Within hours of The Artist becoming the first French film to win the Best Picture Oscar, at the end of a glittering night for the silent, black and white film, the streets around the Hollywood Highland Center, known as the Kodak Theatre until the photographic company went bankrupt last
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Oscar veteran Billy Crystal has been brought in to host next year’s awards ceremony, ending a few days of turmoil for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The show started falling apart at the weekend, when producer Brett Ratner told fans at a Q&A that “rehearsal is for fags,”
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