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6:05 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.
Michael Schulman / New Yorker:
Scenes from the Oscar-Night Implosion
Discussion: The Academy and People.com
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
Discussion: PerezHilton
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 …
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 …
Nick Viall / People.com:
Bachelor Nick Viall: Even as I Prepare to Propose to Another Woman, I Miss Corinne to This Day  —  He was devastated twice on The Bachelorette and had a summer fling on Bachelor in Paradise, and now Nick Viall is looking to find a love that lasts as The Bachelor's latest leading man.
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Jennifer Drysdale / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Corinne Olympios Says She Was Slut-Shamed on ‘The Bachelor,’ But Has ‘No Regrets’  —  Corinne Olympios made headlines for her “sex charm” this season on The Bachelor — but she's not apologizing.  —  ET's Lauren Zima caught up with the Miami native at the dating series' …
Discussion: People.com
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
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Luchina Fisher / ABC News:
Patricia Arquette upset Oscars left her trans sister out of In Memoriam tribute
Discussion: AOL and Towleroad
Colleen Kratofil / People.com:
Real Housewives of New Jersey's Jacqueline Laurita Just Got Her Fourth Boob Job (and the Results Will Shock You!)  —  In the Real Housewives franchise there are two sets of women: Those who adamantly deny getting plastic surgery (even if photos suggest otherwise) and those that wholeheartedly embrace it.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Page Six
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
‘Feud’ Season 2 on FX to Tackle Charles and Diana Saga … Ryan Murphy has set his sights on the unhappy union of Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana as the next installment of “Feud,” which has grabbed a 10-episode order from FX.  —  The deal comes as a big vote of confidence in Murphy and his team from FX.
Alexia Fernandez / People.com:
Amanda Seyfried Remembers Her ‘Father Figure’ Bill Paxton as More Stars Honor the Late Big Love Star  —  Amanda Seyfried is grieving the sudden loss of her on-screen dad, Bill Paxton.  —  “He was an amazing and supportive father-figure to me in my early career,” she tells PEOPLE.
Susan Houriet / Us Weekly:
Tess Holliday Posts a Tearful Selfie About the Exhaustion of Being a Working Mom  —  Tess Holliday's Instagram feed is full of glamorous photos of her on various modeling jobs and goofing around with her fiancé and two sons.  —  But on Sunday, February 26, after a sleepless night …
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 …
X17 Online:
Jen, Reese, Katy, Caitlyn!  Celebs Mingle At Vanity Fair Oscars Party  —  It's always the biggest soiree of the year!  —  Celebs came out in forces for the Vanity Fair Oscars after party last night, and it looked like quite the wild time!  Jennifer Aniston and husband Justin Theroux rubbed elbows …
Discussion: PerezHilton and The Wrap
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