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Was Whoopi Goldberg’s Oscar Win Snubbed in the New York Times?

The View has a bimonthly tradition (approximately) of making headlines, and the latest “controversy” is a wee one: Whoopi Goldberg claims The New York Times didn’t mention her in an article called ” Hollywood Whiteout ” about this year’s rather Caucasian field of Oscar nominees. It touches on Oscar history too, and Whoopi said that the failure to mention her Oscar win for Ghost hurt her “terribly.” Is Goldberg’s outrage warranted?

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Roger Deakins on His True Grit Oscar Nod and the End of Film: ‘Next Year Will Be It’

The startling beauty of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Oscar-nominated True Grit — and in most Coen brothers films, for that matter — owes to frequent collaborator and award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins, who’s lensed all but one of their films since 1991’s Barton Fink . But as much as the nostalgic Western serves as a throwback to simpler times, simpler heroes (and heroines), and a yearning to stick to one’s principles in the face of obsolescence, True Grit could also mark a wistful point in Deakins career — his last film shot on film.

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Roger Deakins on His True Grit Oscar Nod and the End of Film: ‘Next Year Will Be It’

Roger Deakins on His True Grit Oscar Nod and the End of Film: ‘Next Year Will Be It’

The startling beauty of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Oscar-nominated True Grit — and in most Coen brothers films, for that matter — owes to frequent collaborator and award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins, who’s lensed all but one of their films since 1991’s Barton Fink . But as much as the nostalgic Western serves as a throwback to simpler times, simpler heroes (and heroines), and a yearning to stick to one’s principles in the face of obsolescence, True Grit could also mark a wistful point in Deakins career — his last film shot on film.

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Nadal vs. Federer: Who’d You Rather?

Filed under: Rafael Nadal , Roger Federer , TMZ Sports , Who'd You Rather? , Beauty A-list tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played nice at the same event in Madrid on Wednesday. Question is … Read more

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Roger Ebert Celebrates Thanksgiving Rejoicing Tom DeLay’s Conviction

Film critic Roger Ebert chose to celebrate Thanksgiving by rejoicing in former Congressman Tom DeLay's conviction on money laundering charges. Ebert first graced his Twitter followers with the following : read more

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Roger Ebert Celebrates Thanksgiving Rejoicing Tom DeLay’s Conviction

Roger Ailes Is No Longer Sane [Crazies]

Toadlike Fox News mastermind Roger Ailes has always been thought of as an evil genius—even his detractors admire his media-savvy PR brilliance. It’s not true. In fact, he’s an isolated old man whose anger has driven him insane. More

Pot, Pubes, and Promiscuity: 6 OMG Moments Miley Cyrus Will Have in LOL

If you’re a teen singer who wants to act, how do you get people to pay attention? If you’re Justin Bieber on CSI , you kill somebody but leave behind a very incriminating trail of DNA evidence — or, if you’re Miley Cyrus in her new film LOL , you flash someone your Brazilian wax.

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Scenes From An Aftermath: 9 Great Reaction Shots From Roger Sterling’s Anti-Japan Tirade

I’m sure there’s something else relatively interesting happening around the culture today, but just one more thing about John Slattery’s performance in last night’s episode of Mad Men . Sure, his Roger Sterling confused us with arcane references and alienated us with virulent, WWII -fueled hatred of the Japanese — with whom he refused to work on a Honda account and whom he insulted with all the grace and class of scorched earth. We laughed, we cried, we mostly gaped –and so did everyone in the show. After the jump, a cross-section of mortification.

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Scenes From An Aftermath: 9 Great Reaction Shots From Roger Sterling’s Anti-Japan Tirade

Help Caption an Image From John Slattery’s Sterling Mad Men Directorial Debut

TMZ Live: Kobayashi, Giuliani, and Roger Huerta

Filed under: Takeru Kobayashi , Roger Huerta , TMZ Live , Gary Coleman , Rudy Giuliani , TMZ Sports We took your questions on everything — including Takeru Kobayashi getting wiener victory in court, Rudy Giuliani ‘s daughter getting caught shoplifting, and Gary Coleman ‘s ex-wife desperately wanting to keep their house. Plus: Ex- UFC fighter Roger… Read more

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