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12:00 PM ET, February 28, 2017

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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 …
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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.
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
Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
Scenes from the Oscar-Night Implosion  —  Not long after “La La Land” was announced Best Picture at the eighty-ninth annual Academy Awards—after which “Moonlight” was announced Best Picture at the eighty-ninth annual Academy Awards, and all hell broke loose—I was at the raw bar at the Governors Ball …
Discussion: People.com and The Academy
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 …
Michael Rothman / ABC News:
‘Moonlight’ wins best picture after ‘La La Land’ mistakenly announced
Lawrence Yee / Variety:
Oscars: Australian Producer Jan Chapman Devastated by Mistaken In-Memoriam Photo  —  Another Oscars Gaffe: In Memoriam Video Included Photo of Living Woman  —  Leading Australian producer, Jan Chapman was “devastated” by another mistake in the Oscars telecast.
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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
Derek Blasberg / Vanity Fair:
Cover Story: Emma Watson, Rebel Belle … Photographs by -  —  Styled by -  —  Emma Watson and I are standing on the 23rd Street platform of an uptown-bound E train in New York City and we're littering.  Literally.  And literature-ly.  The 26-year-old actress is scattering hardcover copies …
abc7chicago.com:
Exclusive interview: Chicago couple steals show at Oscars … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7chicago.com/video/ embed/?pid=1776752" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  An ABC7 Eyewitness News Exclusive  —  A Chicago couple part of a tour group …
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 …
TMZ.com:
Jackie Warner Arrested on Assault With Deadly Weapon, Ambien Defense  —  Jackie Warner — Arrested on Assault with Deadly Weapon Raises Ambien Defense  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Jackie Warner, who starred in a Bravo fitness show, has been arrested for felony assault with a deadly weapon …
 
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Perez Hilton:
Jimmy Kimmel Opens The 2017 Oscars By Burying The Hatchet With Matt Damon & Giving 'Overrated …
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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:
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