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We’ll have to wait a little longer to find out who the winners are. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday that the 2021 Oscars ceremony will be postponed from Feb. 28 to April 25 due to the coronavirus pandemic. This marks the latest the Oscars have been held since 1932, when …

Howard Stern is firing back at Donald Trump Jr. for calling out his past use of racially offensive humor. It all started last week when controversy erupted over Stern’s use of blackface and the N-word in a 1993 comedy sketch that resurfaced online Thursday. It was edited together with Stern’s recent appearance on “The View,” …

“Gone with the Wind” is coming back. HBO Max will again start streaming the controversial slavery-era movie — with a lecture about the racial themes that first got it pulled, according to the scholar providing the intro. “I will provide an introduction placing the film in its multiple historical contexts,” cinema professor Jacqueline Stewart wrote …

Howard Stern has become the latest in a long list of celebrities and power players to be forced to confront their use of blackface. On Thursday a video appeared online showing Stern in minstrel-style makeup, liberally using the N-word. It was cut together with a recent appearance on “The View” during which he claimed he’d …

China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group on Friday reported a 5.2 percent passive stake in Warner Music Group Corp., about a week after the world’s third-largest recording label’s debut on the Nasdaq. Tencent Music is controlled by Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. The listing by Warner, home to artists including Cardi B, Ed Sheeran and …

The academy is still trying to get past its #OscarsSoWhite problem. On Friday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hands out the Oscar statues, unveiled the “next phase” of its program to boost the representation of women and people of color in the entertainment industry and the annual awards. The plan, titled …

After making billions on the pandemic in March, Bill Ackman is on the lookout for a new investment. The founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management has reportedly filed for what’s known on Wall Street as “a blank-check IPO” — or a public offering meant to raise money for an acquisition or merger. In …

The Grammy Awards will cease using the term “urban” in its awards and language as part of the latest round of annual changes to its rules and guidelines, the Recording Academy announced Wednesday (June 10). Along with the changes, which include updates to the Best New Artist category, Latin, R&B and Rap fields, Nominations Review …

Billionaire Warren Buffett may have a toxic mess on his hands. Benjamin Moore — the giant paint company owned by Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway — “illegally buried hazardous waste” on a potentially contaminated property in Los Angeles and then tried to hide evidence of its involvement, according to an explosive new lawsuit. In the suit, filed …

MTV won’t be serving any golden popcorn this summer: The network’s annual Movie & TV Awards, which were expected to air later this month, have been postponed indefinitely due to coronavirus concerns. Per our sister site Variety, which broke the postponement news, MTV has long been considering moving the annual awards show to December, instead of …