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• Jeremy Renner's daughter Ava high-fived him before he hit the red carpet.
• Twitter agrees that it's the cutest thing in the world.

Jeremy Renner doesn't have any Oscar nominations tonight, but he's already a winner on Twitter.

Before he hit the red carpet, Hawkeye got a high-five from his daughter, Ava.

Then he posed with his Marvel Cinematic Universe co-star, Chris Evans, AKA Captain America.

Twitter agrees that Ava's high-five was the cutest part of the red carpet.

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• The nature docuseries "Planet Earth II" just premiered in the US. 
• In the "Islands" episode, the crew filmed a penguin colony that lives on a remote active volcano.
• INSIDER spoke with producer Liz White to learn about the treacherous journey to the island. 

BBC America's breathtaking nature docuseries "Planet Earth II"— a new and improved reboot of the 2006 original — premieres February 18 in the US. The first episode is all about islands — and not just the idyllic tropical kind. 

Episode producer Dr. Elizabeth White, a former research biologist who works with the BBC Natural History Unit, brought her crew all across the globe to film animals on some of the world's most remote outposts. Their efforts proved fruitful: The 50-minute episode features stunning footage of pygmy sloths swimming in turquoise waters, 50 million cherry-red crabs carpeting the ground during an annual migration, and ten-foot long komodo dragons engaging in brutal reptile-on-reptile combat.

But White told INSIDER that there's one island experience she'll never forget: Filming the world's largest penguin colony on Zavodovski Island. It's located deep in the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Antarctica, and is surrounded on all sides by some of the world's stormiest seas. It's also an active volcano where few humans have ever set foot. And yet, it's a happy home for about 1.5 million chinstrap penguins. 

"Our filming on Zavodovski island is the achievement that will stick with me forever," White said. "I had heard of the island several years ago and dreamed of visiting. When the 'Islands' episode came up then it seemed the ideal chance — it was the perfect story of island heaven and hell."

For the penguins, at least, it's a kind of heaven. The island is surrounded by plenty of food and the volcano's warmth helps melt the snow. But for White and her crew, getting to Zavodovski was more like hell. 

"Planning the trip wasn't easy," she said. "Firstly I had to convince Antarctic skipper Jerome Poncet to come out of retirement and take us there. He knows the island better than anyone [...] I'm not convinced there's anyone else on earth who could have landed us and a ton of gear on the island safely."

With Poncet's help (and after about a year of planning) the crew set out on a seven-day voyage over rough seas in a small yacht. Luckily, they arrived on a calm day and got themselves ashore — no easy feat considering the island's edges are steep 30-foot cliffs. They spent the next six weeks camping on the island, observing and filming the penguins in their volcanic habitat. But they had to be totally self-sufficient: If anything went wrong, there would be no one around to rescue them. 

"I had months of sleepless nights worrying my way through the risk assessment," White said. "What if someone broke a leg [or] slipped and fell? What if we couldn't actually land on the island?  It was a bit of a gamble, but a calculated risk and amazingly everything went exceptionally smoothly."

There was only one tiny hitch. Three days into the journey, a huge wave crashed over the island's cliff and doused one of the cameras in sea water. There was no chance of getting a new one, so the crew tried to dry it out using heat packs. One person even slept with the camera in his sleeping bag in an attempt to revive its electronic innards. Heating it up over a stove eventually did the trick, and the camera sprang to life in time for the crew to keep filming. 

Luckily, the penguins didn't seem perturbed by their presence. In fact, many penguins were so comfortable among humans that they often relieved themselves all over the crew's tents and gear.

"Many remote island animals are quite naive," White said. "They have not evolved in close contact with humans and are often unafraid of them. This is certainly true of animals like penguins." 

You can see them up close in the "Islands" episode of "Planet Earth II." It airs February 18 at 9 p.m. on BBC America.

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We knew it was coming, but Facebook’s new video-focused app is now availableto download on Samsung smart TVs.

The social networking giant first announced plans to launch a standalone TV app a couple of weeks back, kicking off with Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung TVs. The exact date of availability had hitherto been unclear, but now anyone with a Samsung smart TV model from 2015 onwards can download the app from today.

The dedicated app allows users to watch videos that are shared by their friends and brand Pages and to search for videos from around the world. Facebook previously revealed that it would also recommend videos based on a user’s stated preferences and previous activities.

The move represents the latest in a long-standing battle between Facebook and Google-owned YouTube, which has offered TV apps for many years already. Twitter, too, has thrown its hat into the proverbial video-streaming ring, recently launching its own live video app for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Xbox One.

Embracing video is one of a number of ways Facebook is looking to boost its revenues — just last week, Facebook announced that it would start inserting mid-roll video ads. Additionally, the company revealed plans to begin monetizing live video, with celebrities and brands able to include 20-second ad breaks in their live broadcasts.

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• Jimmy Kimmel revived his viral "Mean Tweets" segment for the Oscars. 
• A bunch of stars ranging from Samuel L. Jackson to Emma Stone read out roasts of themselves from random Twitter users.
• They had fun with it.

One of the most anticipated moments of the Oscars was a "Mean Tweets" segment, based on the recurring segment on host Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show.

In the segment, Kimmel has a celebrity guest read aloud mean tweets about themselves. For the Oscars segment, Kimmel had an all-star cast of Natalie Portman, Robert De Niro, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeff Bridges, and other actors read and comment on tweets about them.

For Jeff Bridges's part, he agreed that he did, indeed, wear pants less often than you think he does.

"Now's probably a good time to remind everyone about this dog that looks like Tilda Swinton." Swinton is not amused.

Ryan Gosling is flattered.

And Jessica Chastain is more confused than anything by a tweet that reads, "I'm going to white balance my TV on Jessica Chastain's chest. #Oscars"

 Felicity Jones isn't entirely certain she disagrees that she and actor Eddie Redmayne look similar.

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• "Moonlight" won best picture at the Oscars after Faye Dunaway already announced "La La Land" won.
• When "Moonlight" was announced as the real winner, the audience was shocked.
• Celebrities reacted both in the Dolby theater and on Twitter.

Sunday night's shocking mix-up in announcing the winner of 2017's best picture Academy Award is the biggest mistake in Oscar history. Faye Dunaway, along with Warren Beatty, announced that "La La Land" won best picture. In reality, "Moonlight" won, as "La La Land" producer Jordan Horowitz announced in the middle of his would-be Oscar-winning speech.

The reactions were tremendous. Here are 29 celebrity reactions in the Dolby Theatre during the ceremony, and on Twitter.

1. When the real winner was announced, the entire audience stood up to applaud.

2. Barry Jenkins, who directed "Moonlight," was visibly shocked. He respected how Horowitz handled the situation.

3. This photo of the front-row audience captures how chaotic the moment was.

4. Casey Affleck looks like he's trying to figure out what was going on.

5. And "Hacksaw Ridge" director Mel Gibson looks like he was either gasping, or caught picking his nose.

6. Ryan Gosling, on stage with the "La La Land" crew, was laughing in astonishment.

"Well how about that?" seems to be his reaction.

7. Busy Philipps, Michelle Williams's Oscar date, couldn't believe this was actually happening.

8. The Rock, who correctly made an announcement onstage earlier in the telecast, was delighted.

9. Viola Davis, who won the Oscar for supporting actress for her role in "Fences," shouted in joy.

10. Her "Fences" director and co-star Denzel Washington had a tight smile on his face.

11. Matt Damon let out an applause whistle.

12. Taraji P. Henson, who starred in "Hidden Figures," was slack-jawed with disbelief.

13. The Oscar camera caught Nicole Kidman somewhere between shock and a smile.

14. Octavia Spencer was about to cry with happiness.

15. Dev Patel and his mother were really happy for the "Moonlight" crew.

16. And Ruth Negga, nominated for best actress in "Loving," was savoring the moment.

17. On Twitter, Jessica Chastain wrote that she was happy "Moonlight" won after all.

18. Katy Perry won her bet. 

19. Andy Cohen was shocked.

20. "Silicon Valley" actor Kumail Nanjiani was impressed by how gracefully the "La La Land" folks handled it.

21. B.J. Novak is upset that Casey Affleck won the best actor prize for "Manchester by the Sea."

22. Billy Eichner hoped that wasn't the only mistake they made.

There was. 

23. Chloë Grace Moretz says what we're all thinking.

24. Bette Midler felt bad for all the people who turned off their TVs early.

25. Shonda Rhimes was pleasantly surprised.

26. Oprah Winfrey was happy her favorite film won.

27. Gabrielle Union was dazed by the surprise win.

28. Elizabeth Banks knows a good twist ending when she sees one.

29. The last shot of the Oscar telecast was of everyone in the auditorium, standing and cheering in disbelief.

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Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday night, disclosed in December how much he was getting paid for the gig.

It turns out he was paid $15,000, which is a lot of money for a few hours of airtime but pretty low compared with his regular pay for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"— $13 million to $15 million a year — and given all the preparation that goes into hosting a live TV event as widely seen as the Oscars.

"I'm not sure I was supposed to reveal this," Kimmel said in December. "But nobody told me not to. I consider this their fault."

After the chaos that erupted at the end of the awards show when "La La Land" was incorrectly announced as the best-picture winner, Kimmel may have more to complain about when it comes to his relatively low pay.

"I knew I would screw this show up. I really did," Kimmel said jokingly after the mistake was corrected and the "Moonlight" team was brought up to receive its rightful award.

A caveat is that ABC, the network that broadcasts Kimmel's late-night show, is also the network that broadcasts the Oscars, so Kimmel may have stipulations in his contract for hosting these events.

Kimmel's contract with ABC ends in 2019, and he has said he's considering retiring from late-night TV.

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The INSIDER Summary:

• "La La Land" was mistakenly named best picture at the Oscars after an envelope mix-up. 
• A similar envelope mix-up happened once before in 1964.
• Sammy Davis Jr. received the wrong envelope to announce best adaptation or treatment score.
• He actually announced the winner for best original score.
• Davis Jr. quickly rectified the mistake.

Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty's announcement of "La La Land" as the winner for best picture — instead of, correctly, "Moonlight"— at Sunday night's Oscars is the biggest flub in the history of the show.

The last time a mistake close to that magnitude happened in 1964, at the 36th Academy Awards. Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. went onstage to announce the award for best adaptation or treatment score.

He took out the card from the envelope and said the winner was "John Addison, for 'Tom Jones.'"

The problem? John Addison wasn't even nominated for that category, nor was anyone else from the movie "Tom Jones." Addison was nominated for the best original score category instead. It wasn't until the 1985 awards that best adaptation or treatment score and best original score were merged into a single category.

After a light applause, and some muttering, Davis Jr. rushed back to the microphone and apologized.

"They gave me the wrong envelope. Wait 'till the NAACP hears about this," he joked.

Davis Jr. then received the correct envelope, put on his glasses, and announced that André Previn won for the film "Irma la Douce."

Previn went onstage for a brief speech. Afterwards, Davis Jr. read out the nominees for the best original score category.

"...and John Addison for 'Tom Jones,'" he said. "Guess who the winner is?"

Addison, it turned out, wasn't even at the ceremony that night. His friend Elmer Bernstein accepted the award on his behalf.

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• Brie Larson handed Casey Affleck his Oscar for best actor.
• Casey Affleck is an alleged sexual harasser.
• Larson won her Oscar last year for playing a victim of sexual abuse.
• Her expression and body language made it look like she wasn't happy with Affleck's win.

Brie Larson may be an Oscar-winning actress, but she's not quite perfected her poker face. All awards season, every time she had to give an award to Casey Affleck, her face betrayed her. It happened most infamously at the Golden Globes — and it happened again Sunday night at the 89th Academy Awards.

Of course, if you won an Oscar for playing the victim of sexual assault, you might also feel ambivalent about giving an alleged sexual harasser an award.

Larson stood strong for victims of sexual violence last year, between her performance in "Room" and hugging every single survivor of sexual assault as they came off the stage after Lady Gaga's performance. But as the winner of the best actress Oscar the year before, she was, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tradition, obligated to hand out the best actor award. She almost certainly would have preferred giving the prize to Denzel Washington.

In the process of handing Affleck his award — in watching her refuse to clap as he spoke — she summarized exactly how it felt to watch the actor win: gross.

There's a valuable debate to be had about separating art from artist. It's a topic that actress Constance Wu came down hard against earlier this Oscar season, Her argument, in short, was that an award is not just for a performance, but a person. To fete the individual despite their actions — in this case, despite Affleck settling two separate suits from women he worked with on his film "I'm Still Here" in which they accused him of sexual harassment — is to honor their whole persona.

The counter to Wu's point would be that, when honoring art, the work must trump the person, because otherwise the Oscars would turn into a judgment of every nominee on a personal level. But on a macro level, it's frustrating to continually see white men like Affleck, Roman Polanski, Mel Gibson and Woody Allen rewarded despite their alleged behavior.

Affleck's win is frustrating in multiple ways at once. It's hard to cheer one of the year's great performances being celebrated when the man behind it is so unlikable — and hasn't had to truly answer for himself.

That's why it's so satisfying to see Larson — and Viola Davis and Emma Stone, who looked deeply not thrilled to be taking photos with Affleck backstage — refuse to smile and disregard Affleck's alleged actions. It's small, and it may even be petty, but it's a protest against Hollywood's continued celebration of men like him despite what they're accused of.

Brie Larson refusing to smile or clap for Casey Affleck doesn't change anything. He's still an Oscar winner. He will continue to get work in this industry, and he will not have to answer for what he's accused of doing. She even had to hug him. But in this one moment, for those watching who were disgusted to see Affleck win, Larson reacted in protest. It's a small action, but a powerful one.

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• Nicole Kidman's hands looked huge when she clapped at the Oscars. 
• We believe it's because ABC filmed with a camera using a wide-angle lens.
• Because the camera was so close, her hands looked distorted.
• If you take a closer look, everyone else in the frame also looked disproportional.

One of the strangest moments at Sunday night's Oscars was a shot of Nicole Kidman clapping.

Here's what it looks like:

Here's another angle:

There are two strange things going on here.

One, she is holding her hands parallel to each other and banging her palms together while keeping her fingers far apart. Kidman has clapped like this since at least 2015. Maybe she's trying to keep the heavy jewelry on her fingers from banging together, or maybe she's just bad at clapping.

The second thing many viewers noticed was that her fingers look incredibly long and dispropotional to the rest of her body.

But there's a simple reason why her fingers looked so long in the video — and it all has to do with the type of camera lens ABC may have used.

For something like the Oscars, where there are celebrities everywhere, it's a good idea to get as many people from the crowd into each shot. To do that, the camera team by the crowd most likely used a wide-angle lens, according to Rafi Letzter, Business Insider's resident photography expert.

With that kind of lens, things look distorted, especially near the edges of the screen, and especially when you're closer to the camera.

Wide-angle lenses seldom make sense for person portraits, but they can be useful for crowd shots.

See this shot from a fish-eye lens? A wide-angle camera is like a less-extreme version of this.

So because the camera was so close to Nicole Kidman, and because her fingers are near the upper edge of the screen, it would make sense that they look slightly stretched out if the camera man is using a wide angle lens.

You can see the same effect in the shot with Kidman's husband, Keith Urban. His hands are clapping (more normally) on the left edge of the shot, and they look like they've been gifted to him by a giant.

Even Octavia Spencer, who's sitting fairly close to the middle of the frame, looks distorted. Her forearms look totally out of proportion relative to her hands.

So although this is mere speculation, we're guessing the the wide-angle lens — used so close to Kidman and her seat neighbors — is what's to blame for her fingers looking so long. 

We still don't, however, know why she's clapping so strangely.

ABC did not immediately respond to a request for comment about their camera lenses.

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While the biggest gaffe in the Oscars' history certainly makes Sunday's awards ceremony one of the most memorable, the ratings for Sunday's Jimmy Kimmel-hosted Oscars represent a nine-year low for the awards show.

According to Nielsen ratings data, 32.9 million people watched the ABC broadcast. That's compared to the 34.4 million viewers who watched last year's broadcast. So total viewers dropped a pretty tiny 4%.

With that number, the Oscars broadcast is the most-watched entertainment awards show of the past year, including the last Golden Globes and the Grammys, which were watched by 20 million and 26.1 million viewers, respectively. 

But when it comes to paying the bills, it's all about the group advertisers want most, adults younger than 50 years old. In that respect, Sunday's Oscars saw a big loss. It earned a 9.1 rating with that group. That represents the lowest rating for the awards show in nine years, according to Deadline. In fact, it's also the third-lowest rating for the Oscars this century.

For comparison, last year's Chris Rock-hosted Oscars earned a 10.5 rating in the advertiser-coveted 18- to 49-year-old demographic. That represents a 14% drop in ratings year-over-year.

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Jimmy Kimmel didn't get much sleep after hosting the 2017 Oscars on Sunday night. He went right into taping his ABC late-night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" the next day and gave his audience a recap of what the awards experience was like, including the epic blunder in which "La La Land" was erroneously named best picture before the honor was correctly given to "Moonlight."

"What a weird thing. Have any of you ever hosted the Oscars before?" Kimmel joked on Monday night's show. "Except for the end, it was a lot of fun."

Kimmel continued to poke fun at what was easily the biggest mistake in Oscars history, in which left people were onstage confused while the mix-up was sorted out.

"It was the weirdest TV finale since 'Lost,'" the host said. "I'm sure you've at least heard, 'La La Land' was simultaneously the biggest winner and loser last night. You know it's a strange night when the word 'envelope' is trending on Twitter."

Presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, it turns out, received the wrong envelope — a duplicate of the one naming Emma Stone as best actress for "La La Land" instead of the one for best picture.

"What we know is Warren was confused, so he handed it to Faye and let her read the winner — in other words, Clyde threw Bonnie under the bus," Kimmel joked, referring to the acting legends' 1967 film, "Bonnie and Clyde."

Some "La La Land" producers got onstage and gave speeches before word got around from the stage manager that the wrong winner was called.

"You kind of figure the host will go onstage and clear this up," Kimmel said. "And then I remember, 'Oh, I'm the host.'"

He said he walked up to the stage only to find "La La Land" producer Jordan Horowitz clearing up the error and asking the "Moonlight" team to come accept the best-picture award. Horowitz was widely praised on social media for the way he handled the confusion and disappointment Sunday.

"It was kind of scary in a way," Kimmel said. "That was the producer of 'La La Land' who thought he won. He's standing there holding an Oscar that they're now going to take away from him. My first instinct was to tell him to run."

Kimmel said it was "mass confusion" for everyone at the awards (and for those watching at home), as producers and cast members for both movies were onstage together sorting things out.

"I'm standing there like an idiot feeling bad for these guys — but also trying really hard not to laugh," he added.

Apparently Denzel Washington called out "Barry," hinting for Kimmel to get Barry Jenkins, the director of "Moonlight," to finally make a speech for best picture, which he did, before the night finally ended. But Kimmel on Monday wanted to make clear he had no hand in the best-picture mistake.

"People started speculating, people around me said, 'Did you pull a prank of some kind?'" Kimmel said. "I did not pull a prank. If I pulled a prank, by the way, I wouldn't have just had the wrong winner's name on the envelope. When they opened it, there would have been a Bed Bath & Beyond coupon."

Kimmel also described how the error happened. Though Stone said she never gave up her best-actress card, there are two cards made for each category, "just to make it more confusing," Kimmel joked.

"It wasn't Warren Beatty's fault," he said. "And Faye Dunaway made quite a getaway. She got the hell out of there. She read the wrong name and she split. She wanted no part of it. She was smart, too. And then I spent the whole rest of the night answering questions about it. It was quite an evening."

At least Kimmel has his wicked sense of humor about the whole thing.

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Jon Stewart returned to "The Late Show" on Monday because he couldn't hold in his thoughts on President Donald Trump any longer.

"Jon, you miss it, don't you?" host Stephen Colbert said.

"Yes, I miss it," Stewart said. "I spend the whole day yelling about Trump to the animals." Stewart retired from Comedy Central's "Daily Show" in 2015 and now lives on a 12-acre farm with his wife.

Stewart, who's an executive producer of CBS's "The Late Show," ranted about Trump's characterization of several media outlets as "fake news." But Stewart wanted to make things clear.

"I can't believe the guy's got the balls to get away with that," he said. "Trump lies more in one press conference than CNN does in a year. And this is coming from a guy who, as you know, hates CNN."

Stewart mocked recent statements from Trump that have been proved false, including those about the election results and about US murder statistics rising to a 47-year high. But Stewart had to pause for a few seconds before addressing Trump's recent statement that he is "the least anti-Semitic person that you've ever seen in your entire life."

"I don't think that's true," Stewart said. "He said that to a guy wearing a yarmulke. Donald, you're not even the least anti-Semitic person in the clip we showed."

Playing devil's advocate, Colbert told Stewart that he couldn't possibly know if Trump is intentionally lying.

"Stephen, you can. He's lying on purpose," Stewart said. He told Colbert that the secret to knowing is what he thinks is the tell: when the president says, "Believe me."

"Nobody says 'believe me' unless they are lying," Stewart said.

Stewart then turned his attention to the media's coverage of Trump and delivered a message to journalists.

"Hey guys, hey media," Stewart said. "So I heard Donald Trump broke up with you. Stings a little, doesn't it? You finally thought you'd met your match — a blabbermouth who's as thin-skinned and narcissistic as you are. Well, now it's over. Well, good riddance, I say. Kick him to the curb. It is time for you to get your groove back, media."

He continued: "The whole time you're all chasing after Donny, the rest of us are thinking, 'Can't you see he's an a--hole?' No, you try to defend him. 'No, no, that's just "primaries Donald." That's just "election Donald." You'll see. We can change him. He'll get presidential.'"

Stewart then gave the media a tip about what to do in the wake of Trump's rejection of them.

"Here's my point, media," Stewart said. "This breakup with Donald Trump has given you, the media, an amazing opportunity for self-reflection and improvement. Instead of worrying about whether Trump is un-American, or if he thinks you're the enemy, or if he's being mean to you, or if he's going to let you go back into the briefings, do something for yourself. Self-improvement. Take up a hobby. I recommend journalism."

Watch Stewart rail against Trump and the media on the "Late Show":

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President Donald Trump will be addressing Congress on Tuesday, marking his first major speech since Inauguration Day.

It could be a moment when Trump finally give some clear details about his legislative ideas. But Seth Meyers pointed out in his "Closer Look" segment on Monday's "Late Night" that when Trump has tried that in the past, he's gotten hung up on his thoughts about the media.

Meyers showed a clip from the recent Conservative Political Action Conference, where Trump went on about how he couldn't believe that a recent story on his administration had nine sources.

“He’s so sure it’s not nine people,” Meyers said, then in his Trump voice: "There can’t be nine sources because we haven’t even hired nine people yet."

Meyers said that Trump is obsessed with the leaks coming out of his administration. In one example the host cites, press secretary Sean Spicer gathered his communications team and had them hand over their phones to show they weren't the leakers. That story was then leaked to the press.

"It’s like they are trying to bail out a sinking rowboat with spaghetti strainer," Meyers said.

"Tomorrow is a huge opportunity for Trump," Meyers said of Trump's address to congress. "He has the chance to sell Americans on his agenda rather than whine about the free press."

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FX proved it has nothing but love for prolific producer Ryan Murphy on Tuesday by renewing his anthology series, "Feud," before it has even aired an episode.

The network gave the show a 10-episode order for a second season and announced its very revealing title: "Feud: Charles and Diana." 

The newly greenlit season two will follow the turbulent marriage of Britain's Prince Charles and his ex-wife, the late Princess Diana. It's scheduled to air in 2018

The first eight-episode season of the anthology show, "Feud: Bette and Joan," chronicles Joan Crawford and Bette Davis' notorious rivalry behind the scenes of their 1962 film "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" It premieres Sunday, March 5, at 10 p.m.

"Feud" is the latest from Murphy for FX, after popular and critically acclaimed series "American Horror Story" and "American Crime Story," the latter of which followed the murder trial of O.J. Simpson in its first season.

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John Oliver believes way too much attention has been given to President Donald Trump's decision not to to attend the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

When TMZ caught up with Oliver in New York City, the cameraman asked Oliver how big a deal Trump's absence from the annual press event is.

"It is zero deal. It's meaningless," Oliver said.

Earlier this week, Trump said on Twitter that he wouldn't attend the April 29 event, which raises money for college-journalism scholarships. That decision followed several news organizations announcing that they wouldn't attend in protest of the Trump administration's treatment of the press.

The dinner also usually features a comedian speaker, who generally roasts the president, his administration, and potentially others. Seth Meyers made a lot of news when he mocked Donald Trump at the 2011 dinner.

Oliver feels there are bigger things to tackle when it comes to the president.

"If you can find yourself prioritizing being annoyed by that, then that's pretty impressive," HBO's "Last Week Tonight" host told TMZ. "I would put that as the 250th most concerning thing at the moment. And that's being generous."

Trump will be the first president not to attend the dinner since President Ronald Reagan in 1981. He had a pretty compelling excuse, as he was recovering from being shot in an assassination attempt. When asked how he feels about Trump breaking from the tradition, Oliver didn't waver on his opinion and knocked the event itself.

"Who gives a s---?" he said. "There are thousands of things more concerning than that, than him not going to a dinner, which is kind of bulls--- anyway."

When asked about the president's decision, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that Trump wasn't elected "to spend his time with reporters and celebrities." He also said that Trump would instead spend the evening of the dinner "focused on what he can to do to help better America."

TMZ asked Oliver if he thinks Trump will spend the night working.

"I don't think there's any reason to believe he's ever secretly in a room working," Oliver said. "I don't know what he's doing, but working doesn't seem to be one of them."

Watch TMZ's interview with Oliver below:

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It's time to check out what movies and TV shows are available for streaming in March.

The biggie is over at iTunes, where "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" will be available to purchase at the end of the month.

Other standouts include "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,""Sing," and the Oscar-nominated "Lion," all coming to iTunes.

Amazon has its original movie "The Dressmaker" starring Kate Winslet, and season five of "The Americans."

And on HBO Go/Now you can catch up on your blockbusters with "X-Men: Apocalypse" and "Independence Day: Resurgence."  

Here's everything coming on your favorite streaming platforms. We've highlighted some standouts in bold:

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iTunes

Available March 3

“Sing”

Available March 7

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Passengers”
“Assassin’s Creed”
“Live By Night”

Available March 14

“Patriots Day”
“Elle”
“Silence”
“20th Century Women”
“Miss Sloane”
“A Monster Calls”

Available March 21

“Office Christmas Party”

Available March 24

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (to own, not rent)

Available March 28

“Lion”

Amazon Prime

Available March 1

“Nine Lives”
“Anthropoid” 
“What We Do in the Shadows”
“Chicago”
“Hannibal”
“Hoodwinked” 
“The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold”     
“What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” 
“The Gambler” 
“Charlie Bartlett”
“Vampire in Brooklyn” 

Available March 2

“The Dressmaker” (Amazon Original)
“Emma”                                                         

Available March 3

“Annedroids” (Season 4, Amazon Original)

Available March 8

“The Americans” (Season 5)   

Available March 10

“Hand of God” (Season 2, Amazon Original)

Available March 11

“W.” 
“Churchill’s Secret”    

Available March 14

“Patriot’s Day”    

Available March 16

“Orphan Black” (Season 4) 

Available March 17

“Everybody Wants Some!!”    
“You Are Wanted” (Amazon Original)  

Available March 23

“Gimme Danger” (Amazon Original) 

Available March 24

“An American Girl Story – Ivy & Julie 1976” (Season 3, Amazon Original)

Available March 29

“A Man Called Ove”

Hulu

Available March 1
 
“National Treasure” (4-part series, Hulu Original)
 “13 Going on 30”
 “52 Pick Up”
 “A Company Man”
 “A Simple Plan”
 “The Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai”
 “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”
“American Heart”
 “American Sasquatch Hunters: Bigfoot in America”
 “Ancient Aliens Origins”
 “And While We Were Here”
 “Badges of Fury”
 “Battle Ground”
 “The Big Kahuna”
 “Born to be Blue”
 “Carrie”
 “The Rage: Carrie 2”
 “Cavemen”
 “Charlie Bartlett”
 “Clueless”
 “Code 46”
 “Commitment”
 “Confession of Murder”
 “The Courier”
 “Curse of the Zodiac”
 “The Cutting Edge”
 “The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold”
 “Dead Man’s Bounty”
 “Doomsday Book”
 “Dummy”
 “Eastern Bandits”
 “Enemy at the Gates”
 “The Final Cut”
 “Flash Point”
 “Floating City”
 “The Fog”
 “The Four”
 “The Gambler”
 “Gang Related”
 “The Ghost Writer”
 “The Guillotines”
 “Hannibal”
 “I Love You Phillip Morris”
 “Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport”
 “The Karate Kid”
 “The Karate Kid 3”
 “The Karate Kid: Part 2”
 “Kid Cannabis”
 “Killer Klowns from Outer Space”
 “King of the Mountain”
 “The Kings of the Streets”
 “The Last Tycoon”
 “Legend of Kung Fu Rabbit”
 “Little Big Soldier”
 “Lost Highway”
 “Lost in Thailand”
 “The Man from Nowhere”
 “Miami Vice”
 “Mr. Majestyk”
 “Mystery Road”
 “New World”
 “Ninja Masters”
 “Not Suitable for Children”
 “On the Job”
 “Ordinary People”
 “The Phantom of the Opera”
 “Pele: Birth of a Legend”
 “Penelope”
 “Possums”
 “Radio Days”
 “Requiem for a Dream”
 “Saving General Yang”
 “Shaolin”
 “Shark Babes”
 “Slightly Single in LA”
 “Special ID”
 “Staying Alive”
 “The Substitute 2: Schools Out”
 “The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All”
 “The Substitute 4: Failure is not an Option”
 “The Substitute”
 “Surf’s Up”
 “The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3”
 “Tai Chi Hero”
 “Tai Chi Zero”
 “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”
 “The Thieves”
 “Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her”
 “Top Gun”
 “Up in the Air”
 “Vampire in Brooklyn”
 “A Viking Saga: The Darkest Days”
 “War of the Arrows”
 “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?”
 “The Wrath of Vajra”
 “Young Detective Dee”
 
Available March 2
 
“Last Girl Standing”

Available March 3
 
“Young Ones”
 
Available March 4

“Out of the Furnace”
 “House of D”

Available March 5
 
“The Adventures of Dr. Buckeye Bottom” (Season 1 Premiere)
 “Food Chains”

Available March 6
 
“The Real Housewives of New York City” (Complete Season 8)
 “Time After Time” (Series Premiere)
 “ChickLit”
 “A Gamer’s Life”
 
Available March 10
 
“The Catch” (Season 2 Premiere)
 “Kicking & Screaming” (Series Premiere)
 “Steven Universe” (Complete Season 3)
 
Available March 11
 
“Angie Tribeca” (Complete Season 2)
 “American Jihad”
 
Available March 13
 
“Future Baby”
 
Available March 15
 
“Sheriff Callie’s Wild West” (Complete Season 2)
 “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion”
 
Available March 16
 
“NHL Road to the Outdoor Classics Ep. 1”

Available March 17
 
“Counterfeit Cat” (Complete Season 1)
 “Fargo” (Complete Season 2)
 “Mr. Pickles” (Complete Season 2)
 “A Bronx Tale”
 “Everybody Wants Some!!”
 “The Truth about Emmanuel”
 
Available March 19
 
“Happy Birthday”
 “The Suspect”
 
Available March 20
 
“Fear Inc.”
 
Available March 21
 
“Dancing with the Stars” (Season 24 Premiere)
“Fear the Walking Dead” (Complete Season 2)
 “The Twins: Happily Ever After” (Series Premiere)
 “American Romance”
 
Available March 28
 
“Archer” (Complete Season 7)
 
Available March 29
 
“Harlots” (Season 1 premiere, Hulu Original)
“Star vs. The Forces of Evil” (Complete Season 2)

(Reuters) - Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc has approached rival U.S. broadcaster Tribune Media Co to discuss a potential combination, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, a deal that would hinge on existing regulations being relaxed.

A deal between Sinclair and Tribune Media, which have market capitalizations of $3.6 billion and $3 billion respectively, would combine two of the largest U.S. local TV station owners and face regulatory curbs on how many households they can reach.

However, the broadcast industry hopes President Donald Trump will lift caps on ownership concentration, allowing it to compete for audiences and advertisers against Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google.

The discussions between the companies are preliminary and there is no certainty they will lead to any deal, the people said.

Sinclair could also look at buying parts of Tribune such as the dozen CW broadcast stations it owns, or its media holdings such as the WGN America cable network and its stake in the Food Network, the people added.

The sources asked not to be identified because the matter is confidential. Tribune Media declined to comment, while Sinclair did not respond to a request for comment.

An acquisition of Tribune would come as the Chicago-based company faces higher programming costs and a challenging advertising environment.

Tribune's chief executive, Peter Liguori, has said he is stepping down this month, and the company has yet to name a permanent replacement. In February, Starboard Value LP, an activist hedge fund known for calling on companies to change their strategy, disclosed a 6.6 percent stake in the company.

Sinclair branched out into cable networks last year when it bought the Tennis Channel for $350 million.

If the companies decide to combine, they would collectively reach more people than the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) currently allows for. Unless grandfathered in, no broadcast group is allowed to reach more than 39 percent of U.S. households.

However, Congress has increased the cap before, and many in the industry expect Trump to relax the rules on the ownership of broadcast stations. Sinclair and Tribune could also seek a waiver to go above the cap as part of a deal, the sources said.

Tribune is already above the FCC cap, reaching 44 percent of U.S. households, while Sinclair is at 38 percent, according to Jefferies LLC analyst John Janedis.

Tribune Media said last year that it was working with financial advisers, Moelis & Co and Guggenheim Securities, on a strategic review. It subsequently sold its media data unit Gracenote to Nielsen Holdings Plc for $560 million.

Tribune is due to report earnings later on Wednesday. 

(Reporting By Jessica Toonkel in New York and Liana B. Baker in San Francisco; Editing by Stephen Coates)

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Facebook is now available on your Apple TV.

The app, which the company first announced two weeks ago, lets you watch videos from your friends and pages you follow. Facebook will recommend videos based on what you watch and also show the top live videos on its network.

Facebook's TV app was released for Samsung smart TVs on Monday, and now Apple is promoting the app in the Apple TV's App Store.

This new app is the first time Facebook has made a standalone app for TVs, and it's part of the company's strategy to become more of a YouTube-like destination for watching longer videos. Facebook is reportedly talking to MLB about live streaming at least one baseball game per week, and it recently hired an executive from MTV to help produce original shows.

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President Donald Trump received some glowing reviews for his speech to Congress on Tuesday night, his first major address as president since the inauguration, with people noting that he sounded "presidential."

But Stephen Colbert aired his "Late Show" live after the address and had less nice things to say about Trump's talking points, which Colbert mocked one by one in his opening monologue.

"Now technically this was not a State of the Union becaue I think in this timeline the Confederacy won, right?" Colbert said to open the show.

As Trump was introduced as the "President of the United States" to Congress, Colbert chimed in with some Oscar-related thoughts: "Any chance there's a mistake and 'Moonlight' is the president?"

Pundits pointed out the optimism of Trump's words, which surprised some used to his more off-the-cuff remarks, but Colbert was more skeptical of the tone.

"Now, the theme of the speech was 'renewal of the American spirit,' which I got to say really just sounds like a Chinese bootleg of 'Make America Great Again,'" the host said.

Trump touted the ways his administration will beat back government corruption with limits on lobbying.

"Adding, obviously, 'Yours truly excepted. I got your back, Vlad,'" Colbert joked in a reference to Russian president Vladimir Putin and questions over Trump's ties to Russia.

Trump also spoke about the "deregulation task force" he's set up in every federal agency. Colbert, again, wasn't convinced.

"We're going to reduce government by adding people to the government," Colbert said. "It's like how the key to not getting hungover is just to never stop drinking."

Of Trump's hiring freeze on "nonessential federal workers," Colbert said, "So Kellyanne Conway is out?"

And the "Late Show" host managed to make another dig at Trump's move on trans bathroom rights when the president brought up his trade policy.

"Yes, the Trans Pacific Partnership is just one of the trans the administration is withdrawing support from," Colbert said, to groans from the "Late Show" audience.

Trump expressed the belief that immigrants should be able to "support themselves financially."

"Just like the Statue of Liberty says," Colbert mocked. "'Give us your tired, your poor, but not so poor they can't afford a two-bedroom apartment and, like, a Mitsubishi.'"

Trump sounded a warning about terrorist attacks "all over the world." Colbert added, "And just because we haven't seen the attacks in Sweden doesn't mean they didn't happen. Invisible terrorists are everywhere."

Colbert also needled Trump for saying the country could have been rebuilt several times over with money that went to the Middle East, saying, "Maybe even rebuilt it ten times if we had people who refused to pay their contractors."

And of Trump's endorsement of American manufacturing, Colbert said, "Unless you're making Trump ties, then the Chinese do an amazing job."

Trump got a standing ovation from Republicans when he reiterated a promise to "repeal and replace Obamacare," but Colbert saw things another way.

"That must've been hard on Trump," he said. "People got so excited just hearing Obama's name."

Trump finished his remarks with can-do attitude, telling Congress that "every problem can be solved."

"Well there's one problem we can't solve for four years," Colbert said.

Watch Colbert's stinging take on Trump's speech to Congress below:

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The television ratings for President Donald Trump's first major congressional address failed to beat those of former President Barack Obama's speech.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Trump's hour-long address, which was broadcast Tuesday night across all four major TV networks and the cable-news networks, earned a 27.8 rating in early numbers. Total viewer numbers and final ratings are still not in.

Trump's early ratings are a huge 17% fall from Obama's first congressional address in 2009, which earned a 33.4 early rating. Final numbers showed that 52.4 million total viewers tuned into the 44th president's speech.

After the first congressional address, the annual televised speech is referred to as the State of the Union in the remaining years that a president serves. Trump's lower ratings don't bode well for the future as history proves that the ratings for State of the Unions rarely improve upon those of the first congressional address.

As for the networks who carried Trump's address, Fox News topped both broadcast and cable-news ratings. NBC was the winner among broadcast networks.

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