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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2013 file photo, host Seth MacFarlane speaks onstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014. He announced the news on Twitter Monday, May 20, 2013.  (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Seth MacFarlane won't return as 2014 Oscar host

Seth MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014. The multitalented comedian says on Twitter that he "tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep." MacFarlane said in his tweet Monday that Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are among the best in the ...

In this May 2, 2013 photo, Paul T. Woodal Jr. poses for photos next to his Barbie-pink 2008 Volkswagen Beetle adorned with photos and sayings from one of country music’s most beloved artists, Dolly Parton. (AP Photo/The Herald-Mail, Joe Crocetta)

Hagerstown man has car devoted to Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton once said "Sometimes you just have to toot your own horn. Otherwise, nobody will know you're a-comin'." For Paul T. Woodal Jr. of Hagerstown, his horn is attached to a Barbie-pink 2008 Volkswagen Beetle adorned with photos and sayings from one of country music's most beloved artists, Dolly ...

Jury president Steven Spielberg, left, speaks with jury member Ang Lee during a photo call for the jury at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Oscar rivals Spielberg, Lee reunited at Cannes

Asked about their recent history as Oscar rivals, Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee look at each other hesitantly before Spielberg graciously offers, "After you." The two have come to the Cannes Film Festival just months after facing off as the two favorites for best director at the Academy Awards. In ...

This film image released by HBO shows Michael Douglas, right, as Liberace, and Matt Damon, as Scott Thorson in a scene from "Behind the Candalabra," a film being shown at the Cannes Film Festival. (AP Photo/HBO, Claudette Barius)

From 'Gatsby' to Gosling, a preview of Cannes

For even those most accustomed to the frenzy of celebrity, the Cannes Film Festival can be a disorienting experience. For 12 days every year, the French Rivera resort town turns into one giant seaside swirl of glamour, high art and backroom deal-making. Like some sun-drenched phantasm, all of cinema comes ...

FILM - In this Saturday, May 15, 2004 file photo Ray Harryhausen visits the Empire State Building in New York. Ray Harryhausen, a special effects master whose sword-fighting skeletons, six-tentacled octopus, and other fantastical creations were adored by film lovers and admired by industry heavyweights, has died. He was 92. Biographer and longtime friend Tony Dalton confirmed that Harryhausen died Tuesday May 7, 2013 at London's Hammersmith Hospital, where the special effects titan had been receiving treatment for about a week. (AP Photo/Mike Appleton, File)

Special effects master Ray Harryhausen dies at 92

When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his desire as an adult, thrilling audiences with skeletons in a sword fight, a gigantic octopus destroying the Golden Gate Bridge, and a six-armed dancing goddess. ...

Rule lets Oscar voters watch DVDs for some votes

Oscar voters will no longer be required to see certain nominated films in a theater to cast their ballots. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Saturday that members will be mailed DVDs of documentaries, shorts and foreign language nominees — categories that don't typically get lengthy stays ...

Military school pays tribute to 11 killed in duty

The elite school that trains bomb technicians from all branches of the military held a somber ceremony Saturday to mark the deaths of 11 graduates killed in the line of duty last year. Families of the fallen and military dignitaries watched as the men's names were added to a memorial ...

Singer Lance Bass and his date sported matching, perfectly molded coifs.

The most glorious man hair of the Oscars 2013

Most glorious man hair of Oscars 2013

Actress Jennifer Lawrence tripped on her bulky Dior dress after going to the stage to accept her Best Actress award for "Silver Linings Playbook."

Oscars 2013 almost and actual wardrobe malfunctions

Oscars 2013 almost and actual wardrobe malfunctions

Kate Beckinsale arrives for the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ        (Photo credit should read ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Stars celebrate Oscars at Hollywood parties

Actors, musicians and models found schmoozing at various Academy Award parties around Hollywood.

Actress Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

Gowns, tuxes, and jewels shine on 2013 Oscars red carpet

Oscar hopefuls join other Hollywood stars on the Oscar red carpet. Take a look at the fashion hits and misses.

Channing Tatum, left, and Charlize Theron perform at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Kirk, Bond and Oscar, highlights from the Academy Awards

Seth MacFarlane had stars, and censors, nervous in his first time hosting gig, sometimes pushing the envelope thank to some help from Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner. All the while, the hardware was handed out to the year's best movies, actors and actresses.

Jennifer Aniston with fiancee Justin Theroux

Best red dresses from the 2013 Oscars red carpet

Best red dresses from the 2013 Oscars red carpet

Antonella Michelena, a television reporter from Mexico, is silhouetted as she reports from the red carpet outside the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 as preparations for this Sunday's 85th Academy Awards continue. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

2013 Oscars preparations

The 85th Academy Awards is on Feb. 24, 2013.

Lois Cahall and Mark Ruffalo. (Contributed by Lois Cahall)

What it’s really like to hit a red carpet

For all you mean girls…the ones stuck-in-high-school-bully-mentality, those-ladies-who-lunch with their Berkins, in Bentleys, with Botox and Boobs, who snubbed me at your high society social events – maybe you should have thought twice. Here’s the life little-ole-me led before moving to South Florida in self-imposed witness protection, to write my ...

Four Oscar-worthy cocktails to be served at The Breakers Palm Beach to celebrate the Oscars, from left to right: the Starstruck, Velvet Rope, Golden Oscar and Oscar Blush. (Photo by Libby Volgyes/ Special to The Palm Beach Post)

RED CARPET BEAUTIES: These Academy Award-worthy cocktails and bites pair well with Sunday’s guilty-pleasure viewing

Who will shine at the Oscars on Sunday – Argo, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Chastain, Angelina’s leg in Atelier Versace? It’s anybody’s guess. But here’s something that’s certain: the red carpet isn’t just for celebs and their couture statements. It’s also for the stars of our private Oscar parties, the glammed ...

Watching the big awards show is better with friends. CONTRIBUTED

How to host an Oscar viewing party

How will you know if you like Naomi Watts’ dress at the Academy Awards unless your friends tell you that you do? That’s just one reason to gather people at your home, to all sit and dish as you watch the entire evening of the Oscars. This year’s televised event ...

Jessica Chastain, an Academy Award Best Actress nominee for "Zero Dark Thirty," arrives at The Hollywood Reporter Nominees' Night at Spago on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Hollywood Reporter Nominees' Night Insider

The stars gathered at The Hollywood Reporter Nominees' Night at Spago on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 04:  Oscar Nominees pose together for the 85th Academy Awards Nominations Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 4, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California.  (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

85th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon

The 2013 Oscar nominees attend a luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 4, 2013.

At 85 years old, Emmanuelle Riva of “Amour” is now the oldest Best Actress Nominee.

Oscar odds, ends, facts and figures 2013

A look at some of the unusual facts and figures about this year's Academy Awards.

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