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Topic: oscars 2015

Patricia Arquette (Reuters/Mike Blake)

Jenny Kutner
Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald (ABC)

Sarah Gray
Benedict Cumberbatch

Sarah Gray
Common performs "Glory" at the Oscars, Feb. 22, 2015. (AP/John Shearer)

Unlock the empathy machine

Sonia Saraiya
Alejandro González Iñárritu (ABC)

Oscars' politics glide left

Andrew O'Hehir
Bradley Cooper in "American Sniper" (Warner Bros. Entertainment)

Sarah Gray
Alejandro G. Inarritu accepts the award for best director for “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP) (John Shearer/invision/ap)

"Birdman" trumps "Boyhood"

Anna Silman
Common and John Legend

Sarah Gray
Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald (ABC)

"Citizenfour" wins best doc

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Patricia Arquette (Reuters/Mike Blake)

Sarah Gray
(ABC)

"Everything is Awesome"

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(AP/Chris Pizzello)

We know all the Oscar winners

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(Bard Edlund)

Oscars diversity failure

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Neil Patrick Harris (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

NPH is the best host

Anna Silman
J.K. Simmons in "Whiplash," Bradley Cooper in "American Sniper," Keira Knightley in "The Imitation Game"

Know your Oscars controversies

Anna Silman
Oscar statues are lined up backstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre, March 2, 2014. (AP/Matt Sayles)

Oscar voter shares her secrets

Anna Silman

Oscar upsets

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Oscar statues are lined up backstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre, March 2, 2014. (AP/Matt Sayles)

Oscar dinner party fodder

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(John Shearer/invision/ap)

Stars react to the Oscars

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David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. and Tom Wilkinson as Lyndon B. Johnson in "Selma" (Paramount Pictures)

Oscar snubs and surprises

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