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The Academy Awards were cruising toward an elegant ending to an entertaining broadcast when...OMG WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?!? The entertainment world is still reeling from ________ being mistakenly announced as the winner, only for a correction to be made as the award ultimately went to __________.
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La L Land / Manchester by the Sea
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La La Land / Moonlight
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Manchester by the Sea / La La Land
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Moonlight / La La Land
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The very, very strange closing Oscars sequence was initiated by the actor-and-actress pair behind this classic film, who announced the Best Picture winner:
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Three Days of the Condor
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
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The African Queen
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Bonnie and Clyde
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As for un-misannounced awards, each of the following films saw its talent win a lead or supporting acting role, except for:
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La La Land
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Hell or High Water
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Moonlight
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Fences
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Everyday joes were unexpectedly ushered into the Oscars, as a group of _________ were brought into the theater during the proceedings:
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Tour bus riders
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Striking union workers
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Taxi drivers
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Garage band musicians
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We gave thumbs up to the news that characters from this Best Picture nominee would get their own LEGO figurines:
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Hell or High Water
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Hacksaw Ridge
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La La Land
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Hidden Figures
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Moonlight's Oscar win was forecast, somewhat, by its win at the Independent Spirit Awards the night before the Oscars, right? Right??!??!
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Nope, Independent Spirit's Best Feature went to Manchester By the Sea.
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Huh-uh, Chronic won
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Negative, Ghost Rider.....the title went to Jackie
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Yep
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The awards weekend got off to a sad start, as we said goodbye to Bill Paxton, character actor who anchored some of our favorite movies. All of the following are in Paxton's filmography, except for:
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Weird Science
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Apollo 13
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Aliens
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Independence Day
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Also shuffling off this week was one of the first reality stars, a well-known TV ________ of decades past:
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Chef
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Music critic
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Judge
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Realtor
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To its cavalcade of celebrity contestants, the upcoming 24th season of Dancing with the Stars had added this icon of 1980s television:
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Scott Baio
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Don Johnson
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Mr. T
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David Hasselhoff
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No network can run a concept into the ground like NBC. The Peacock debuted the 19th show in its Chicago series, this week. Say hello to Chicago:
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Flight
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Justice
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Rescue
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Radio
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Late-night guru Conan O'Brien relocated his show to this country, which you may have heard of lately, for the week:
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Cuba
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Russia
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Mexico
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China
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And finally, f you are this well-known cartoon character, your sexual identity was hotly debated online this week.
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Garfield
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Ziggy
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Peppermint Patty
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Tweety Bird
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