After the release of a study which indicates that most Oscar voters are wealthy white men, how smart a play does it seem to feature the host of the Academy Awards, Billy Crystal (a wealthy white man), in a sketch in which he appears in blackface?  Well, it’s a play that the Oscars ran with on Sunday night, and it’s catching a bit of criticism (beneath the cacophony about who wore which designer brands, of course).

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Carey Mulligan is one busy girl. She’s filming The Great Gasby, she’s got Drive in theaters, and her new movie Shame is about to be released. Now, she’s locked in her next role with some very prominent directors. This week also saw the release of new trailer and clips including, Madonna‘s second directorial effort W.E. and the Twilight wedding. We’ve complied a list of news bits just for you, you know, so you won’t feel out of the entertainment loop.

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Never one to not nip at the heels of larger pop culture figures in order to expand her own name brand recognition, Kathy Griffin has now responded to the hyper-creepy/ sorta funny but still creepy video Jim Carrey released yesterday, in which he professed his love for actress and Emma Stone,  satirized social media confessions, and still managed to come off as more than a little spooky.  Griffin’s response?  Make a video to Justin Bieber that essentially steals what Carrey did and adds… well, actually it doesn’t really add anything than the fact that you can actually tell Griffin is joking, along with a sheen of desperate “LOOK AT ME” on the part of Griffen.

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Well, the headline says it all—teen culture, as it has pretty much always been (except for maybe when teens went gaga for the Beatles back in the day), is pretty much screwed.  Basically a live action version of TigerBeat!, the 2011 Teen Choice Awards took place in L.A. last night at the Gibson Amphitheatre, in what was essentially a morbid orgy of cultural mediocrity and inexplicable celebrity worship.  But Justin +  Selena looked soooooooo cute together, you guyz, OMG!!!

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Are you one of the many people waiting for a follow up to the horror comedy Zombieland? Get in line with the rest of us, because aren’t we all? One of the film’s stars Abigail Breslin recently spoke about the pending sequel, while out promoting her latest film Rango. She said she’d love to do a sequel to the movie, and it would be awesome if there was another hidden cameo tucked away for fans. What would you say if you saw a zombielicious Justin Bieber?

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Were you one of the millions of people who watched Justin Bieber’s documentary/concert extravaganza Never Say Never a couple weeks ago? Even though we didn’t see it, we heard (surprisingly) that it wasn’t that bad and was rather entertaining. With that being said, Paramount has decided to release a director’s cut of the film that will feature never before seen footage.

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What do you know, I Am Number Four is actually No. 2, and Mr. Liam Neeson topped the box office charts with his new (known) thriller Unknown. Both films had a strong performance during this President’s Day weekend. The sci-fi flick grossed $19.5 million, while Unknown, which also stars Diane Kruger and January Jones, grossed $21, 770,000 million — close, indeed. Also new this weekend was Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, which came did well despite coming in at No. 5, after Gnomeo and Juliet and Just Go With It.

Check out the weekend box office below…

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Romance was about to just barely beat out the Bieb-ster this Grammy weekend. The Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston comedy Just Go With It topped at the box office grossing $31 million, but Never Say Never was trailing behind and grossed $30.2 million. Following the top two where also two more newcomers, Gnomeo and Juliet and The Eagle.

Check out the weekend box office below…

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