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Seth MacFarlane Won't Return to Oscars Stage
Originally posted 05/20/2013 03:55PM
After hosting the 85th Annual Academy Awards, Seth MacFarlane drew his fair share of fans and critics.
But the Family Guy creator won't return to the stage to host next year's show, he revealed in a series of Tweets on Monday.
"Traumatized critics exhale: I'm unable to do the Oscars again. Tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep," he wrote.
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Meryl Streep: Margaret Thatcher Was a 'Pioneer'
Originally posted 04/08/2013 12:30PM
Meryl Streep received universal acclaim and an Oscar – her third – for her portrayal of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in the 2011 biopic The Iron Lady. PEOPLE's critic raved at the time that Streep's turn was more "channeling" than impersonation.
On Monday, after the news broke that Thatcher had died at 87 following a stroke, the actress was quick to point out that, in reality, Thatcher was a complex woman she barely knew – and a woman with a complicated legacy.
"Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics," Streep said in a statement. "It is hard to imagine a part of our current history that has not been affected by measures she put forward in the U.K. at the end of the 20th century. Her hard-nosed fiscal measures took a toll on the poor, and her hands-off approach to financial regulation led to great wealth for others. There is an argument that her steadfast, almost emotional loyalty to the pound sterling has helped the U.K. weather the storms of European monetary uncertainty."
Jennifer Lawrence Says She Sets Up Bradley Cooper
Originally posted 03/01/2013 09:45AM
Clearly, the country has become enamored with this year's Best Actress winner, Jennifer Lawrence. And if Bradley Cooper wasn't charmed by her already, now he has plenty to love about her.
"I feel like all I've been doing lately is setting him up," Lawrence, 22, told MTV of her Silver Linings Playbook costar.
But interest in the actor (PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive in 2012) is so great that the actress has had to strategize.
"I was like, 'You know what? I'm going to save time, I'm going to get you a booklet of pictures of my friends and you just go through and pick them out,' " she joked. "Because this is getting exhausting for me."
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Kelly Preston Shares Personal Oscar Prep Pics
Originally posted 02/28/2013 07:00PM
Sure there were plenty of professional photographers on hand, but did you know Kelly Preston, Norah Jones and Quvenzhané Wallis snapped personal photos from Oscar night for their favorite charities exclusively for PEOPLE?
Preston, who took pics for the Jett Travolta Foundation and Heroes Health Fund, gives readers an intimate look as she gets ready at home with husband John Travolta and daughter Ella. The three later drove off to the red carpet in their 1962 Rolls Royce.
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Ben Affleck & More Oscar Nominees Then and Now
Originally posted 02/28/2013 12:30PM
The years may have passed, but the talent remains for Oscar nominees who have been there, done that and continue to look good doing it.
Denzel Washington, Robert De Niro, Helen Hunt, Sally Field, Alan Arkin and Tommy Lee Jones aren't strangers to the Academy Awards – all have taken home Hollywood's ultimate prize. This year, they all took that familiar red carpet walk again – with flair, grace and style.
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Jennifer Lawrence's Silver Linings Playbook Costumes Go Up For Auction
Originally posted 02/26/2013 09:05PM
Ever wanted to dress like an Oscar winner?
Here's your chance.
Just days after Jennifer Lawrence took home the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Tiffany in SIlver Linings Playbook, Nate D. Sanders Auctions of Los Angeles is selling off some of her costumes from the film.
One of the items the auction includes is a black wool winter coat by Moda International – which even comes with a pack of spare buttons with "Tiffany" written on them by the film's wardrobe department – worn throughout the movie.
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Seth MacFarlane's Oscars Gig Praised ... By His Cat
Originally posted 02/26/2013 11:30AM
Host Seth MacFarlane's Oscars night performance was met with laughs ... and lengthy, thorough critiques.
But there's someone who thinks the funny man did a perfect job – or should we say purr-fect?
"My cat said the show went well," the Family Guy creator, 39, playfully Tweeted.
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Janet Jackson & Christina Applegate Both Get Married During Oscars Madness
Originally posted 02/26/2013 12:00PM
Over the past few days, Hollywood has been engulfed in Oscar mania.
But even as best dressed lists, touching acceptance speeches and an appearance by the First Lady at the Academy Awards dominated the headlines, a few stars managed to reveal big news of their own.
Here's what you might have missed:
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Kerry Washington & Mom Bond Over Fashion Before Oscars
Originally posted 02/26/2013 11:00AM
Amid Oscar preparations, Kerry Washington made a little time for her mom over the weekend.
Fresh from the Independent Spirit Awards, the Django Unchained actress brought her loved one along to the Mattel Games gift lounge on Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif., where they bonded and talked about fashion.
"They told guests that they are extremely close and borrow each other's clothes constantly," an onlooker tells PEOPLE.
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Jennifer Garner 'Looks Adoringly' at Husband Ben Affleck After Oscar Win
Originally posted 02/26/2013 07:00AM
Following the Academy Awards on Sunday, Graydon Carter's Vanity Fair after-party at the Sunset Tower Hotel was the place to be.
Arriving shortly after 11 p.m., Jennifer Aniston and fiancé Justin Theroux relaxed at the Tower Bar where a jazz combo performed.
Aniston chatted with Molly Sims but Theroux was never far. The couple was inseparable, smiling and laughing as the night went on. Aniston looked like she was having a ball and so happy in her red Valentino gown.
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