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    Oscar Ratings Down Double Digits In Demo; 32.9M Viewership Hits 9-Year Low – Update

    <strong>UPDATED, 11:49 AM:</strong> Unintentionally delivering an ending that will live forever in awards show history for its Best Picture fiasco, last night's Oscars really went places only live TV can. In that vein, the near final numbers for last night's 89th Academy Awards are now in, and they are down from last year. Sunday night’s show drew 32.9 million viewers with a 9.1 rating among adults 18-49. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the first time, the 2017 Oscars are down 4% in viewership…

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    Oscars 2017: Was Leonardo DiCaprio to blame for Warren Beatty's epic fail?

    DiCaprio to blame? The biggest moment of the 2017 Oscars came when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway incorrectly announced ‘La La Land’ as the Best Picture winner when the actual winner was ‘Moonlight’. It’s since emerged that Beatty was actually holding the envelope for Best Actress which announced ‘La La Land’s Emma Stone as the winner, so you can understand the confusion from the presenters. Some people on Twitter are suggesting that it’s all Leonardo DiCaprio’s fault.

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    The biggest snubs and oversights of the Oscars 2017 In Memoriam section

    Every year the Oscars In Memoriam section manages to miss off some names, either because they couldn’t squeeze them in or those in charge just plain old forgot about them. This year’s ceremony was no different, because while Carrie Fisher, Prince, and Debbie Reynolds were mentioned in the touching segment, there wasn’t any room for the likes of Robert Vaughn, Bernard Fox, Ron Glass, Garry Shandling and Hugh O’Brian. Alexis Arquette, one of the five actor siblings in the Arquette family, was kn

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    Oscars 2017: Nicole Kidman's crazy 'boomerang' clapping goes viral

    Despite losing out in the Best Supporting Actress category, ‘Lion’ star Nicole Kidman somehow managed to dominate the conversation online, all thanks to her crazy clapping.

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    The tragic story behind the infamous Oscar streaker

    On April 4, 1974, while David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor to present the Best Picture gong, a man suddenly streaked across the stage, flashing a peace sign… and a whole lot more. The crowd was in stitches and an Oscar legend was born, but the story behind the quip is a lot more mysterious and, sadly, tragic. The streaker was 33-year-old Robert Opel, a well-known figure in the gay activism scene throughout the seventies, as well as a prominent artist.

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    Oscars 2017: Complete list of winners

    It was the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honouring the best movies of the last 12 months.

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    The greatest high school yearbook photos of Oscar-winning actors

    <p>We tracked down the high school yearbook photos of 10 Oscar-winning stars. Some have barely aged since their school days, while others look totally different.</p><p><strong>Read more<br /></strong><strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/people-most-oscar-nominations-without-slideshow-wp-195447502.html" rel="nofollow">The unluckiest Oscar nominees ever<br /></a><a rel="nofollow" href="https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/guess-oscar-legend-offspring-slideshow-wp-165636836.html" rel=