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Sacha Baron Cohen Dumps Ashes On Ryan Seacrest On Oscars Red Carpet, Twitter Finds It Hilarious Sacha Baron Cohen Dumps Ashes On Ryan Seacrest On Oscars Red Carpet, Twitter Finds It Hilarious

It looks like they’re quickly being taken down from YouTube, but as of the time of this writing, here’s one version that shows it: @sidneyblaireSidney RobichaudRyan Seacrest wearing Kim Jong Il #bestdressed 33 seconds ago via web ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto @GBS402Giorgia …

Writing (Original Screenplay) Oscar Goes To Midnight In Paris, Twitter Reacts Writing (Original Screenplay) Oscar Goes To Midnight In Paris, Twitter Reacts

Woody Allen won the Oscar for Writing (Original Screenplay) for Midnight in Paris. The nominees were: The Artist Written by Michel Hazanavicius Bridesmaids Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig Margin Call Written by J.C. Chandor Midnight in Paris Written …

Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Oscar Goes To The Descendants, Twitter Reacts Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Oscar Goes To The Descendants, Twitter Reacts

The Descendants won the Oscar for Writing (Adapted Screenplay). The nominees were: The Descendants Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash Hugo Screenplay by John Logan The Ides of March Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov …

Actor In a Supporting Role Oscar Goes To Christopher Plummer, Twitter Reacts Actor In a Supporting Role Oscar Goes To Christopher Plummer, Twitter Reacts
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The Oscar for Actor In a Supporting Role went to Christopher Plummer. The nominees were: Kenneth Branagh My Week With Marilyn Jonah Hill Moneyball Nick Nolte Warrior Christopher Plummer Beginners Max von Sydow Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Some Twitter …

Visual Effects Oscar Goes To Hugo Visual Effects Oscar Goes To Hugo

Hugo won the Oscar for visual effects, the film’s fifth award of the night, having won for Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Cinematography and Art Direction. The nominees were: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Tim Burke, David Vickery, …

Robert Downey Jr. Tebows At Oscars, Twitter Reacts Robert Downey Jr. Tebows At Oscars, Twitter Reacts

The Tebowing craze continues. Robert Downey Jr. even Tebowed at the Oscars. Downey Jr. presented the award for Documentary Feature with Gwyneth Paltrow. The award went to Undefeated: Here’s what they’re saying about the Tebowing on Twitter (I’m sure video …

Film Editing Oscar Goes To The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Twitter Reacts Film Editing Oscar Goes To The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Twitter Reacts
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The Oscar for film editing went to the team behind The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. It’s the same team that won last year for The Social Network. Both films, of course, were directed by David Fincher. The nominees were: …

Actress In a Supporting Role Oscar Goes To Octavia Spencer, Twitter Reacts Actress In a Supporting Role Oscar Goes To Octavia Spencer, Twitter Reacts

The Oscar for Actress In a Supporting Role went to Octavia Spencer for The Help. The nominees were: Bérénice Bejo The Artist Jessica Chastain The Help Melissa McCarthy Bridesmaids Janet McTeer Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer The Help Here’s some Twitter …

Foreign Language Film Oscar Goes To A Separation (Iran), Twitter Reacts Foreign Language Film Oscar Goes To A Separation (Iran), Twitter Reacts
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The Oscar for Foreign Language Film went to A Separation (Iran). Here’s the trailer: The nominees were: Belgium, “Bullhead” Michael R. Roskam, director Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar” Philippe Falardeau, director Iran, “A Separation” Asghar Farhadi, director Israel, “Footnote” Joseph Cedar, director …

Costume Design Oscar Goes To The Artist, Twitter Reacts Costume Design Oscar Goes To The Artist, Twitter Reacts

The Artist won the Oscar for Costume Design, beating out Hugo, which won both of the previous Oscars awarded. Here’s the trailer: The nominees were: Anonymous Lisy Christl The Artist Mark Bridges Hugo Sandy Powell Jane Eyre Michael O’Connor W.E. …

Oscars For Cinematography, Art Direction Go To Hugo, Twitter Reacts Oscars For Cinematography, Art Direction Go To Hugo, Twitter Reacts

The first two Oscars of the night both went to the film Hugo. Those would be the awards for Cinematography and Art Direction. Here’s the trailer: The nominees for Cinematography were: The Artist Guillaume Schiffman The Girl With The Dragon …

Oscars Red Carpet: Twitter Reaction Oscars Red Carpet: Twitter Reaction

The pre-Oscars Red Carpet extravaganza just hit the airwaves, and naturally it didn’t take long for Twitter to explode with commentary. We’ll pull out some of the highlights here, up to the show. Side note: It’s good to see that …

WikiLeaks About To Release “Extraordinary News” [UPDATE] WikiLeaks About To Release “Extraordinary News” [UPDATE]

Update: Here we go: @wikileaksWikiLeaksWIKILEAKS PRESS RELEASE is also here. http://t.co/oGGkJVCT is under a huge world-wide traffic load http://t.co/dsatr2US 57 seconds ago via Mobile Web ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto @wikileaksWikiLeaksWIKILEAKS RELEASE: The Global Intelligence Files. Over 5 million emails http://t.co/q4TE2AzG 1 minute …

Google Predicts Oscar Winners Google Predicts Oscar Winners
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The folks at google have crunched the numbers relating to historical search data and the Oscar’s. And, what they have found could shed some light on, or even predict, the Oscar winners this weekend. The Google search team broke down …

Follow the Oscars Live on Twitter Follow the Oscars Live on Twitter

Oscar night is upon us, and it promises to be the biggest one yet for twitter followers. The award show is trying to increase buzz by observing a growing trend in social media: viewers simultaneously tweeting on their favorite TV …

Admiral General Aladeen Responds To the Academy Admiral General Aladeen Responds To the Academy

WebProNews writer Josh Wolford told you about Sacha Baron Cohen’s plot to come to the Oscar’s in character as Admiral General Aladeen, from his upcoming movie “The Dictator”. Then, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences publicly frowned on …

Twitter: Sacha Baron Cohen Banned From Oscars? Twitter: Sacha Baron Cohen Banned From Oscars?

Update: The Academy is now saying that they have not “banned” Cohen yet, per se. Rather, they are waiting to determine his intentions about promoting The Dictator at the awards. Deadline reported that the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & …

Academy Awards: Biggest Snubs of All Time Academy Awards: Biggest Snubs of All Time

It’s understandable, occasionally, that a great film might not win a Best Picture Oscar. Sometimes, there is something else that year that just outshines it. For example, Star Wars lost to Annie Hall. Fargo lost to The English Patient. And, …

Oscars Move To Online Voting: Are They Vulnerable To Attacks? Oscars Move To Online Voting: Are They Vulnerable To Attacks?
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Although the race for Best Picture is probably not as important as a Presidential election or a referendum vote, it’s pretty serious stuff. If you’ve ever watched an entire Academy Awards broadcast you probably remember seeing the “demonstration of security.” …

Around The World Time Lapse, Invisible Racist, and Baby Interrogation Around The World Time Lapse, Invisible Racist, and Baby Interrogation

A viral video is one that becomes popular though the process of Internet sharing, via social media, sharing sites, or good ‘ole email. Everyday we highlight some of the best that are currently viral and some that are trending that …

Oscars: The Social Network Wins 3 Academy Awards
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The Academy Awards show was last night, and The Social Network won 3 Oscars, after being nominated for 8

The Social Network was up for: Best Picture, Best Direction, Actor in a Leading Role, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound Mixing, and Music (Original Score). It won Best Adapted Screenplay, Film editing, and Music (Aaron Sorkin, Angus Wall/Kirk Baxter and Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross respectively).