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Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi Won't Attend Oscar Ceremony — TEHRAN — The Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose film “The Salesman” is nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign-language movie, said on Sunday that he would not attend the Oscars ceremony next month even if he were granted …
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Dean Balsamini / Page Six:
Director can't attend Oscars under Trump's new restriction — An Iranian film director up for an Oscar won't be able to attend the ceremony in Los Angeles because of President Trump's restrictions on visitors from seven Muslim-majority nations, it was reported Saturday.
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Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
SAG Awards 2017: The Night Of Star Riz Ahmed on Starting a Fundraiser for Syrian Children: ‘Now Is the Time to Make Your Voice Heard’ — Riz Ahmed, the star of HBO's The Night Of, has joined the likes of Kal Penn in helping to raise money for Syrian refugee families.
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Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
James Marsden Takes Lookalike Teenage Son Jack to the Screen Actors Guild Awards — James Marsden brought a special date to the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards: his lookalike son Jack! — “We're excited. I'm just trying to keep up with him, the dress, the attire, he wears things I can't …
New York Times:
Refugees Detained at U.S. Airports; Trump Immigration Order Is Challenged — President Trump's executive order closing the nation's borders to refugees was put into immediate effect on Friday night. Refugees who were airborne on flights on the way to the United States when the order was signed were stopped and detained at airports.
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Associated Press:
Oscar-nominated Emmanuelle Riva dies in Paris, age 89 — PARIS (AP) — Emmanuelle Riva, a French star of screen and stage who was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress in 2013, has died. She was 89. — Riva died Friday afternoon in a Paris clinic after a long illness, her agent …
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Bill Cummings / Connecticut Post:
Mary Tyler Moore laid to rest Sunday in Fairfield — FAIRFIELD — Debra Capperrune was so devastated after learning of the death of Mary Tyler Moore last week that she left her home in Peoria, Ill. and drove 15 hours to attend the iconic actress's Connecticut funeral.
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Hollywood Reporter:
John Hurt, Oscar-Nominated Star of ‘The Elephant Man,’ Dies at 77 (Report) — The British actor of stage and screen also received an Academy Award nom for ‘Midnight Express’ and was memorable in ‘Alien,’ three Harry Potter films and ‘Doctor Who.’ — John Hurt, the esteemed British actor known …
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Aurelie Corinthios / People.com:
Mischa Barton, Out of Hospital, Says She Was Drugged While Drinking: ‘This Is a Lesson to All Young Women’ — Mischa Barton is revealing that she was drugged while celebrating her 31st birthday with friends — and is encouraging women to learn from her personal experience.
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E! Online:
Law & Order's Saffron Burrows Gives Birth to a Baby Girl — Saffron Burrows has a big reason to celebrate 2017. — E! News has exclusively learned that the Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star gave birth to a baby girl named Daisy Alice Winnie Balian-Burrows on January 23.
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Weekend Box Office: ‘Split’ Beats Troubled 'Dog's Purpose' With $26M — Elsewhere, ‘Gold’ marks the worst wide opening of Matthew McConaughey's career in a leading role, while ‘Hidden Figures’ and ‘La La Land’ lead the pack of Oscar best-picture contenders enjoying a bump from nominations.
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Taylor Ferber / Us Weekly:
Jon Hamm Admits He Never Watches Old ‘Mad Men’ Episodes — Here's Why — We'll always have Don Draper. It's only been two years since Mad Men ended its award-winning run. Although fans continue to binge on the show in all of its smoke-infused glory, Jon Hamm could honestly do without that walk down memory lane.
Heather Dubrow / PodcastOne:
Heather Dubrow's World — It's Heather Dubrow's World and now you can live in it for an hour every week on PodcastOne! Heather is an actress, television personality, host, wife and mother. She will be discussing the hippest, hottest, newest trends in health, wellness, beauty, parenting …
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Jocelyn Vena / Bravo TV Official Site:
One of the Real Housewives of Orange County Confirms She Won't Return
One of the Real Housewives of Orange County Confirms She Won't Return
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