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Rob Lowe, Snow White and the mortifying night that nearly killed the Oscars

OSCARS 2025: In dire need of a rebrand for their annual ceremony, the Academy Awards sought help from a lavish film producer famous for his caftans. The mortifying result, writes Clarisse Loughrey, nearly broke Hollywood. But more than 30 years later, the 1989 Oscars may teach us a few things…

The Independent UK

Arlene Phillips looks back: ‘I always told people to get used to rejection. I had to take my own advice after Strictly’

The choreographer on her ‘too sexy’ dance troupe, Freddie Mercury and a lifetime defying the odds

The Guardian - UK

He used to do business with reputed mob figures. Now, he’s licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board.

Jeffrey Bertucci testified in 2010 to illegally paying out winnings from video gaming machines installed in his Cicero diner and splitting his take with the mob’s so-called video poker king. In 2019, gambling regulators gave him a license to legally operate video gaming devices.

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‘John Travolta was sizzling hot!’: an oral history of Grease

As a prequel series hits our TV screens, the cast and crew of the hit film remember the auditions, the stage show and the ‘summer-long party’ of filming

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s its own little world!’: why we should learn to love the Oscars more

With the relevancy of the Oscars still in question before this week’s event, writer Michael Schulman explains why they should be examined rather than ignored

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