Here’s what you need to know about the Oscars ceremony

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  The Los Angeles Lakers epic fail

  

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  You didn’t need to know NBA rosters to know who was on the Lakers — it was the embodiment of All-NBA and All-Star teams from the league’s last decade. The odds-on favorite to win the title. A wasted season later, it’s hard to see the Lakers as anything other than too old and too slow, with square pegs being pushed into round holes in between several players’ trips to the injury report.

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  The fallout from the night Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars

  

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  Most assumed it was a staged comedy bit. There was no way the well-liked, effortlessly cool Will Smith would’ve stormed the stage to strike comedian Chris Rock on live TV over a joke. But it was not a joke and the repercussions are still being felt.

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  The most chaotic Oscars in history

  

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  The 2022 Oscars will be one for the history books. And not for the reasons the academy — or Hollywood at large — may have hoped.

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  With the Oscars upon us, here’s how to watch Sunday’s ceremony

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  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday to celebrate the best films of the past year. The star-studded ceremony will be hosted by actors Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes and will air live on ABC stations. It will be broadcast worldwide …

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  Stolen, sold, not even solid gold. The story of the Oscar statue

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  Recognize this statue? [Shows picture of Michelangelo’s “David.”] Nope? Well, how about this one? [Shows picture of the Venus de Milo statue.] Ring any bells? Nothing? OK. [Sighs.] How about this one? Yes, you’re right. [Finally.] That is an Oscar. Perhaps the most recognizable if not artistically …

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  Oscars producer Will Packer defends plan amid controversy: ‘I take wild swings’

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  Eleven days out from the Academy Awards, the show’s first-time producer, Will Packer, is running on pure adrenaline. Asked if anything is keeping him up at night as the telecast looms, he laughed. “Everything is keeping me up at night — all of it,” he said. “But I’m feeling good, man. I’m …