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(Scroll down to read this week's biggest news!)   Oscar Recovery Are you still reeling from Sunday? Here are some follow up tidbits: My Oscar Wrap Up , including red carpet coverage and the full list of winners, and my Pinterest Oscars board Possibly because of host Seth MacFarlane , possibly because of the slate of nominees or possibly because of the entertainment promised, Oscars ratings were up this year. As Rolling Stone reports , this year's broadcast was "the most-watched Oscars telecast since 2007...when Ellen DeGeneres hosted and Martin Scorsese's The Departed won Best Picture." The Hollywood Reporter 's awards guru, Scott Feinberg, provides analysis of the night, laying out the reasons certain people walked home a winner and others did not. GQ makes its selections for best and worst dressed men at Vanity Fair 's Oscars soiree The Hollywood Reporter lets us in on the secret moments that happened on the red carpet while...

President Barack Obama Re-Elected Ladies and gentlemen, the election is behind us and we have a winner: the American people. Not only did Americans vote President Obama into a second term , they also voted several women into office (including Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), the first openly gay women elected to the Senate.) Three states voted for marriage equality (MD, ME and WA), with one, Minnesota, voting against a ban on marriage equality, and two states voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use while one, Massachusetts, voted for medical marijuana. It's all a terrific outcome, in my opinion, and in these last few days since the election I've been thankful for the right to have my voice heard in this Republic. Visit my Tumblr   and Playbill for other Election Day reactions. (On a related note: Vice President Joe Biden will make a cameo on the November 15th episode of Parks and Recreation . Rolling Stone has details. Rolling Stone also ...