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Scandals and drama at the Oscars over the years: From infamous snubs to the Will Smith slap

Since the beginning of the Oscar Awards, there have been many controversial moments that have made headlines, including Will Smith slapping Chris Rock during the 2022 ceremony.

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What Became of the Oscar Streaker?

After Robert Opel dashed naked across the stage in 1974, he ran for President and settled into the gay leather scene, in the orbit of Robert Mapplethorpe and Harvey Milk.

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Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022

One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II.

Sacheen Littlefather's sisters say she was not Native American. The actress had disputed similar claims before

In 1973, actress Sacheen Littlefeather stepped on stage at the Oscarsโ€‹ on behalf of Marlon Brando, identifying herself as a member of the Apache tribe. She received backlash when she turned down Brando's award for him.

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Activist Sacheen Littlefeather exposed by sisters for reported fraudulent Native American identity: 'A lie'

Sisters of the late activist Sacheen Littlefeather, Trudy and Rosalind, allege that their sister was lying about her Native American heritage.

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Sacheen Littlefeather, activist who declined Marlon Brandoโ€™s Oscar, dies

Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brandoโ€™s 1973 Academy Award for โ€œThe Godfatherโ€ on his behalf in an indelible protest of Hollywoodโ€™s portrayal of Native Americans, has died. She was 75.

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Sacheen Littlefeather, actor who declined Brando Oscar, dies

The actor and activist who declined Marlon Brandoโ€™s 1973 Academy Award for โ€œThe Godfatherโ€ on his behalf in an indelible protest of how Native Americans had been portrayed on screen has died.

Sacheen Littlefeather, who gave Marlon Brando's Oscar rejection speech, dies at 75

In 1973, Littlefeather provided one of the most dramatic moments in Oscar history: Offering Brando's regrets for refusing the award because of Hollywood's treatment and portrayal of Native Americans.

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Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who declined Marlin Brando's "Godfather" Oscar, dead at 75

The motion pictures academy recently apologized to the Native American civil rights activist for the way she was treated since rejecting the award on Brando's behalf in 1973.

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Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined Brandoโ€™s Oscar, dies at 75

The first Native American woman to stand onstage at the Oscars, she made headlines for calling attention to the mistreatment of American Indians.

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The Shock and Aftershocks of โ€œThe Waste Landโ€

T. S. Eliotโ€™s masterpiece is a hundred years old, butย it has never stopped sounding new.

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Greece's Irene Papas, who earned Hollywood fame, dies at 93

Greek actress and recording artist Irene Papas has died at age 93.

Academy apologizes to Native American woman who declined Brandoโ€™s Oscar

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined an Oscar on Marlon Brando's behalf and was ostracized in the industry.

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Sacheen Littlefeather receives formal apology for mistreatment at 1973 Oscars

Littlefeather was mocked when she declined Marlon Brando's Best Actor win onstage at the 1973 ceremony.

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The Academy apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather for her treatment at the 1973 Oscars

In 1973, Sacheen Littlefeather spoke on behalf of Marlon Brando at the Oscars about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.

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Film academy apologizes to Littlefeather for 1973 Oscars

Nearly 50 years after Sacheen Littlefeather stood on the Academy Awards stage on behalf of Marlon Brando to speak about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has apologized to her for the abuse she endured.

Global success of 'RRR' signals breakthrough for Tollywood

Indiaโ€™s film industry is one of the most vast and varied in the world.

Oscars to honor Fox, Euzhan Palcy, Diane Warren, Peter Weir

Diane Warren will finally be able to thank the Academy this November.

Tom Cruiseโ€™s rare feat: Reviving Maverick, 36 years later

The new โ€œTop Gunโ€ sequel isnโ€™t the first time an actor has returned to a role after a long hiatus, but it doesnโ€™t happen often.

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Photographer Ron Galella, sued by Jackie Onassis, dead at 91

Celebrity photographer Ron Galella has died at age 91.

Natasha Lyonne says Marlon Brando held her breast in a never-before-seen 'Scary Movie 2' scene before he dropped out of the movie

Lyonne told Entertainment Weekly that she has a tape of Brando in the opening exorcism scene before he dropped out of the movie.

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Scorsese's Film Foundation launches free virtual theater

Film Foundation, the nonprofit founded by Martin Scorsese dedicated to film preservation, is launching a virtual theater to stream classic films free of charge.

5 most unexpected moments in Oscars' history

A telecast that was actually too short. An actor climbed over rows of chairs between him and his Academy Award. Bjรถrk laid eggs on the red carpet. Oscar ceremonies sometimes go weirdly off script.

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'Godfather' star James Caan recalls the unique way he loosened up the actor who played Corleone family enforcer Luca Brasi before his big scene

The actor told The New York Post how he got the cast to laugh while shooting the scene where Luca Brasi meets Don Corleone.

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Oscar Preview: Five big questions ahead of Sunday's awards

The Academy Awards have always loved a comeback story.

"The Godfather": The 50th anniversary

A timeless landmark of American film, Francis Ford Coppola's explosive drama of a mob family, which premiered in March 1972, was an offer no moviegoer could refuse.

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Champagne, Mr. Monopoly and Omerta: Meet Peter Miller, the flashy Instagram user accused of insider trading

Peter Miller, the head of Omerta Capital, has been indicted in an alleged insider trading scheme. His Instagram account reveals a flashy, expensive lifestyle.

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The Human: Richard Jenkins' real, lived-in performances

Itโ€™s appropriate that at the center of a film called โ€œThe Humansโ€ is Richard Jenkins, a character-actor everyman extraordinaire.

Paul Newman memoir left unpublished to come out next year

A memoir Paul Newman left unpublished in his lifetime will come out next fall.

Woke activists try and fail to cancel Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood for decades-old Academy Awards quip

Actor and Director Clint Eastwood has been targeted by โ€œcancel cultureโ€ on social media this week over a clip from a 1970s awards show.

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Q&A: Rita Moreno on finding self-worth and never giving up

Rita Moreno emigrated with her mother from Puerto Rico at age five.

Howard Weitzman, lawyer for Jackson, Bieber, DeLorean, dies

Howard Weitzman, an attorney whose clients included Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, and auto maker John DeLorean, has died.

'CODA,' 'Summer of Soul' win top prizes at Sundance Awards

Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The 2021 Sundance Film Festival Awards were unlike any before and had filmmakers calling in from around the world Tuesday night to cap off the festivalโ€™s first virtual edition. โ€œHive,โ€ from first time filmmaker Blerta Basholli, was awarded the world cinema grand jury prize and the audience award. โ€œWriting With Fire,โ€ a documentary about Indiaโ€™s only all-female newspaper, won the world cinema documentary audience award. The 2021 Sundance Film Festival runs through Wednesday.

From presidents to faded stars, all welcomed by Larry King

George W. Bush jokes with CNN's Larry King after finishing the "Larry King Live" show from the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, Tenn. King, who interviewed presidents, movie stars and ordinary Joes during a half-century in broadcasting, has died at age 87. For 25 years until 2010, โ€œLarry King Liveโ€ was a fixture on CNN's weeknight schedule, and that was after a lengthy career as a late-night radio host. So did โ€œLarry King Live.โ€ He was busy. โ€œLarry King Liveโ€ was a type of show that would feel foreign on cable news today, given its obsession with hard-nosed political combat. โ€œMy dad always asked me, 'Did you see who Larry King talked to last night?'"

Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87

King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his production company, Ora Media, tweeted. In its early years, โ€œLarry King Liveโ€ was based in Washington, which gave the show an air of gravitas. โ€œDo you know who I am?โ€โ€œAlways loved Larry King and will miss him,โ€ Seinfeld tweeted Saturday. Originating from Washington on the Mutual network, โ€œThe Larry King Showโ€ was eventually heard on more than 300 stations and made King a national phenomenon. โ€œLarry King Liveโ€ debuted on June 1, 1985, and became CNNโ€™s highest-rated program.

Sir Harold Evans, crusading publisher and author, dies at 92

His wife, fellow author-publisher Tina Brown, said he died of congestive heart failure, it was reported on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. โ€œHe was the love of my life," Brown wrote Thursday in an email to The Associated Press. Evans came upon some writings by a Tina Brown that so impressed him he contacted the author, only to learn that โ€œTina Brownโ€ was short for Bettina Brown, his future wifeโ€™s mother. With Brown, Evans had two children, adding to the three children he had with his first wife, Enid Parker. A special beneficiary was The New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin, who received a Random House deal for a book on the O.J.

LEADING OFF: Wildfires darken California skies; Cole vs O's

RingCentral Coliseum stands under skies darkened by wildfire smoke before the Oakland Athletics' baseball game against the Houston Astros in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The smell of the fires wafted over the stadium as San Francisco hosted Seattle on Wednesday night and ash fell inside the ballpark this week when Oakland played. NOT SO HOTYankees star Gerrit Cole tries to end his three-game losing streak when he starts at home against Baltimore. MISSING YOUThe defending World Series champion Nationals will be without October star Howie Kendrick for a while. Last season, Kendrick was the MVP of the NL Championship Series and hit the go-ahead homer in Game 7 of the World Series.

Smoke from nearby wildfires creates eerie baseball scene

Smoke from California wildfires obscures the sky over Oracle Park as the Seattle Mariners take batting practice before their baseball game against the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in San Francisco. By mid-morning across San Francisco Bay, the Giants Oracle Park resembled a black-and-orange horror scene. Little experiment on my behalf today.Still, the air quality was below 100 about two hours before first pitch. AL West-leading Oakland was set to face the Houston Astros, while across San Francisco Bay the Giants were hosting the Seattle Mariners. The NFL's San Francisco 49ers practiced in similar conditions at their Santa Clara facility in the South Bay on Wednesday.

More people are pirating movies during the coronavirus lockdown

From left, Salvatore Corsitto as Bonasera, James Caan as Santino Sonny Corleone and Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone in the film The Godfather.Streaming services have seen a major surge in subscriber growth during the coronavirus pandemic, but the outbreak is also driving more people to use pirated movie websites. New data from Muso, a piracy tracking firm, found that during the last seven days of March, there was a 43% spike in Americans visiting sites that pirate movies compared with the last seven days of February. "This unprecedented increase in visits to online film piracy sites in the last week of March reveals that as more countries enforced lockdown and required citizens to self-isolate, demand for content via piracy grew exponentially," the company said in a statement. Notably, Italy, which went under lockdown orders on March 9, saw visits to piracy sites spike 66%.

cnbc.com

Preview: Bradley Cooper

Three consecutive Oscar nominations put Cooper in the company of actors like Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson, but five years ago you may not have recognized his name. Steve Kroft's report will air on Sunday, June 7 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

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