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Best Picture Confusion: Here’s What Really Happened at the Oscars

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Best Picture Confusion: Here’s What Really Happened at the Oscars

The cause for the Best Picture Oscar confusion was an envelope error. Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the accounting firm that has accounted votes for the Oscars for years, announced on Sunday night that they messed up. Evidently, someone gave Warren Beatty the wrong envelope.

“We sincerely apologize to “Moonlight,” “La La Land,” Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Oscar® viewers for the error that was made during the award announcement for Best Picture, Pricewaterhouse Coopers explained in a statement. “The presenters had mistakenly been given the wrong category envelope and when discovered, was immediately corrected. We are currently investigating how this could have happened, and deeply regret that this occurred. We appreciate the grace with which the nominees, the Academy, ABC, and Jimmy Kimmel handled the situation.”

Somehow, Beatty was handed the wrong envelope. Apparently, Beatty had been given the envelope for Best Actress, which was announced earlier in the evening.

The rest of the story is history. The La La Land cast and crew walked on stage and started to give their speeches, then a producer ran and told them they had lost and Moonlight was the real winner.

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Mahershala Ali at the 89th Annual Academy Awards – Press Room held at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, USA on February 26, 2017. (Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com)

Moonlight filmed in Miami, Florida in 2015 and premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September. The movie has earned over $25 million worldwide. By the end of the Oscars, Moonlight won Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Moonlight is a coming of age story of an African-American man going through three different stages of life including being a young boy, teenager and finally as an adult.

Meanwhile, La La Land centers around an aspiring actress who falls in love with a musician. Ultimately, the Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone starring motion picture won six Academy Awards including Best Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Original Song and Best Production Design.

Trump Announces He Will Not Attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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Trump Announces He Will Not Attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

President Trump will not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which is scheduled for April 29th. Trump revealed his decision on Twitter Saturday afternoon saying, “I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!”

Following Trump’s announcement, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, issued a statement that dinner would continue even without the President’s attendance, the Washington Post reports.

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WASHINGTON APRIL 25 – Donald Trump and wife Melania arrive at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner April 25, 2015, in Washington, DC (Rena Schild / Shutterstock.com)

President Trump has had an increasingly difficult relationship with the media and press. Since Trump became President,  he has frequently lambasted several major news outlets including calling CNN “fake news.” Also, earlier this month Trump called the media “the enemy of the American people,” during a campaign rally in Florida.

Moreover, the White House blocked several media outlets including CNN and the New York Times from attending a press briefing.

The White House Correspondents’ Association is a group of journalists who cover the White House and the President. The White House Correspondents’ Dinner started in 1920, and over fifteen presidents have attended at least one dinner starting with Calvin Coolidge in 1924. The Washington Post reports the White House Correspondents’ Association awards $100,000 in scholarships and has recently launched a mentoring program for aspiring journalists.

Trump has attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in the past. In 2011, former President Barack Obama poked fun at Trump at the dinner with five minutes of jokes directed at the then-star of Celebrity Apprentice. 

“For example, no seriously, just recently in an episode of ‘Celebrity Apprentice,’ at the steakhouse, the men’s cooking team did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks,” Obama said. “And there was a lot of blame to go around but you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the problem was a lack of leadership and so ultimately you didn’t blame Little John or Meatloaf — you fired Gary Busey. And these are the kinds of decisions that would keep me up at night. Well-handled, sir. Well-handled.”

 

Magician Found Dead inside Hollywood’s Famous Magic Castle

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Magician Found Dead inside Hollywood’s Famous Magic Castle

A magician who regularly performed at the world-famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, California was found dead on Friday. Police have ruled the cause of death was a suicide.

Daryl Easton, a 61-year-old magician, was called the “Magician’s Magician” and was most known for his card tricks. According to a CBS report, he was found dead by one of the club’s employees, hanging in a showroom with nothing but his underwear and a bag over his head.

The Academy of Magical Arts and the Magic Club posted a statement on Facebook in regards to Easton’s death.

“The magic community mourns the loss of one of our most beloved and talented performers and the AMA’s deepest regrets and heartfelt sympathy go out to Daryl’s family,” the group said in a statement.

“Daryl was a World Champion, first-place FISM Gold medal winning, close-up magician with over 40 years of experience in both performing and selling the finest magic in the world.”

The Magic Club added, “Daryl performed as a headline act at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for seven years fine tuning his already encyclopedic knowledge of magic. Daryl has performed literally thousands of shows for audiences as diverse as the Witch Doctors on the South Pacific island of Vanuatu to the movers and shakers of the political world at the Presidential Ball in Washington, D.C.”

Easton’s body was discovered around the time he was scheduled to perform.

Cloudflare Bug Leak May Have Revealed Thousands of Passwords For Months

Jonathan Antonio
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Cloudflare Bug Leak May Have Revealed Thousands of Passwords For Months

You may want to change your passwords after Cloudflare reveals a problem with their coding may have leaked out private information to the public.

The bug could have released private customer information including passwords, cookies and other personal details from several major websites over the past few months.

Cloudflare, which manages 10% of all Internet traffic, helps companies and website by providing web performance and security tools. But, the Chicago Tribune reports personal information of customers tied to Cloudflare’s clients including Uber, FitBit, and OkCupid, have been affected by the bug.

Now called “Cloudbleed,” the Chicago Tribune reports that Cloudflare has been leaking customer’s information for several months.

Google security expert Tavis Ormandy discovered the leak after personal information was picked up by search engines.

Cloudflare did not reveal a list of the websites affected but, the company did say that it was not widespread incident.

In a statement, Cloudflare explained that the biggest leak took place between February 13th and February 18th affecting “1 in every 3,300,000 HTTP requests through Cloudflare.”

“Because of the seriousness of such a bug, a cross-functional team from software engineering, infosec and operations formed in San Francisco and London to fully understand the underlying cause, to understand the effect of the memory leakage, and to work with Google and other search engines to remove any cached HTTP responses,” Cloudflare explained in their statement.

The company asserts it is committed to fixing this issue. “Having a global team meant that, at 12-hour intervals, work was handed over between offices enabling staff to work on the problem 24 hours a day.”

The service added, “The team has worked continuously to ensure that this bug and its consequences are fully dealt with.”

Several search engines have attempted to removing user’s sensitive information affected by the leak. However, there is still some private details online.

CBS Cancels Katherine Heigl’s ‘Doubt’ After Only 2 Episodes

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CBS Cancels Katherine Heigl’s ‘Doubt’ After Only 2 Episodes

CBS has pulled the plug and canceled Katherine Heigl’s new legal drama Doubt  after only two episodes.

According to a press release from CBS, the network said Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders will take over Doubt, and the network will air reruns of Bull. 

The second season of CRIMINAL MINDS: BEYOND BORDERS will premiere Wednesday, March 8 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT), joining the two-hour spring premiere of SURVIVOR, on the CBS Television Network,” the network explained in a statement. “CRIMINAL MINDS: BEYOND BORDERS will replace DOUBT in the time period. A rebroadcast of BULL will be broadcast on Wednesday, March 1 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).”

Katherine Heigl, the cast and crew behind Doubt, filmed thirteen episodes of the show. However, it is not clear whether or not CBS will air the final eleven episodes. While legal dramas are still popular on television, it appears as though people were not interested in watching Heigl on television.

According to IMDB, Doubt the TV series centers around a successful defense lawyer at a small law firm who falls in love with a client who may or may not be guilty of a crime. The TV series featured Heigl, Kobi Libii, and Lauren Blumenfeld.

Tony Phelan and Joan Rater created the show. The two producers previously worked on Grey’s Anatomy for nearly a decade.

What’s next for Katherine Heigl?

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LOS ANGELES, CA. August 10, 2016: Dule Hill & Katherine Heigl & Laverne Cox at the CBS & Showtime Annual Summer TCA Party with the Stars at the Pacific Design Centre, West Hollywood. (Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com)

Following the cancellation of the show, Katherine Heigl is now working on a new movie alongside Channing Tatum. The movie is called Logan Lucky, and it is a comedy directed by Steven Soderbergh set to hit theaters on August 18, 2017. The film centers around two brothers trying to break a family curse by executing an elaborate robbery during the Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Katherine Heigl will star alongside Daniel Craig, Adam Driver, Hilary Swank, and Seth MacFarlane.

Intense Workouts May Hurt Your Sex Life

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Intense Workouts May Hurt Your Sex Life

Is your workout routine hurting your sex life?

A new study from the University of North Carolina published this week in the Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise found men who have intense exercise routines may have a lower sex drive, also known as libido, than men who do not exercise as hard.

Researchers examined over 1,000 active men and surveyed their workouts and their sex drives. Scientists split the participants into separate groups based upon how long they worked, the intensity of their workouts and their libido levels. When researchers compared the results, scientists found that those who reported light or moderate exercises were more likely to have a higher libido than men who had intense workout sessions.

Researchers in the study argue that the survey is self-reported, which could skew the results of the survey and may not be entirely accurate. However, it is just a survey that suggests a correlation between intense workouts and lower libidos.

However, researchers told the New York Times that men who have intense workouts may be too tired or may experience a drop in testosterone levels. “But there does seem be a potential tipping point,” researchers explained in the study.

Exercise and Libido

A 1986 landmark study published in the Journal of Animal Science examined how a regular exercise regiment affected the libido in horses. After 32 weeks, researchers found that animals that exercised regularly had a lower libido than horses that did not. Researchers explained in their study, “mean libido scores of the non-exercised group were higher than exercised stallions after 12 wk of forced daily exercise.”

But, not exercising may have a long term problem. Recent research has shown obese men who have children are more likely to have kids with social developmental problems.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan Responds to the ‘Walking Dead’ “Racist” T-Shirt Controversy: “People Are Stupid”

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan Responds to the ‘Walking Dead’ “Racist” T-Shirt Controversy: “People Are Stupid”

The Walking Dead is in the middle of a controversy after Primark pulled a Walking Dead T-shirt after someone called the shirt “racist”.

British department store Primark discontinued sales of a t-shirt with Negan’s baseball bat Lucille and the quote “Eeny Meeny Miny Moe”, after a shopper claimed the shirt was offensive.

A shopper argued that the rhyme has a “subliminal message” because the rhyme is often followed by “catch a n***er by his toe” and not a “tiger by his toe”, as Negan says to taunt Rick in the show.

“It was fantastically offensive, and I can only assume that no-one in the process of ordering it knew what they were doing or were aware of its subliminal messages. It is directly threatening of a racist assault, and if I were black and were faced by a wearer I would know just where I stood.” one shopper said.

Meanwhile, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays Negan on the show, had something to say about the controversy. Morgan took to Twitter and said, “Holy crap people are stupid.”

But, Jeffrey Dean Morgan is not alone. Many other people lambasted the store for pulling the T-shirt. “The progressive left has hit maximum fake racist accusation. This is disgusting, Walking dead T-shirt.. racist. Did these lefts watch show?,” one Twitter user wrote.

“Someone explain why that Walking Dead shirt is racist. been looking at it for several minutes and i don’t get it. #primark #TheWalkingDead”, another Twitter user commented on the controversy.

The Walking Dead is half-way into their seventh season and is currently the most watched show on television. In fact, the show’s latest episode had more viewers than the NBA All-Star Game.

Shia LaBeouf’s Anti-Trump Protest Stops Streaming After a Report of Gunshots

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Shia LaBeouf’s Anti-Trump Protest Stops Streaming After a Report of Gunshots

Shia LaBeouf’s He Will Not Divide us art exhibition moved to New Mexico after the former New York Museum of Moving Image shut down the art installation. However, LaBeouf revealed that they were forced to take the stream down “after shots were reported in the area.”

According to TMZ, reports of shots fired happened early Thursday morning in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico just minutes away from El Rey Theater.

The art exhibition asked for people to say the phrase “He will not divide us” into a camera that was live-streaming online. The exhibit is currently located at Albuquerque’s El Rey Theater and was launched by LaBeouf and performance art collaborators Nastja Säde Rönkkö and Luke Turner.

The website behind the “He Will Not Divide Us” exhibit points out the performance art show is open to the public for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the duration of Trump’s presidency. The performance art exhibit is calling for others to say “He will not divide us” as a way to show “resistance or insistence, opposition or optimism.”

LaBeouf is planning to protest Trump’s presidency with the art installation. The project is intended to last four years. However, the He Will Not Divide us production has run into several bumps along the way. Outside of getting shut down in New York City, LaBeouf was also arrested.

In a statement, the museum said, “While the installation began constructively, it deteriorated markedly after one of the artists was arrested on the site of the installation and ultimately necessitated this action.”

In response to getting shut down, LaBeouf and his team posted a statement in response. In the report they argued, “from the outset, the museum failed to address our concerns about the misleading framing of our piece as a political rally, rather than as a participatory performance artwork resisting the normalisation of division”

At this time, it is not clear whether or not the He Will Not Divide Us art installation has been shut down.

Store Pulls ‘Racist’ Walking Dead T-Shirts

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Store Pulls ‘Racist’ Walking Dead T-Shirts

Primark halted the sale of a The Walking Dead T-shirt after people called the shirt racist.

What makes the T-shirt racist? Well, on the front of the shirt there’s a picture of Lucille – the baseball bat used by the newly introduced Walking Dead character Negan – and the words “Eeny Meeny Miny Moe.”

One Primark shopper told The Telegraph that the T-shirt was offensive and contained “subliminal messages.”

“It was fantastically offensive, and I can only assume that no-one in the process of ordering it knew what they were doing or were aware of its subliminal messages. It is directly threatening of a racist assault, and if I were black and were faced by a wearer I would know just where I stood.” one shopper said.

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It is important to note that the show’s character that uses this quote says, “Eeny meany miny moe catch a tiger by its toe,” while he is choosing his next victim.

That said, the quote has a historically racist past. In fact, the original rhyme previously said, “catch a (n-word) by his toe.”

Many fans were upset with the decision to pull the shirt and took to Twitter to complain.

“One jumped up idiot makes a complaint to #primark about their #WalkingDead t-shirts being ‘racist’ and they pull them! @WalkingDead_AMC,” one Twitter user argued.

Another Twitter user explained that the person who complained is racist, “@Primark are you absolutely kidding me 1 bloke says something is racist n u remove it. it’s a bloody tv show he is racist @WalkingDead_AMC”

A spokesperson for Primark published a statement apologizing for selling the T-shirt. “The t-shirt in question is licensed merchandise for the U.S. television series, The Walking Dead, and the quote and image are taken directly from the show,” the statement said. “Any offence caused by its design was wholly unintentional, and Primark sincerely apologizes for this.”

Instagram’s New Feature Allows You To Post Multiple Photos and Videos

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Instagram’s New Feature Allows You To Post Multiple Photos and Videos

A day after Snapchat released their Spectacles to the public, Instagram is expanding their features.

On Wednesday, Instagram launched the ability for users to post up to 10 photos or videos into a single post that friends can swipe through. Essentially, the new feature is an Instagram album that carousels around a single theme. The feature will become available to Instagram users around the world in the next few weeks.

How does Instagram’s new feature work?

To use Instagram’s new feature press a new icon on the app, which will allow you to upload multiple photos and videos at a time. Then, users can change the order of the photos, apply filters, and post a single caption. After posting the album, Instagram users will have a grid icon on the top right corner next to album posts indicating users can watch multiple posts.

Users can like and comment on multiple posts just like a regular Instagram post.

In a blog post, Instagram points out how they are constantly adding new features. “From stories to live video to posts in feed, it’s never been easier to share your experiences with your friends.”

Snapchat vs. Instagram

This news comes after Snapchat announced their initial public offering. However, what was once Instagram’s biggest competitor, Instagram has reportedly hit the video sharing app following the release of Instagram Stories. In fact, a TechCrunch report found user growth stalled by 82% following the release of Instagram Stories. But, Mark Zuckerberg is not stopping there. On Monday, WhatsApp announced a new feature similar to Snapchat called

But, Mark Zuckerberg is not stopping there. On Monday, WhatsApp announced a new feature similar to Snapchat called WhatsApp Status. Instead of users posting a status message, WhatsApp will now allow users to share photos and videos that can last for up to 24 hours. In addition, the videos can record for up to 45 seconds instead of just 10.

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