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Glittering gaffe as Oscars go off script

Glittering gaffe in Oscars boo-boo

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Oscars 2017: "Moonlight" beats "La La Land" to best picture award after major gaffe

This year’s Oscars ceremony had a surreal ending when veteran Hollywood stars Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway misread the envelope for best picture.

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Actor Bill Paxton, who starred in Titanic and Apollo 13, dies aged 61

The actor Bill Paxton, who starred in such well-known Hollywood blockbusters as Titanic, Apollo 13 and Aliens, has passed away aged 61.

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Trump to boycott White House correspondents' dinner

Donald Trump has said he will miss the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 29.

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US: almost 30 injured as truck ploughs into Mardi Gras crowd

Nearly 30 people have been injured after a pickup truck ploughed into a crowd watching the main Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.

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US Democrats pick Obama veteran for chairman

Democrats in the US have elected former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as their chairman.

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Hollande fires back at Trump's terror innuendo over Paris

François Hollande has issued a sharp riposte to Donald Trump after his US counterpart’s comments hinting that terrorist attacks had made Europe – and particularly Paris –…

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Mexico warns US of retaliatory tariffs over Trump's border wall

Mexico has threatened to retaliate following Donald Trump’s latest comments on his planned border wall: the US president vowed on Friday to start building it “soon, way ahead of…

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White House under fire for shutting door on journalists

The White House is being slammed after several major US news organisations were barred from an off-camera briefing.

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'Paris is no longer Paris' - Trump takes aim at French capital

Click here to see an updated version of this story with more reaction from France.

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US shooting investigated as potential hate crime

A 51-year-old man from Kansas has been charged with killing an Indian engineer and wounding two other men when he opened fire in a bar.

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Now, the award for Best Actor goes to...

As if there was any doubt, ‘La La Land’ proves Ryan Gosling’s got the looks, the majestic moves and a velvety voice in bundles.

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Epidemic: US heroin deaths quadruple in five years

The US is facing an opioid epidemic and fatal overdoses of heroin have more than quadrupled in five years ending 2015

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Mexico "worried and Irritated" by Trump's insulting, inaccurate remarks

Mexico tired of Trump as Tillerson and Kelly visit

Cinema

And the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film goes to....

There are several European movies in the running for the Best Foreign film Oscar this year but the hot favourite for the award is Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman'.

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And the nominees for Best Picture are....

On Sunday, the American film industry celebrates the 89th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

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'A disaster': activists challenge Trump's transgender move

The Trump’s administration’s reversal of official guidance on transgender rights has brought protests.

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USA cop shooting

An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer fired his gun during a physical altercation with a group of teenage boys in Anaheim on the afternoon of February…

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Dakota Access Pipeline: arrests made as deadline to leave camp passes

Police in riot gear have arrested over a dozen of a dwindling number of activists at a camp near the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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Senior US officials get a frosty reception in fiery Mexico

Donald Trump said it would be a tough trip. And it was.A group of senior US officials have been given a frosty reception in Mexico due to a controversy brewing over the deportations of undocumented m

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