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Mirren, Whitaker, Hudson and Arkin take Oscars: The 79th Annual Academy Awards came and went, with liveblogging documenting the evening down to the last Gore joke. Nikki Finke has the last (and highly scathing) word. [DH]
Whiteout in British film: A lack of roles in Britain is pushing Black and Asian British actors to the States to take advantage of the far more diverse roles offered on television here. [Guardian]
Campaign websites worry about online fraud: The latest online concern for political campaigns is that paid publicists will be infiltrating political websites under the guise of readers with the intention a spreading misinformation and/or having an effect on campaign dialogue. [Boston Globe via Romenesko]
2007 ASNE awards announced. Winners include C.J. Chivers of the New York Times, Anne Hull of the Washington Post, Suzanne Kreiter for her photojournalism in the Boston Globe and Ana Menendez for her column in the Miami Herald. [E&P]
BBC faces expulsion from Cuba: Castro's press authorities withdrew reporting rights from a BBC correspondent in the country, as well as correspondents from the Chicago Tribune and Mexican newspaper El Universal, who was told that his reporting was "not the most convenient for the Cuban government." [Guardian]
Harper's takes heat for lack of women writers: Columnist Heather Mallick slams the magazine and its competitors for the growing gender disparity among writers, including a 2006 count at Harper's of 118 male bylines to 17 female. [CBC]
