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WATCH: Channeling 75 Best Supporting Actress Winners In Just Five Minutes

Posted 04.06.2012

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Oscar season may be a fading memory at this point, but that doesn't stop us from loving this clip! A video showing YouTube user The Doomsday Diarie...

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PHOTOS: Mo'Nique Slims Down, Shares Workout Motivation Via Twitter

Posted 03.14.2012

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While on hiatus from her late night talk show, Mo'Nique is apparently keeping busy at the gym. BET's "The Monique Show" was halted indefinitely last J...

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Mo'Nique Sues Landlord Over Bizarre, Foul Odor

TMZ | Posted 02.29.2012

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Academy Award-winning "Precious" actress Mo'Nique is suing her landlords in Georgia -- demanding she be let out of her $22,000-a-month rental contract...

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WATCH: Mo'Nique, Cory Booker Speak Out In Support Of Gay Marriage

Posted 01.02.2012

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Kim Kardashian and the food chain Chick-Fil-A caught flak this week from gay Americans -- one for trivializing the institution of marriage, the other ...

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WATCH: Mo'Nique Joins Fight For Same-Sex Marriage

Posted 12.26.2011

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Academy Award-winning comedienne Mo'Nique has joined the voices of those speaking out in support of marriage equality for same-sex couples. "I bel...

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Golden Globes To Air In January Despite Dispute

AP | By ANTHONY McCARTNEY | Posted 11.09.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- The Golden Globe Awards will air on NBC for another year despite an ongoing bitter dispute between its organizers and longtime producer...

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The 2011 Academy Awards: It Gets a C-Plus at Best

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Russnow

You know the writers are in trouble when they have to rely upon Hathaway's mother and Franco's grandmother to help out in the audience. All in all the show was mediocre, but not a disaster.

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PHOTOS: Mo'Nique Shaves Her Legs?

Posted 05.25.2011

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After showing off her hirsute gams on last year's Golden Globes red carpet -- and openly talking about her shaving habits or lack thereof -- Mo'Nique...

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Mo'Nique To Announce Oscar Nominations

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Academy Award winner Mo'Nique is pitching in to help announce nominees for the upcoming Oscars. Mo'Nique will join Tom Sherak, pres...

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"Black Girls Aren't Funny!" (I'm Fat + Funny + Female, so Where's My Sitcom?)

Erica Watson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erica Watson

It's a little known fact that from birth, most black girls in inner cities are groomed for the possibility of being the "window character" to the white heroine in a romantic comedy.

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Mo'Nique's Brother admits he molested her

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The brother of Oscar winner Mo'Nique said Monday on Oprah Winfrey's talk show that he molested the actress when they were children and...

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Patience Yields Many Good Things: Week 6 of "Mental Muscle" Boot Camp

Paul Katz | Posted 11.17.2011

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Paul Katz

I have been mistaking patience for an acceptance, way ahead of time, that people will inevitably disappoint me. That is why it never mattered what people did. I'd already prepared to be let down.

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Five Memories From My First Awards Season

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fabio Periera

As Hollywood settles back into a more quotidian routine, its Oscargasm finally over and the glitz and glam neatly folded away till another season, it's a good time to take a look back at a few of this year's awards season highlights.

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Ric O'Barry: The Performance of a Lifetime

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wendy Diamond

It was a weekend of celebration for Ric O'Barry and his lifelong movement to save dolphins. With an Oscar for The Cove, the Japanese government has to take note, and change is on its way.

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Academy Awards: Oscar Winning Quotes

Janice Taylor | Posted 11.17.2011

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Janice Taylor

For those of us who are hooked on watching the Academy Awards because we love movies, or just because it is a time-honored tradition, here are the best 'award-winning' quotes from last night's Oscars.

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Mo'Nique Wins Best Supporting Actress: Oscar Speech 2010 (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Mo'Nique won Best Supporting Actress for her role as an abusive welfare mom in 'Precious.' She was highly favored in the category and beat Vera Farmig...

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Mo'Nique Oscars 2010: She Has The Blues (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Mo'Nique chose a blue dressed with a ruched bodice and accessorized with a white clutch and a white flower in her hair...and with her husband Sidney H...

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The Our Gang Oscars

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tallulah Morehead

This year's Oscar producers, Adam Shankman and Bil Mechanic, were so dedicated to the quixotic task of luring in young viewers, that we were given a show full of presenters that appeared to have gone through puberty during the rehearsals.

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Liveblogging the 2010 Oscars

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fabio Periera

Between Neil Patrick Harris's opening, the decor and and the entrance of hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, this is already a camp classic.

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Oscar Schmoscar

Abe Gurko | Posted 05.25.2011

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Abe Gurko

Attention celebrity publicists: Cut it out. You need to research the Golden Age of Hollywood. It was then that the star machine created real superstars.

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2010 Oscars: A Mixed Bag of Predictability

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Chattman

Years from now this telecast will be remembered as the year a woman won Best Director and James Cameron's ego shrunk a little.

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"Precious" Sweeps Indie Spirit Awards (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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"Precious" swept the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Friday, nabbing awards in each of the five categories it was nominated, including Best Pic...

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Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Never Wear Feathers in Your Hair.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tallulah Morehead

We opened this week with Voldetool (Ex-Coach Wade for any new readers), going into a ridiculous emotional tailspin because Sandra had dared to point out that he was a lazy, mouth-running, idiot.

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Predicting the Oscars: No Country For Blue Na'vis?

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Chattman

When was the last time an Oscar Best Picture reflected the times we live in? The Departed? Not so much. No Country For Old Men? Not quite. Crash? Mayb...

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Mo'Nique Talks About Her Open Marriage, Hairy Legs

popeater.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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In Barbara Walter's annual Oscar Special, nominee Mo'Nique revealed her open marriage with husband Sidney Hicks isn't quite so open. "Let me say this,...

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