusing James of sexual misconduct almost immediately after the trophy was in his hands.

James later denied the allegations, while simultaneously continuing to voice his support for the Time's Up movement, which aims to end sexual abuse and gender discrimination in Hollywood and beyond. “The things that I heard that were on Twitter are not accurate. But I completely support people coming out and be able to have a voice because they were unable to have a voice for so long, so I don't want to shut them down in any way. I think it's a good thing and I support it,” he said earlier this month.

However, it seems like his statement was not enough to stop the backlash from affecting his chances at an Oscar nod. Whether or not James will apologize to his accusers remains unknown, but if he wants a chance to clear his name and make amends like he says he does, then saying sorry and admitting actual wrongdoing is a start.

You can watch the full GMA interview with Sarah and Violet below:

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Meryl Streep Joins Big Little Lies & It Could Be Bad News For Nicole Kidman’s Character

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Just days after getting a shout out at the SAG Awards by Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep has **officially** joined the cast of Big Little Lies season two! Meryl is set to star in the highly-anticipated second season of the hit HBO show. So it's pretty safe to say that we can expect the show to get even more nominations next awards season. On Tuesday, Meryl broke her own record for holding the most Oscar nominations for acting held by one person, surpassing her previous 20 nominations by earning her 21st Academy Award nod. Her exciting week is now continuing as news about which character she will play on Big Little Lies has surfaced. It looks like Nicole Kidman might be in for another terrifying season! Give this gal a break!

Nicole Kidman won an Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award for her work as Celeste Wright on Big Little Lies. Celeste was horrifically abused by her husband, Perry (Alexander Skarsgård). And, spoiler alert, if you haven't watched Big Little Lies, Perry is now dead.

Well, it looks like Perry's mom, Mary Louise Wright is coming to town in the form of Meryl Streep and the woman is on the hunt for answers. Arriving in Monterey because she wants to check on the welfare of her grandchildren after her son's death, she also has a bit of an ulterior motive: to figure out what really happened when Perry died. Looks like she doesn't believe that whole “he fell” story that the ladies cooked up when Zoe Kravitz‘s character pushed him to his (much deserved) death during an argument with the group of women. We're sure that Jane (Shailene Woodley), Celeste, Madeline (Reese Witherspoon), and Renata (Laura Dern) will have something up their sleeves for Mary. Let's just hope they don't underestimate her! If we know anything about Streep, it's her amazing ability to play someone terrifying without actually doing anything terrifying. (Remember Miranda Priestly in Devil Wears Prada, anyone?)

If all the nominations Big Little Lies‘ first season received are any indication, the show's second season is sure to be an enormous hit. Can you imagine Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, and Nicole Kidman all competing against each other for the Golden Globe in the same category? WOW.

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18 of the Most Controversial Live TV Moments

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You never know what you're going to get with television shows. There are plot twists and character deaths that you would never, ever see coming. Of course, live TV adds a whole new element of unpredictably.

Sometimes, the most exciting thing that happens during a live broadcast is that someone reads the teleprompter wrong. Or, someone gets accidentally bleeped when they weren't swearing. Rarer are the times when live TV captures some shocking and controversial moments. Spoiler alert: There are a number of them that involve Saturday Night Live and Kanye West. The are the times when TV networks probably wish they went with a pre-recorded option, but for us viewers, they go down in pop culture history.

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18 Film Stars Who’ve Never Won An Acting Academy Award

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Have you ever heard that pity-inducing saying “always the bridesmaid, never a bride”? Well, every awards season, a slightly amended version of that becomes a nightmarish reality for a ton of celebs: always the nominee, but never the winner. In all the excitement of red carpets, acceptance speeches, awards show gaffes and shock wins, it’s easy to forget that there’s a whole crowd of people who end up going home from the Academy Awards empty-handed. Just look at Leonardo DiCaprio: before his 2016 Best Actor win for The Revenant, he’d been nominated five times without success. We’d started to wonder if poor Leo would ever get his time to shine.

In fact, a whole host of famous faces have never had their name read out from that all-important card. Despite being some of the biggest names in Hollywood, they’ve never been able to translate their success into actual Oscars. Spare a thought for these surprising award-less actors and actresses. Will 2018 be their year? Who knows…

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20 Little-Known Facts About Oscar Nominee Saoirse Ronan

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We've had the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards which means that the Oscars are coming up. If you have been remotely following the 2018 Academy Awards, you will know that Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird is a big talking point.

If you haven't seen the film, you might be familiar with the actress thanks to her bright blue eyes or her difficult-to-pronounce name. If that's all you know her for, it's time to get yourself acquainted. Saoirse is a major talent who isn't new to the industry so you might as well get to know her now, because she's not going anywhere. Instead of just telling you the usual filmography stats, we've got some interesting info on her…

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20 Little-Known Facts About Oscar Nominee Margot Robbie

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The Oscars are less than a month away which means that there is a lot of talk about the awards ceremony. People are placing bets on who they think is going to win, they're wondering what the red carpet will be like and they're also looking for more information about the nominees.

We've already gotten to know Saoirse Ronan a bit more, now it's time to take a look at her fellow nominee Margot Robbie. You might already know some stuff about Margot Robbie from her work in Suicide Squad and The Wolf of Wall Street, but it's doubtful that you know everything about her. We're here to change that so you have ample information to share at your Oscars viewing party. Have a look at 20 little-known facts about Margot Robbie:

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19 of the Youngest Oscar Winners and Nominees of All-Time

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Winning an Oscar is often the pinnacle of an actor's career. The golden statuette is probably the most coveted piece of hardware in Hollywood. Some wins are pretty much expected, some are absolute shockers, and some never even get the call despite their stellar performances. It’s a pretty exclusive group.

Even more exclusive is the select group of actors and actresses who have managed to receive a nomination early in the careers. What do we mean by early? Try getting a nom by age eight. Or winning at age ten. So who are these trailblazers? Some have only heightened their star levels in the years since the honor, and others will probably warrant a Google search. But all are a part of Academy Award history.

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19 of the Wildest Oscars Outfits in Fashion History

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Sometimes, it's not the Oscar winners who go down in history. When we look back at the Academy Awards, it's sometimes the surprising things we remember like the actors who got snubbed or those cringe-worthy moments (ahem, Best Picture mix up from 2017). Another thing that leaves a lasting impression is the red carpet.

Those magical looks that make it onto the best-dressed lists are talked about for years, if not decades. That's not to say that the worst looks are easily forgotten about. When award season rolls around, we often find ourselves wondering whether any daring celebrity will wear something as outrageous. It remains to be seen whether anyone will top these *crazy* looks at the 2018 Oscars, but it won't be easy. These are the wildest Oscars outfits of all time.

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