Check out Mini-WeSmirch for simple mobiles or WeSmirch Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:50 AM ET, February 28, 2017

WeSmirch

 Top News: 
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — President Trump: Oscars ‘Were Focused so Hard on Politics’ They Could Not Get the Basics of the Ceremony Right  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News in the Oval Office, said that the Academy Awards failure on Sunday evening …
RELATED:
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Jimmy Kimmel's Final Matt Damon Oscar Joke Got Scrapped After the Best Picture Mix-Up — Find Out What It Was  —  Whole new meaning to the last laugh.  Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel had one final Matt Damon joke planned for the end of the awards show on Sunday, February 26, but it was scrapped after that major …
Discussion: PerezHilton
Wall Street Journal:
PwC Partner Tweeted Backstage Minutes Before Oscar Best Picture Mix-Up  —  Brian Cullinan posted photo of Best Actress winner Emma Stone just before giving wrong envelope to Best Picture presenter Warren Beatty  —  A managing partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP posted a celebrity photo …
James Rainey / Variety:
PricewaterhouseCoopers Boss Says Best Picture Envelope Pulled From Wrong Pile  —  In his fourth year of handling envelopes for the winners of the Academy Awards, PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Brian Cullinan picked a bad time for a miscue — pulling the envelope for what was supposed to be the Best Picture winner from the wrong pile.
Michael Rothman / ABC News:
‘Moonlight’ wins best picture after ‘La La Land’ mistakenly announced
RELATED:
Joanna Robinson / Vanity Fair:
Patricia Arquette Frustrated That Trans Sister Alexis Was Missing from the Oscars In Memoriam  —  “Trans kids—it could have meant a lot to them.”  —  The first question anyone within a ten mile radius of the 2017 Oscar ceremony is being asked is: what did you think of that crazy Moonlight upset?
Discussion: PerezHilton and The Wrap
Jackie Willis / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Patricia Arquette Calls Alexis' Oscars ‘In Memoriam’ Snub ‘a Real Slight to the Trans Community’  —  Patricia Arquette was disappointed to find that her sister, Alexis, was not recognized in the In Memoriam portion of the 89th Academy Awards.  —  The Oscar-winning actress spoke …
Discussion: POPSUGAR Celebrity and People.com
Luchina Fisher / ABC News:
Patricia Arquette upset Oscars left her trans sister out of In Memoriam tribute
Discussion: AOL and Towleroad
Jennifer Aniston / X17 Online:
Jen, Reese, Katy, Caitlyn! Celebs Mingle At Vanity Fair Oscars Party
Discussion: PerezHilton
Kendall Fisher / E! Online:
Surprise!  Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley Marries Domino Kirke in a Courthouse Wedding  —  Lonely Boy, no more!  —  Yes, Gossip Girl fans, Penn Badgley's lonesome day are behind him as a source confirms to E! News he's a married man!  —  We're told the actor wed Domino Kirke—Jemima Kirke's sister …
Jason Silverstein / New York Daily News:
Bill Paxton, actor known for roles in ‘Aliens’ and ‘Twister,’ dead at 61 due to complications from surgery, family says  —  Actor Bill Paxton, who starred in some of the biggest blockbusters of the '80s and '90s and kicked off a new TV series just weeks ago, died after a heart surgery, his family announced Sunday.
Jen Juneau / People.com:
Josh Hartnett and Tamsin Egerton Expecting Second Child  —  Tamsin Egerton is pregnant!  —  The actress's baby belly was on full display while attending the Vanity Fair Oscars party alongside partner Josh Hartnett on Sunday, where she happily noshed on beignets.
Justin Kroll / Variety:
Vera Farmiga to Star as Millie Bobby Brown's Mom in ‘Godzilla’ Sequel  —  Vera Farmiga has joined Millie Bobby Brown and Kyle Chandler in the “Godzilla” sequel, “Godzilla: King of the Monsters.”  —  She will play Brown's character's mother in the Legendary film, while Chandler portrays the “Stranger Things” star's father.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of WeSmirch at 5:50 AM ET, February 28, 2017.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
WeSmirch: site main
WeSmirch River: reverse chronological WeSmirch
WeSmirch Mobile: for phones
WeSmirch Leaderboard: WeSmirch's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
WeSmirch RSS feed
WeSmirch on X
 
 
 More News: 
Natalie Musumeci / Page Six:
Nicole Kidman roasted on social media for strange clapping
 Earlier Picks: 
Perez Hilton:
Jimmy Kimmel Opens The 2017 Oscars By Burying The Hatchet With Matt Damon & Giving 'Overrated …
Discussion: Page Six and TMZ.com
Kate Beckinsale / X17 Online:
Celebs Prep For The Oscars!
Discussion: Page Six and Deadline
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Weekend Box Office: ‘Get Out’ Unseats ‘Lego Batman’ With Stellar $30.5M Debut
Discussion: PerezHilton
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now