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Dunkirk; Good Time; The Beguiled; Get Out (Warner Bros. Pictures/A24/Focus Features/Universal Pictures)

Giving out the big Oscar early

Max Cea
Still from "The Salesman" (Memento Films Distribution)

Iranian crime drama

Gary Kramer
Chris Rock hosts the Oscars, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello)

The Oscars' awkward masochism

Jack Mirkinson

Asha Parker
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Oscars diversity failure

Anna Silman
Liza Minnelli arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP) (Dan Steinberg/invision/ap)

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

Daniel D'Addario
Jessica Biel (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

Daniel D'Addario
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Lupita Nyong'o, best supporting actress winner for her role in "12 Years a Slave", speaks on stage at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

Nyong'o's well-deserved win

Daniel D'Addario
Jared Leto (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

NBC's "transvestite" tweet

Daniel D'Addario
Sandra Bullock in "Gravity"

Daniel D'Addario
Anne Hathaway holds her Oscar for winning Best Supporting Actress at the 85th Academy Awards. (Reuters/Mike Blake)

Daniel D'Addario
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The 8 weirdest Oscar songs

Daniel D'Addario
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Judi Dench in "Philomena"

Best actress

Daniel D'Addario
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Nate Silver (AP/Nam Y. Huh)

Silver can't predict Oscars

Daniel D'Addario
Kate Winslet, Cyndi Lauper (Reuters/Bobby Yip/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-673594p1.html'>DFree</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Who's next to EGOT?

Daniel D'Addario

Oscar to diet ads in a year!

Daniel D'Addario
A scene from "How to Survive a Plague"

Do today's gays have it easy?

Daniel D'Addario
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