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10:50 AM ET, February 23, 2015

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Dayna Evans / Gawker:
The Performance of “Glory” is Tonight's Highlight So Play It On Repeat  —  John Legend and Common came together tonight for a stirring performance of “Glory,” the song they wrote for civil rights film Selma.  Because the Oscars have thus far been lackluster, uncomfortable, and flat …
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Bryan Hood / Page Six:
John Legend and Common's Oscar performance brings crowd to tears  —  Common and John Legend's powerful performance of “Glory” brought the Oscars to tears on Sunday.  —  As the two Grammy winners' performance of the soon-to-be Oscar-winning song from “Selma” came to a close …
Discussion: PerezHilton and Gawker
Gregory E. Miller / Page Six:
Dakota Johnson and mom Melanie Griffith shine at Oscars  —  Like mother, like daughter.  —  Dakota Johnson, star of the box office smash “Fifty Shades of Grey,” took to the Oscars red carpet Sunday night with a very special date — her mother, Melanie Griffith.
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Perez Hilton:
This Is What Happens When You Rave About Dakota Johnson's Sexy Performance In 50 Shades Of Grey In Front Of Her Mother Melanie Griffith!  Awkward!  —  While doing press for Fifty Shades Of Grey, Dakota Johnson revealed her parents Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson would NOT be seeing the seXXX-rated flick …
Discussion: Page Six
Rose Walano / Us Weekly:
Oscars 2015 Red Carpet: Faith Hill, Tim McGraw Arrive in Style, Pack on the PDA; See Him Without a Cowboy Hat!  —  Nashville's in the house!  —  Faith Hill stepped out at the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 22, and she was joined by her husband, Tim McGraw …
Discussion: USA Today and POPSUGAR Celebrity
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Rose Walano / Us Weekly:
Oscars 2015: Watch the Entire Red Carpet With Us Weekly Via Our Livestream!
Discussion: Just Jared
Kamala Kirk / E! Online:
NEWS/ Melissa Rivers Pays Tribute to Her Mother Joan Rivers at the 2015 Oscars—See the Touching Video!  —  There's nothing quite as special as a daughter paying tribute to her late mother, which is exactly what Melissa Rivers did during E!'s LRC Countdown Show!
Discussion: EW.com, PerezHilton and The Wrap
TMZ.com:
WE'RE L.A. RENTERS NOW  —  Beyonce and Jay Z can't always get what they want — they've been unable to find the perfect L.A. home to buy ... so, instead they haggled their way into a rental for $150K a month ... and yes, that's a deal.  —  They're familiar with the crib in ritzy Holmby Hills …
Discussion: Page Six, Bossip and Just Jared
Esther Lee / Us Weekly:
Lady Gaga Performing Sound of Music Tribute at Oscars 2015 in First Post-Engagement Appearance  —  Do-Re-Mi for Gaga!  Recently engaged Lady Gaga will be performing a Sound of Music number at the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 22, at the Dolby Theatre in L.A. The news was announced …
Gregory E. Miller / Page Six:
John Travolta pokes fun at last year's Idina Menzel flub  —  Idina Menzel, left and John Travolta present the award for best original song at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 22  —  It's pay back time.  —  John Travolta, who infamously flubbed Idina Menzel's name at last year's Oscars as …
Discussion: TMZ.com and PerezHilton
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon / Us Weekly:
Beyonce Steals Oscar Winners' Thunder at Vanity Fair Oscars 2015 Afterparty, Overshadows Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne  —  Who cares about the Oscar winners?!  —  PHOTOS: Oscars 2015 red carpet  —  Not the folk at the 2015 Vanity Fair Post-Oscar Party, that's for sure — at least not once Beyonce and Jay Z had arrived!
Discussion: Gawker
Rich Juzwiak / Gawker:
Patricia Arquette Demands Women Get PAID and Meryl Streep Loves It  —  Patricia Arquette's acceptance speech is the one to beat, and no one believes this more than her fellow nominee Meryl Streep.  Accepting the trophy for her supporting role in Boyhood, Arquette made things political in the most plainspoken way possible:
Discussion: Page Six
Fahima Haque / Page Six:
Jennifer Aniston, Emma Stone share bear hug at Oscars  —  Jennifer Aniston gave Emma Stone a great big bear hug on the red carpet at Sunday's Oscars.  —  Aniston, 46, charged at the “Birdman” actress, 26, lifting her up off the ground in a truly unscripted moment.
Discussion: PerezHilton
Susannah Alexander / Digital Spy:
Alejandro González Iñárritu: ‘Sean Penn green card joke was hilarious’  —  Sean Penn has sparked controversy by making a joke about Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu's Mexican heritage at the 2015 Academy Award ceremony.
Discussion: Associated Press and Variety
 
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