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Oscar's Huge Road Trip

AP | Posted 01.30.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Academy Awards, Oscars 2013, Oscar Statuettes, 2013 Academy Awards, Academy Awards 2013, Oscar Tour, 2013 Oscars, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Video, Oscar Statue Tour, Oscar Statue, Ampas, Oscars, Oscar Road Trip, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES -- Oscar is going on a road trip. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says one of the golden statuettes that are handed out a...

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The Oscars, Once Again, Leave Blacks the Color Purple

Brian Ross | Posted 05.01.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Television, The Color Purple, Oprah Winfrey, The Help, Ampas, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Racism, The Oscars, Viola Davis, Oscars, Film, Hollywood, Race, Movies, African Americans, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Black Voices News
Brian Ross

The Oscars are known for many odd customs and bits of superstition, but American Blacks best know the Color Purple Curse. Viola Davis was upset by the veteran Meryl Streep at the Oscars, even though Davis had won the Screen Actors Guild award days earlier.

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The Academy Cracks Down On Pre-Oscar Campaigning

AP | Posted 11.22.2011 | Home
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Oscar is clamping down on awards campaigning. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced new regulations...

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The Agenda: Food Trucks, Film Previews, And Stuff White People Like

Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Whiter Shades of Pale, Lardon Truck, Sprint 4g, Cyber Monday, Natalie Portman, LA Events, Louks Greek Gourmet, Dan Dan Bbq, DW Griffith, Mila Kunis, Slidepollajax, Ampas, Nom Nom Truck, Christian Lander, Black Swan, Stuff White People Like, Los Angeles News

Fuel up with free food truck fare in honor of Sprint's 4G launch, sit in on an author's signing with Christian Lander (of Stuff White People Like fame...

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Melt Your Oscar For Cash

Bloomberg | Andrew Harris and Andy Fixmer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Abc, Gold Prices, Academy Awards, AMPAS, Cost of Gold, Oscar Statue, 80th Annual Academy Awards, Oscars, Oscars Show, ABC Television, Deloitte & Touche, Oscars Advertising, Business News

The glitter on the central figure at this year's academy awards ceremony has never been so costly. With gold at an all-time high, the price of each g...

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