Oscars: Please oh please oh please.

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Oscars: Host James Franco, getting dressed backstage.

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Oscars: In case you were wondering, this is what the inside of the Academy Awards card looks like.

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Infographic of the Day: Meltwater uses chatter tracked across blogs, blog comments, Facebook posts, and Tweets to predict which Oscar nominee is most likely to win in their respective category.

Best get your "Toy Story 3 was robbed" signs ready.

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Street Art of the Day: Banksy, still in California, visits Oceanside, hits up the side of a local taco shop.

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In A Perfect World of the Day: On his personal blog, former Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais wishes James Franco and Anne Hathaway good luck in their Oscars hosting duties, and offers them an unsolicited opening he's written, "in case they have a few minutes to fill":

JF
You probably know me from 127 Hours where I play a man trapped in an enclosed space who