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OBIT - From Variety: The actor George Kennedy has died at the age of 91 on Sunday, February 28, 2016. Kennedy had a long career and earned a best supporting actor Oscar for his role in the Paul Newman film, "Cool Hand Luke."
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OSCARS - From YahooMovies: The highs and lows of the 88th Oscars.
From Variety: Italy celebrates Ennio Morricone's Oscar win for scoring "The Hateful Eight."
From YahooMovies: No, Sam Smith, you are NOT the first openly gay person to win an Oscar. Remember Dustin Black - best screenplay winner for Milk, not to mention several others?
From YahooMovies: "Spotlight" wins "Best Picture" at 88th Oscars.
From YahooMovies: Leonardo DiCaprio's Best Actor win was the most tweeted about Oscar moment ever.
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MOVIES - From the NYT: A very funny story about diversity by Colton Dunn - "Don't Call Me the Black Seth Rogen."
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BOX OFFICE - BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 2/26 to 2/28/2016 weekend box office is "Deadpool" with an estimated take of $31.5 million. This is it's third consecutive weekend at #1.
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STAR TREK - From CinemaBlend: Tony Todd says that he is on an actors short list for upcoming CBS digital Star Trek series.
STAR TREK - From CinemaBlend: Nicholas Meyer, the director of the beloved film, "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn" has joined the new CBS series in some creative capacity.
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CRIME - From BuzzFlash: Public defender system in Louisiana is in full meltdown.
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AWARDS - From PopSugar: At the 2016 Spirit Awards, Mya Taylor becomes the first transgender actress to win a major film award.
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AWARDS - From Deadline: 2016 "Spirit Awards" winners; "Spotlight" dominates.
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OSCARS - From YahooNews: Ava DuVernay on Oscars controversy and Flint water crisis with Katie Couric.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From WashPost: Why did Cleveland sue Tamir Rice's family.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Patricia Arquette hosts a dinner on gender equality. Jennifer Lawrence is one of the attendees.
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TV - From TVLine: CBS has order a pilot for a television series based on the 2001 film, "Training Day," for which Denzel Washington won an Oscar. Bill Paxton will play the morally ambiguous cop in a re-imagining of the film.
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OBITS - From TheWrap: The actor Tony Burton has died at the age of 78, He is best known for portraying Apollo Creed's trainer Tony "Duke" Evers in six "Rocky" movies.
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OSCARS - From the VillageVoice: Spike Lee talks about the Oscars and more.
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OSCARS - From VillageVoice: Michael Musto: The sweet smell of scandal at the Oscars.
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BLACK LIVES MATTER - From RSN: I am not a super-predator.
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CULTURE - From BuzzFlash: St. Louis archbishop rails against Girl Scouts.
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OSCARS - From YahooMovies: "See You Again" from "Furious 7" not nominated - still doesn't make sense.
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COMICS - From BleedingCool: Alan Moore's new prose novel is available for pre-order.
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MOVIES - From SlashFilm: For its loose booty adaptation of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Disney has hired James Mangold to direct... after dumping David Fincher's take on the film.
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OSCARS - From Variety: Al Sharpton to lead Oscar-weekend #OscarSoWhite protests.
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MUSIC - From YahooCelebrity: Demi Lovato, that girl can sang. She sings Ray Charles tunes at a White House event, which will air on PBS, Friday, Feb. 26th, 2016.
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POLITICS - From The NYT: The Republican-controlled Senate refuses to consider any Obama Supreme Court nominee, and it's all ugly old white men, especially that gargoyle, Mitch McConnell.
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MOVIES - From WeGotThisCovered: "Zombieland 2" is apparently still happening.
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MOVIE - From Variety: Jessica Chastain and Queen Latifah are among actresses advising new female-empowered production company.
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MOVIE - From CinemaBlend: "Pacific Rim 2" is back on, but with a new director.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: Nate Parker's acclaimed "Birth of a Nation" gets a release date, October 7, 2016 - just in time to not get any Oscar nominations.
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COMICS - From TheHDRoom: When "Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice hits Blu-ray, it will have an R-rating.
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MOVIE - From TheWrap: The 1968 Steve McQueen movie, "The Thomas Crown Affair," will get a second remake starring Michael B. Jordan. The first remake was in 1999 with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Ava DuVernay is set to direct Disney's "A Wrinkle in Time."
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CULTURE - From TheAtlantic: The enduring solidarity of whitness by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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MOVIES - From DreadCentral: Chucky the killer doll that first appeared in Child's Play could return for a seventh film.
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COMICS - From HitFix: It seems there will be a "Justice League," movie, and it will start film April 11, 2016.
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OBITS - From Variety: The Oscar-nominated cinematographer Douglas Slocombe has died at the age of 103 (Monday, February 22, 2016). He shot "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and several of the Ealing Studios comedies, including the "The Lavender Hill Mob."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Demian Bichir added to Ridley Scott's "Alien: Covenant."
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COMICS - From SlashFilm: In "Captain America: Civil War," Martin Freeman plays Everett Ross.
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OSCARS - From Variety: 5 upsets that could rock the 88th Academy Awards.
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COMICS - From FlickeringMyth: Set photos from Doctor Strange in London.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The number one movie at the 2/19 to 2/21/2016 weekend box office is "Deadpool," which an estimated take of $55 million. It is a repeat winner, having won last week in its debut weekend.
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COMICS - From CinemaBlend: The third Wolverine film, which will be Hugh Jackman's last as the title character, will be R-rated and will be based on the story "Old Man Logan."
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TELEVISION - From CinemaBlend: "The Walking Dead" is making a time-jump.
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MOVIES - From TheWrap: "The Revenant" sounds best to Cinema Audio Society.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Mad Max: Fury Road leads the Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Guild awards.
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COMICS - From CinemaBlend: Doctor Strange will be a blast...
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SPORTS - From Steelersdotcom: Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Heath Miller has retired. Sigh.
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