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Oscars Ruined? CNN ‘Accidentally Reveals DiCaprio to Win Best Actor’

Has news channel CNN spoiled the surprise for Leonardo DiCaprio by revealing he will win the best actor award at next month’s Oscars?

An eagle-eyed viewer took a screen grab and posted it online when a report about the upcoming 86th Academy Awards showed the engraving for the award listing DiCaprio as the winner for his performance in The Wolf Of Wall Street.

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Honorary French Oscar for Paris Critic Scarlett Johansson

Actress Scarlett Johansson is to be awarded an honorary French Oscar -- just weeks after she denounced residents of her new home Paris as "terribly rude".

The American star, who is engaged to French journalist Romain Dauriac, will receive her "Cesar" at French cinema's annual gala awards ceremony in the capital on February 28.

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U.S. Media: Actress Shirley Temple Black Dead at 85

Actress Shirley Temple Black, who rose to fame as a Hollywood child star, has died at the age of 85, U.S. media said on Tuesday.

ABC News and CNN, citing her agent, said she died on Monday night in her California home of natural causes, surrounded by her family and caregivers.

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Stars Hail Scorsese at Pre-Oscar Nominees' Lunch

U.S. actor Jonah Hill joked that he would paint Martin Scorsese's house if the film legend asked him to, as he and "The Wolf of Wall Street" star Leonardo DiCaprio praised the veteran director.

Hill, who was paid only $60,000 for his role Scorsese's latest film, said he couldn't believe he had been nominated for an Oscar -- but said he will have a speech ready just in case for the Academy Awards show on March 2.

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Julia Roberts' Family Mourning Half-Sister's Death

The Los Angeles County coroner's office is investigating the death of Julia Roberts' 37-year-old half-sister.

Lt. Larry Dietz says Nancy Motes was found dead in a Los Angeles home Sunday while dog-sitting for a friend. Dietz says an autopsy has not been performed and there are no preliminary findings about how Motes died.

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Warm Clothes for Freezing City at NY Fashion Week

It was once again winter — cold, cold winter — that dominated the mood on the fifth day of New York Fashion Week Monday, with designers presenting variations of warm clothes on a particularly freezing day.

Carolina Herrera, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's The Row, Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger, Thom Browne and Zac Posen were among the designers presenting their fall-winter collections on Monday.

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Movie Review: La Grande Bellezza (2013)

Written by Anthony Sargon

Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grande Bellezza” is an exquisite, albeit slightly indulgent, cinematic experience. The Italian film, which has been nominated for best Foreign Language film at the 86th Academy Awards, is a brilliant and unfettered effort by Sorrentino, one that tackles big questions and ideas with a lot of style and bravado. The flashy direction and cinematography may leave some feeling a bit empty, but I found the film to be extremely memorable and entrancing, if slightly overlong.

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Victoria Eyes U.S. Ambitions after NYC Show

The sky's the limit for Victoria Beckham, the Spice Girl turned acclaimed designer who has big dreams Stateside after unveiling her latest catwalk collection in New York on Sunday.

Proud husband, retired football star David sat front row with sons Brooklyn, 14, Romeo, 11, Cruz, 8, looking elegant with slicked back hair, and bouncing two-year-old Harper on his knee.

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New York Celebrates Wrap Dress 40th

Designer Diane von Furstenberg celebrated Sunday 40 years of her phenomenally successful wrap dress, which has been copied across the planet and revolutionized women's fashion.

V-necked, feminine and easy to wear, uncrushable in silk jersey and figure flattering for all, the dress made the Belgian-born U.S. designer her fortune and her name.

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Social Media Fuels 21st Century Fashion Revolution

It may be stilettos at dawn to get a ringside seat at New York's most exclusive fashion shows, but forget the fur-clad heiresses, today's VIP is the Internet.

The explosion of social media is perhaps the greatest revolution in fashion since Mary Quant's mini skirt, transforming the industry's branding and fan base.

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