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With the exception of Jennifer Hudson winning an Oscar for her amazing turn as the glamorous yet jilted Effie in Dreamgirls, every single Oscar that a minority actress has won has been for portraying a negative or otherwise stereotypical role.

#OscarsSoWhite: When Art Doesn't Imitate Life

If 93% of the Academy is White, but as of 2014, only 62% of Americans were White, and art is supposed to imitate life...

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The Selfie that Exploded Twitter . . . And Massively Promoted Samsung

Ellen Degeneres’ selfie with Oscar A-listers has been all the buzz, “breaking”

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Why Cate Blanchett Was Right When She Slammed Sexism in her Acceptance Speech

The stats support Blanchett's claim that the world is round and it's high time Hollywood started portraying more strong female protagonists.

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Stars Behind The Scenes: the People Who Make the Oscars Happen

The success of the Oscars relies on the efforts of many key people.

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Oscar Prep Gets Way Cute: Here, the Most Adorable Highlight Reel of Films Nominated for Best Picture

So, you missed a few (or all) of the Oscar nominated movies this year. It's OK.

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How Sexist Are This Year’s Oscar Nominated Films? A Simple Formula Says . . . Pretty Sexist

Take a moment to consider whether films you’ve seen recently fit these criteria:

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Dressing Oscar in Barbie Clothes? Stolen Statues? An Oscar Love Curse? 10 Weird and Wonderful Facts About the Academy Awards

Continuing the buildup to the Oscars, check out these 10 little-known facts about the Oscars.

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The Nutjob, the Vixen and the Babe: Female Stereotypes in This Year's Oscar-Nominated Films

If this year's Academy Award-nominated pics are to believed, women are all manipulative and/or materialistic and/or just-plain crazy.

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