• Jimmy Kimmel opened the 90th Academy Awards with thoughts on Harvey Weinstein and the nominated movies.
• He also said the men in Hollywood should use the Oscar statue as an example of how to behave.

To open the 90th Academy Awards, host Jimmy Kimmel had the arduous task of addressing everything that had happened since last year's Oscars.

From the best picture blunder that ended last year's show, to the recent #MeToo Movement, there was a lot to cover in the opening monologue. But the late-night host pulled it off impressively and with his usual dry humor.

Looking back on the best-picture fiasco, Kimmel asked the nominees to not "get up right way" if they heard their name called. This was a reference to the close-to-two-minutes that "La La Land" was thought to be the winner of best picture last year before it was revealed that it was, in fact, "Moonlight."

But Kimmel's juicy material came when talked about Harvey Weinstein being kicked out of the Academy following the dozens of sexual misconduct allegations against him, and the wave of allegations against other powerful men in the industry after that. 

Kimmel actually used a giant statue of the Oscar award on the stage next to him as a example of how men in Hollywood should act going forward.

"Oscar is the most respected man in Hollywood, he keeps his hands where you can see them, never says a rude word, and has no penis at all. That’s the kind of men we need," he said. 

Kimmel also added, "Here’s how clueless Hollywood is about women: We made a movie called 'What Women Want' and it starred Mel Gibson."

Kimmel then addressed the pay gap controversy surrounding the movie “All the Money in the World,” in which it was reported Mark Wahlberg made much, much more than his costar Michelle Williams while doing reshoots of the movie after Kevin Spacey was replaced by Christopher Plummer (who is nominated for best supporting actor).

“This one shook me because if we can’t trust agents, who can we trust,” Kimmel joked after pointing out that Wahlberg and Williams were represented by the same talent agency.

Kimmel also threw out some political jokes. The one that landed the best was talking about the Oscar-nominated movie, "Call Me by Your Name." Pointing out that it didn't make a lot of money at the box office, he said, "We don’t make movies like 'Call Me by Your Name' to make money, we make them to upset Mike Pence."

Here's Kimmel's entire opening:

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• "Icarus" won the Oscar for best documentary on Sunday.
• It went from a Sundance sensation to a must-see movie on Netflix.
• But for director Bryan Fogel, the Oscar win came after a 14-year struggle to find his niche in the business.

Bryan Fogel became one of the biggest success stories at Sundance in 2017, when his doping scandal documentary “Icarus” sold to Netflix for a staggering $5 million (unheard of for a documentary sale). And then on Sunday, it won the best documentary Oscar.

But his journey actually goes back 14 years, when his claim to fame was being the creator of an off-Broadway hit show.

Struggling to get into the business as an actor, writer, or director, Fogel co-wrote the stage play “Jewtopia” with Sam Wolfson in 2003. It's a comedy about two friends navigating the Jewish and Gentile dating scenes. It became a surprise hit, with Fogel and Wolfson starring as the male leads during runs in Los Angeles, and then off-Broadway for three and a half years.

That play then had a touring production, was put into book form, and even spawned a movie version starring Jennifer Love Hewitt in 2012 directed by Fogel.

But that’s when the party stopped. The movie barely got a theatrical run, and was thrust into streaming limbo following its 10% Rotten Tomatoes rating. 

Following that disappointment, and known around town only as “The Jewtopia Guy,” Fogel was stuck in the bubble Hollywood likes to put people in.

“There was nothing coming at me that was exciting,” Fogel told Business Insider. “In a way, I would call it director’s jail.”

But there was one thing that gave him comfort: cycling.

Fogel constantly rode his bike, sometimes even riding and doing competitions alongside pros. Around the time of accusations running wild in 2012 that Lance Armstrong was doping throughout his seven consecutive wins of the Tour de France, Fogel, who idolized Armstrong, began to wonder if the blame should be put on Armstrong or the entire system. Armstrong wasn’t the only one doping, though he finally admitted to doing it in 2013.

That led to Fogel to an idea.

“I like to make films and I like to ride my bike, so I set out on this journey to evade positive detection,” Fogel said. “Show on a bigger level how this anti-doping system essentially doesn’t work and hopefully make a cool movie in the process.”

In 2014, Fogel used $350,000 given to him by a friend and began to make “Icarus.” He hired a team of nutritionists and trainers to chart his progress, and through that he befriended the man who would be in charge of his doping process, a Russian scientist named Grigory Rodchenkov.

It took years to find what the movie was. Fogel admitted that the first two years of material hardly even made it in the finished version of the movie. But his “Super Size Me”-like journey to see how performance enhancing drugs bettered his cycling led to a friendship with Rodchenkov, which inevitably became his movie.

As shown halfway through "Icarus," Fogel begins to realize through his Skype conversations with Rodchenkov that he’s a major player in Russia’s doping of its athletes. In fact, he’s the guy.

It turns out Rodchenkov is the director of the Moscow laboratory, the Anti-Doping Centre, which does the complete opposite on a daily basis of what its name says it does. The lab, as Rodchenkov shows in the movie, doped the athletes and then carried through methods to make sure they got through the Sochi Winter Games in 2014 undetected.

Around the time Fogel got this bombshell from Rodchenkov, producer Dan Cogan and his team at Impact Partners joined the movie, and gave Fogel the financing and support to complete it. This included Fogel’s trip to Moscow to see Rodchenkov at his lab for the final stage of his doping.

But then the movie took a drastic turn.

Doping allegations toward Russian Olympic athletes begin to come out in the news, with involvement tracing all the way up to Russian president Vladimir Putin. Fearful for his life, Rodchenkov devised a plan with Fogel to get him to the US.

“I had so many sleepless nights in that period,” Fogel said. “I had a responsibility. This story had to come out, and Grigory was the only person on planet earth who had this evidence.”

Fogel and Rodchenkov’s faces were suddenly plastered all over Russian television, and Fogel claiming his Facebook and email were constantly trying to be hacked into. This led to the movie's most dramatic moment, Rodchenkov getting in touch with the New York Times in May 2016 to deliver the whistle-blowing story that rocked the sports world. Fogel was there to capture it all on camera. In fact, some of that footage has only recently been included in the movie, as Fogel didn’t have enough time to get it into the Sundance cut.

“The movie has the same running time, but we lost 20 minutes of material that was in the Sundance cut, and replaced that with 20 minutes of material that is bringing this story together emotionally. Showing and not telling,” Fogel said, who adds that the story also now goes quicker into Rodchenkov’s story. “So at Sundance we had a lot of [text] cards because we didn't have the time to put that together.” Also different from the Sundance cut, there’s now animation in the movie.

Many will likely connect the events in "Icarus" to the allegations that Russia interfered in the US 2016 presidential election. And Fogel is 100% on board with that thinking.

“You think to yourself, if they have been doing this to win gold medals and they had this entire laboratory that was basically a front for this spectacular criminal operation, is there any question what else they're capable of?” Fogel said. “Whether they hacked our election or whether there was collusion, I think the writing is right there on the wall. How much more evidence do you need?”

“Icarus” is available on Netflix.

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• NBA legend Kobe Bryant won an Academy Award on Sunday night.
• Bryant's short film, "Dear Basketball," won for "Best Animated Short Film."
• The film is an animated version of the letter Bryant wrote to announce his retirement.

Among the many accolades on Kobe Bryant's resume, he can now add another one — Academy Award winner.

Bryant's short film, "Dear Basketball," won for "Best Animated Short Film."

The film is an animated version of the letter Bryant wrote for "The Players' Tribune" announcing his retirement from basketball.

In his acceptance speech, Bryant took a veiled shot at Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who made headlines recently by feuding with LeBron James and suggesting he should "shut up and dribble" amid James' criticism of President Donald Trump.

"As basketball players, we're really supposed to shut up and dribble, but I'm glad we did a little bit more than that," Bryant said.

Here is a trailer for the film. Fans can now watch "Dear Basketball" across many of Verizon's media brands including go90 and Yahoo Sports.

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• Frances McDormand mentioned an "inclusion rider" during her acceptance speech for best actress at Sunday's Oscars.
• That means including a mandate in contracts for upcoming productions that guarantees race and gender diversity.

Frances McDormand's Oscar win on Sunday wasn't a surprise, but something she said in her acceptance speech was.

At the end of her speech, the actress said, "I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentleman: inclusion rider."

That's a very inside baseball term, even for people in the entertainment business.

McDormand was asking those with power in Hollywood to push for requirements in movie and TV contracts for race and gender diversity, with a specific clause or clauses that guarantee it. 

When McDormand asked every female nominee to stand in the auditorium during her speech, it was to drive home the point that these major players should now demand an inclusion rider when negotiating in the future. 

The Oscar evening was filled with female presenters and winners pointing out the rare diversity in this year's awards — from Emma Stone saying "these four men and Greta Gerwig" when presenting the best director award, to the original song winners pointing out the 50/50 gender representation in their category.

But McDormand's, though more insider talk, is an extremely important power play when increasing the gender and race equality in Hollywood going forward.

Watch McDorman's entire speech below:

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Not everybody loves award-winning movies.

Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water" won four Oscars: best picture, best director, best original score and best production design. 

The film, which has a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (and an audience score of 78%), has received mostly positive reviews.

But some critics hate it.

A lot of the negative criticism stems from a lack of fleshed-out, three-dimensional characters, leaving some wondering if Del Toro sacrificed character development for stunning visuals.

A few negative reviews haven't stopped the success of this movie so far, but they are still interesting to look at.

Here are some of the worst reviews of  "The Shape of Water" from critics:

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"The movie's worldview is as easy to like as the protagonist and her friends, but del Toro lays it on so thick that there's no room for counterargument or even independent thought."

Chicago Reader

"The more I try to find some kind of justifiable meaning and relevance, the more I find 'The Shape of Water' a loopy, lunkheaded load of drivel."

New York Observer

"I felt nothing for the characters which makes the premise of rooting for the misunderstood a moot point."

The Sun

• "Phantom Thread" costume designer Mark Bridges won both an Oscar and a Jet Ski at the 90th Academy Awards.
• In his opening monologue, Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel announced that a Jet Ski worth nearly $18,000 would be given to the Oscar winner who gave the shortest acceptance speech.

"Phantom Thread" costume designer Mark Bridges had arguably the most impressive night of anyone at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday, taking home both an Oscar and a Jet Ski worth $18,000. 

In his opening monologue for the ceremony, Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel offered up the Jet Ski as a game-show-like prize to the Oscar winner who gave the shortest acceptance speech.

Kimmel held a stopwatch, saying, "I will be timing you," while actress Helen Mirren showed off the Jet Ski in the manner of a game-show assistant. 

Numerous winners, including Jordan Peele (winner of best original screenplay for "Get Out"), jokingly mentioned the Jet Ski as they began their speeches. But Bridges ended up giving the shortest speech at 36 seconds.

As the ceremony closed, Bridges got on the Jet Ski with his Oscar in hand and Helen Mirren sitting behind him. 

Bridges took home the only Oscar for Paul Thomas Anderson's "Phantom Thread," which was nominated for five other awards, including best picture.

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• During Monday's episode of Arianna Huffington's "Thrive Global Podcast," producer Brian Grazer said he's just as fascinated with rapper Gucci Mane as he is with Picasso and Einstein, the subjects of the show "Genius," which he produces.
• Grazer compared the conversations he's had with Gucci Mane to those he's had with Bill Gates because of the "eye-contact."

Brian Grazer is a huge fan of Gucci Mane.

The superstar television and film producer — whose credits include "Genius," "A Beautiful Mind," and "Friday Night Lights" — was interviewed by Arianna Huffington for Monday's episode of her "Thrive Global Podcast." And he had nothing but good things to say about the rapper Gucci Mane, who was released from prison in 2016 after serving three years for a federal gun charge.

Grazer compared his conversations with Gucci Mane to those he's had with people like Bill Gates and Larry Page because of the "eye-contact."

"They were great because we were connecting, we were looking into each other's eyes, and I like to say, a great
date happened," Grazer told Huffington. "When you're really looking at somebody, even as we're doing right now, there's something going on. We're looking at each other's faces and we're looking at our faces and are pupils dilating, just the entire physiognomy of us. It gives us so much information for one another."

Grazer also compared Gucci Mane to Eminem, and pointed out the similarities and differences.

"He's pretty straightforward. He's extremely ... authentic," Grazer said of Gucci Mane. "As you know, I produced '8 Mile.' Eminem was very authentic, a unique voice and a poet. Gucci Mane is a different thing. He created a music movement that has taken over all of hip-hop called trap. Trap music, which is mumble. They sort of mumble. It's a mumble sound that Future does and Migos."

"He's extremely prolific," Grazer continued. "When he got out of prison, I think in two weeks, he put out 20 songs. He's a focused guy that's a clear thinker but also very authentic."

"Now, you're going from Picasso to Gucci Mane," Huffington said. Grazer produces the show "Genius," an anthology series that focused on Albert Einstein in its first season, and will focus on Pablo Picasso in its second season later this year.

"They're all people who fascinate you," Huffington said.

"They're all fascinating," Grazer responded.

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• A man has been arrested for trying to steal Frances McDormand's best actress Oscar award at an aftershow ball, according to multiple outlets.
• An LAPD spokesperson told Deadline that Terry Bryant, 47, is facing a charge of felony grand theft for allegedly stealing the Oscar.
• USA Today reported Sunday night that McDormand was eventually "reunited" with her award after "a scary post-show celebration separation."

A man has been arrested for trying to steal Frances McDormand's best actress Oscar award at an aftershow ball, according to multiple news outlets.

An LAPD spokesperson told Deadline that Terry Bryant, 47, is facing a charge of felony grand theft for allegedly stealing the Oscar.

USA Today reported Sunday night that McDormand was eventually "reunited" with her award after "a scary post-show celebration separation."

A tweet from New York Times reporter Cara Buckley on Sunday provided further detail into the attempted theft from a then-unidentified man: Wolfgang Puck's photographer apparently stopped the man  from leaving the ball with the trophy. The man then "disappeared back into the ball," after McDormand said to let him go.

Variety notes that Bryant, while in possession of the Oscar, posted a video with it on Facebook. In the video he kisses the trophy repeatedly and says, "Got this tonight! This is mine. We got it tonight, baby!"

McDormand won the best actress award for her performance as a grieving mother in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri." (The film was nominated for six other Oscars, including best picture. McDormand's costars, Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell, both received nominations for best supporting actor, and Rockwell won the film's only other Oscar for best supporting actor.)  

On Sunday night, a representative for McDormand confirmed to USA Today that McDormand was "happily reunited" with her trophy.

"Fran and Oscar are happily reunited and are enjoying an In-N-Out burger together," the rep wrote.

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• The 90th Academy Awards had an overnight rating of 18.9, that's down 16% from last year's show.
• When final numbers come in, this year's show could turn out to be the least-watched in Oscar history.

It turns out giving away a Jet Ski and surprising a theater full of people watching "A Wrinkle in Time" wasn't enough to suck people into watching the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday.

Overnight ratings of the ABC telecast, which didn't wrap up until midnight eastern time, indicate that the show is down 16% from last year's, averaging a 18.9 rating among households between 8 p.m. and 11 a.m. EST, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The 2017 show, which included the best-picture fiasco, earned a 22.4 overnight rating, and ultimately had 32.9 million viewers for the night. That amounts to the second-lowest viewership in Oscars history. 

And the way things are looking with this year's overnight figures, the 2018 edition is flirting with being the show's all-time lowest.

With general audiences not interested in the favorites for best picture, and many of the major categories predetermined by Oscar pundits, the show going in didn't have much drama for the casual movie lover. 

Though Jimmy Kimmel kept a steady hand with the hosting duties for a second year, his bits — including bringing stars like Gal Gadot, Emily Blunt, Mark Hamill, and Armie Hammer to surprise a theater filled with people watching Disney's "A Wrinkle in Time" — weren't that memorable. 

But audiences have generally been ignoring the telecast for years.

The 2017 rating was down by 4% from the Chris Rock-hosted 2016 year. The lowest rating ever for the Oscars is 2008, hosted by Jon Stewart, which was seen by 31.8 million viewers (that year "No Country for Old Men" won best picture).

Here are the total viewers for the Oscars since 2000, according to Programming Insider:

2017 — 32.9 million
2016 — 34.4 million
2015 — 37.3 million
2014 — 43.7 million
2013 — 40.4 million
2012 — 39.5 million
2011 — 37.9 million
2010 — 41.6 million

2009 — 36.9 million
2008 — 31.8 million

2007 — 39.9 million
2006 — 38.6 million
2005 — 42.2 million
2004 — 43.6 million
2003 — 33.0 million
2002 — 40.5 million
2001 — 42.9 million
2000 — 46.5 million

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• US actress and future royal Meghan Markle is used to travelling for work.
• She shared her secrets on beating jet lag and sickness in a blog, which is being recirculated from her now-closed website, The Tig.
• Invest in a hand sanitiser, a high-strain probiotic, and hydrate like you’re dying of thirst, she advised.

Many people would agree that the reality of travelling for work is a lot less glamorous than it might sound. And it appears that US "Suits" actress and future royal Meghan Markle knows this all too well.

A post she wrote about travel essentials on her former lifestyle blog The Tig in 2016 has been circulating online again — and it reveals some details about the routine she follows when she boards a plane. Here's an archived version of the post.

"If you’ve been tracking my social media of late, you’ll notice that not a week goes by without me finding my derrière on a plane," she wrote.

"Yes, it’s fun, and yes, it’s purpose-driven, and yes, it can sometimes feel quite glamorous; but, jet-setting (for work or pleasure) comes with its own set of complications. The foremost issue is self-care.

"It’s easy to run yourself ragged, hopping from one locale to another, sometimes feeling homesick, and other times just feeling plain-old sick (tummy, head cold, you name it)," she went on.

So, Markle shared some trusty travel tips with her readers — and some of them might well come in handy on your next flight.

Take some sanitiser

First, while she claimed to be "no germophobe," she revealed that the first thing she does when she gets on a plane is wipe down her surrounding area.

"I always use some quick hand wipes or a travel sanitizer spray to wipe it all down: that includes the little TV, the service tray, and all the buttons around your seat. Sure, the person next to you may give you a side eye, but at the end of the flight, you’ll be the one whistling dixie with nary a sniffle."

And she could certainly have a point, there are plenty of studies that have found plane trays to be among the dirtiest parts of an aircraft, and could even harbour more germs than the flush handle in the toilet.

Swab your nose

Next up, Markle shared a flying tip which said was originally from Leonardo DiCaprio — albeit indirectly, via a friend who she called a "good source."

"[H]e puts a little Neosporin on a cotton swab and coats the inside of his nostrils. Not only does it create a barrier for germs, it also lubricates the skin in the nose. That’s important because when the skin cracks, germs can come a running in, so the coating of the Neosporin doubly protects you," she wrote.

Another item she'll always bring with her is a high-strain probiotic (a type of supplement for gut health). Then, she says, "hydrate like you’re dying of thirst – because even if you’re not, for your body – the thirst is real."

"This dynamic duo of probiotics and agua will keep your gut health in check and honestly stave off jet lag if you’re globetrotting on your travails."

Take something cosy

Markle added that she'll never travel without a scarf or cashmere blanket "that feels like a hug."

"Throw it in your purse or backpack, and no matter how far you travel, you will always feel comforted both on and off the plane with something that feels and smells like home. This has become invaluable to me when catching some Zzzzzs on a flight, or feeling swaddled in a hotel room," she added.

Markle also advised travellers to invest in a travel wallet and a chic and efficient carry-on "that makes you feel like a frequent flier, things will speed along so you can avoid less airport hiccups and can focus on the vacate part of the vacation."

Eat to beat the jet lag

And finally, while many seasoned travellers will tell you to tune in your sleep pattern with your destination when flying long-haul, Markle also recommends doing this with your meals, a tip she says she learned from fashion designer Misha Nonoo.

"Misha Nonoo, once told me that if you eat on the schedule of wherever you’ve landed, you won’t feel jet lagged. I was skeptical at first, but as Misha shared, it’s your stomach that tells your brain when it’s feeling wonky."

"By simply eating a meal at the time the locals are when you land, you trick your brain a bit and stay much more on track, and much less cranky," she wrote.

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• Netflix's CFO said last week the company plans to spend $8 billion on 700 new shows this year.
• UBS analyst Eric Sheridan says this will only widen the company's competitive moat.
• Sheridan has the most bullish target on Wall Street for the stock. 

Netflix is planning to spend some $8 billion on roughly 700 new original TV shows in 2018 as part of a move that will only widen its competitive advantage, according to UBS.

"Increasingly building out its global production muscle and focusing on content that travels internationally, Netflix has emerged as a content power house that is actively building a global moat," analyst Eric Sheridan said in a Friday note to clients. "With a strong foothold in North American markets, the company is increasingly looking to international markets for the next leg of subscriber growth."

UBS raised its price target for Netflix to $345, the most bullish of analysts polled by Bloomberg. That's 15% above where the stock opened Monday. By comparison, Wall Street has a consensus target of $267, about 12.5% below where it currently trades.

Such a huge competitive moat will allow Netflix to stave off any competitors entering the space. Disney, most notably, is planning to launch its own streaming service in 2019. And while growth has slowed at home in the US, international markets are still ripe, says UBS, as evidenced in its most recent quarterly earnings report.

In January, Netflix reported 1.98 million new US subscribers, but 6.36 million internationally for the quarter.

"Out of the existing 700 million global broadband households (excluding China), Netflix has only penetrated ~17% in aggregate – while US penetration has reached ~60%, international  penetration remains only ~10%," Sheridan wrote.

Netflix is up 51% so far in 2018 — well outperforming the rest of its FAANG companions.

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• On "Undercover High," seven adults pretended to be teenagers for four months.
• Mostly, it wasn't hard to pass as teens — although one undercover high schooler got braces.
• They took classes, joined clubs, and functioned like regular teenagers.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to relive your high school experience?

Seven adults did exactly that for the A&E documentary series "Undercover High," in which the participants pose as students at Highland Park High School in Topeka, Kansas, for the spring 2017 semester. The undercover students take classes, join clubs, and make friends at the school to get a better perspective on what life is like for teenagers today.

In order to pass as high schoolers, the undercover students needed to make changes to their appearance — sometimes drastic ones. Some of them changed their wardrobes and hairstyles, and 25-year-old Erin even got braces to blend in with the student body.

"Staying in character was one of the hardest things," one of the undercover students, a 23-year-old youth pastor named Daniel, told Business Insider. "Just remembering, OK, I am 18 right now, I'm undercover."

"I knew I dressed a little older, so I grew my hair out, I tried to wear more jeans, typical stuff that an average teenager is wearing," he said. "I hid it pretty well."

Read on to see what the undercover students looked like before they went back to school and after their transformation:

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Gloria, 26

Erin, 25

Shane, 22

• Oscars acceptance speeches have grown dramatically in length over time, according to a Ceros analysis of the Academy's speech database. 
• Between 1950 and 1954, the median Oscars acceptance speech consisted of 29 words. 
• From 2011 to 2017, the median speech ran 174 words. 
• The growing length of Oscar speeches was the tongue-in-cheek reason for host Jimmy Kimmel's decision to award a Jet Ski to the Oscar winner who gave the shortest acceptance speech on Sunday.

Jimmy Kimmel's decision to award a Jet Ski for the shortest acceptance speech at Sunday's Oscars was not only a great comedic bit, but a practical attempt at curbing a historical trend. 

While Kimmel joked in his opening monologue that he would be timing all Oscars acceptance speeches, which he said have gotten longer over time, data analysis from Ceros shows just how dramatically these speeches have extended since the Oscars' early days.

The company analyzed the median word count in all Academy Award acceptance speeches from the Academy's database, dating back to the 1950s.

Between 1950 and 1954, the median acceptance speech consisted of 29 words. From 2011 to 2017, the median speech ran 174 words. 

On Sunday, Kimmel's award for the shortest acceptance speech went to the "Phantom Thread" costume designer Mark Bridges, who received a green Jet Ski worth nearly $18,000. 

While Bridges' speech clocked in at a quick 36 seconds, many other Oscar winners skirted their shot at winning the Jet Ski by going long.

Gary Oldman, who won the best actor award for his performance as Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour," gave an acceptance speech that reached nearly 3 minutes in length.

Frances McDormand, who won the best actress award for her performance in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," gave a speech that lasted around two minutes and thirty seconds, but it also included a striking, wordless tribute to all of the women who were nominated.

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• Best actor winner Gary Oldman is receiving some backlash online for his Oscar win due to a years-old allegation of domestic violence.
• In 2001, Oldman's ex-wife accused him of beating her with a telephone in front of their children.
• Some people are not happy Oldman won the Oscar, especially considering previous frontrunner James Franco wasn't nominated after allegations of inappropriate behavior toward women surfaced against him.  
• Last year's best actor winner Casey Affleck has been accused sexual harassment as well. 

Actor Gary Oldman received applause Sunday night when he won the best actor Oscar for his performance as Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour." But he's facing a backlash online due to a years-old allegation of domestic violence. 

In 2001, a report in The New York Daily News detailed Oldman's alleged domestic abuse against his (now) ex-wife, Donya Fiorentino. The report was published on September 11, 2001, and the allegation did not circulate widely. But it has come back to the forefront as a result of the #MeToo movement and Oldman's Oscar nomination and win. 

Oldman's ex-wife alleged to the L.A. Superior Court that he choked her and hit her “in the face with the telephone receiver three or four times.” She also said he did this in front of their children.

In 2001, Oldman's manager told the Daily News that Fiorentino's claims were "completely investigated by police and the district attorney's offices. No charges were ever filed." And Oldman said she was lying, according to the Daily News.

Oldman has since remarried twice. He's currently married to Gisele Schmidt, who he wed in 2017. His first marriage of five was to 2018 best supporting actress nominee Lesley Manville, and his second was to actress Uma Thurman.

Fiorentino's account saw a bit of increased traction this awards season, but Oldman was nominated and won the Oscar despite being up against some tough competition, including Timothée Chalamet's performance in "Call Me by Your Name."

But after he accepted the award Sunday night, many online spoke out against Oldman's Oscar win:

It's especially interesting that Goldman won best actor considering James Franco didn't get an expected nomination for "The Disaster Artist" after allegations of inappropriate behavior toward women surfaced in January (before voting for the Oscar nominees closed). The allegation against Oldman also heavily contrasted with the themes throughout the ceremony, which focused on supporting women in the industry, #MeToo, Time's Up, and diversity. 

Several anonymous Academy voters told Vulture they didn't vote for Franco because of his alleged behavior, yet Oldman prevailed.

Last year, Casey Affleck, who was accused of sexual harassment on his 2010 film "I'm Still Here," won best actor for his role in "Manchester by the Sea." He did not present the best actress Oscar this year, breaking with tradition.

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• The sci-fi anthology series "Black Mirror" has officially been renewed for a fifth season at Netflix. 
• The show tweeted a teaser video to announce the news.
• No further information, including a release date, is available, though. 

"Black Mirror" fans can rejoice, as the sci-fi anthology series has officially been renewed for season 5 — but we still don't know when it will drop to Netflix.

In true "Black Mirror" fashion, the announcement was cryptic. A tweet from the show's Twitter Monday morning, retweeted by Netflix, said "The future will be brighter than ever," with a teaser video. The video is a collection of clips from the first four seasons, with the tagline "Be Right Back" appearing at the end of the video. 

"Be Right Back" is the title of an episode from the show's second season.

Season 4 of "Black Mirror" was released in December, while season 3 debuted in October 2016. That's a over a year between the two seasons, so with no official release date, it's hard to say when "Black Mirror" will return. Season 5 has also not even started production yet. 

The show, which features a different story and cast each episode, highlights often dark visions of the future that aren't very far from reality.

That clearly doesn't stop audiences from tuning in, and if you can't wait for the new season, the entire series is on Netflix.

Here is a ranking of every episode to consider for your binge, and here are 6 shows to watch while you anxiously wait for the new season.

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• Roger Deakins, one of the greatest cinematographers of all time, finally won an Oscar after being nominated 13 times. 
• He won for his work on "Blade Runner 2049," which had some of his best work to date.
• Deakins' win came as a surprise, because "Dunkirk" was expected to win in the cinematography category.
• These are all of the movies he was nominated for in the past, along with one of the best shots he took.

Roger Deakins is responsible for some of the most iconic shots in film. 

On Sunday night, he finally — and unexpectedly — beat his long losing streak and won an Oscar for his groundbreaking work on "Blade Runner 2049."

He'd been nominated 13 times since 1995. "Dunkirk" was expected to win in the cinematography category, so Deakins' win was all the more satisfying to his devoted fans.

Deakins did the cinematography for "The Shawshank Redemption," "Fargo," "No Country for Old Men," and "Skyfall," a line-up that would make anyone assume he's won an Oscar (or a dozen). Deakins is considered such an incredible cinematographer because, despite working with a multitude of directors, his style remains recognizable without sacrificing the style his director is trying to create. 

In honor of his win, we put together a list of the Oscar nominations he lost and who he lost to, paired with one of the best shots from the film:

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"The Shawshank Redemption" — 67th Academy Awards in 1995

Lost to: John Toll, "Legends of the Fall"

"Fargo" — 69th Academy Awards in 1997

Lost to: John Seale, "The English Patient"

"Kundun" — 70th Academy Awards in 1998

Lost to: Russell Carpenter, "Titanic"

• The A&E documentary series "60 Days In" follows ordinary people who go undercover at jails in southern Indiana and Atlanta.
• Several scenes depict the ways inmates get their hands on illegal drugs, like "cheeking" their prescribed meds to save and stockpile them.
• Inmates will devise inventive ways to get high from ordinary household items, too, like smoking papers soaked in coffee.

Most drugs are forbidden in jail — but that doesn't mean inmates refrain from using them.

In fact, in two jails depicted in the gripping documentary series "60 Days In," inmates go to great lengths to get high when the guards aren't watching.

The show, now in its fourth season, follows regular people who go undercover as inmates for two months to expose problems with the criminal justice system. The first two seasons were filmed at Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and the most recent seasons at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.

The undercover inmates, who were given false identities and booked under fake charges for their stays in jail, discovered the various ways inmates managed to catch a buzz.

In many cases, inmates used ordinary household items purchased through the jail's commissary. Some made "crack sticks" by crushing up a filter from an electronic cigarette, coating it with Orajel pain reliever, and smoking it. Others smoked paper that had been saturated with coffee — a practice known as "parachuting."

Other times, inmates relied on illegally obtained prescription drugs. One of the participants in the first season of the show, an ex-Marine named Zac, learned that inmates didn't always swallow the pills they received during the daily pill call.

"Basically they'd tuck them under their tongue or under their cheek, and drag them out and then trade them off to people," Zac told Business Insider. "Every single pill call there was someone who was cheeking their meds, either to trade them off or to stockpile them to use for getting high."

Once traded, prescription pills can be swallowed, snorted, or mixed with other drugs. One popular use for pills is "whippit" — a potent, taffy-like concoction made from melted candy and coffee. In one episode, a group of inmates celebrate a female participant's birthday by spiking whippit with Effexor, Depakote, and Remeron, prescription drugs used for treating depression and bipolar disorder.

"It tastes like candy, like a little fluffy candy," an undercover inmate named Stephanie said. "A candy I cannot stop eating. It's very addictive."

But even illegal drugs like crack, cocaine, meth, and heroin find their way into inmates' hands. As the inmates discovered, the drug trade in jail is an intricate web involving coordination between inmates and associates on the outside.

At Clark County Jail, inmates used illegally-obtained cell phones to communicate with accomplices outside the jail. The accomplices would then intentionally get arrested so they could smuggle drugs into the facility, often in their body orifices. Then, the drugs would make their way to trustees, inmates who are selected for jobs like food preparation and garbage collection.

Finally, the trustees would distribute the drugs to different zones within the jail by hiding them under food trays as they distributed meals to the inmates.

Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel long suspected the elaborate system, but it took until the filming of the show to confirm it. Noel's findings led to a revamping of the trustee system, and the knowledge provided by one of the inmates even led to the arrest of a woman who tried to sneak drugs into the jail shortly after filming ended.

"60 Days In" airs Thursday at 10 p.m. EST on A&E.

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It's been quite a year for Nintendo.

The Japanese video game giant launched its latest console, the Nintendo Switch, in March 2017. It's the company's first new console since 2012's Wii U — primarily known as the worst-selling console in Nintendo history. 

Well, Nintendo really turned it around: In that first year, the Switch has become a runaway success. Over 14 million have already been sold, with another 20 million expected to sell in the coming year.

With the Switch, Nintendo has a hit on its hands — and for good reason. It's an excellent little console that stands out from the competition with its portability and excellent game library. 

One year later, we're revisiting our original review of the Switch to see how far Nintendo has come...and the places it still needs to go. 

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A quick overview: The Nintendo Switch is a $300 video game console that launched on Friday, March 3, 2017.

The console is a hybrid home console and portable console. The games you play at home are the same when you take them on the go — that's the whole sell point of the console: "Play games everywhere."

In this sense, the Switch "console" is just a tablet that can be docked and played on your TV, or taken to play on the go. 

This is the Nintendo Switch, the 6.2-inch tablet in the middle. The controllers on either side are modular; they can be slid onto the tablet, thus turning it into a handheld game system.

A kickstand on the back of the tablet enables you to balance it like a tiny display for multiplayer gaming. If you're attempting as much, you must be very close to the screen. It's small!

The Switch's main gimmick — being a home console and a handheld — holds up remarkably well.

What we said in 2017: Switching between TV mode and handheld mode on the Switch works exactly as advertised — it's simple, intuitive, and brilliant.

The Switch seamlessly moves between home console and portable console. You simply slide the tablet into the dock, and it's on your TV. Pick it up and it's ready to go. That's it!

Being able to pause a game on my TV, snag the Switch out of the Dock, and keep playing is a convenience I didn't think I needed. Turns out it's a tremendously nice bonus. I've been playing "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" on my morning commute, picking up where I left off on my TV the night before, and it's a real delight.

Also, if we're being honest, being able to bring the Switch to the bathroom is something that millions of people are going to embrace. Kinda gross? Maybe. Logical? Certainly.

And now, in 2018? Though I'm far less likely these days to pick up my Switch and take it on-the-go, it's a delightful convenience when traveling.

I brought the Switch with me during my holiday travel, and enjoyed the ability to play "Super Mario Odyssey" as we traveled from place to place. The Switch came with me last year to Peru as well. It's genuinely amazing being able to bring a full-on game console wherever you go. That the power cable/plug is relatively slim also helps!

• ESPN has named Disney executive James Pitaro as its new president.
• Pitaro had been the chairman of Disney consumer products and interactive media since 2016.

ESPN has named Disney executive James Pitaro as its new president, reporting directly to Disney CEO Bob Iger, the company announced Monday.

Pitaro had been a leading candidate for the job since John Skipper left the position in December (citing substance abuse issues), according to The Hollywood Reporter. Pitaro has also reportedly been a longtime favorite of Iger's, who previously wanted Pitaro to serve as Skipper's No. 2 at ESPN, according to Recode.

Pitaro has been the chairman of Disney consumer products and interactive media since 2016. He was formerly a vice president and head of Yahoo! Media.

Pitaro joins ESPN, a top asset for Disney, at a time of turmoil for the sports media company. ESPN's subscriber base has narrowed significantly due to cord-cutting in recent years, dropping from its peak at 100 million in 2010, to around 88 million in recent months.

But ESPN — and Disney overall — is making big moves to adapt to the digital world, and Iger thinks Pitaro is the right person to lead ESPN there.

"Jimmy forged his career at the intersection of technology, sports and media, and his vast experience and keen perspective will be invaluable in taking ESPN into the future," Iger said in a statement.

In a release, ESPN touted Pitaro's hiring as coming at "a time of great opportunity" for the company, as ESPN is prepping the launch of its new direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service, ESPN+.

With ESPN+, a $4.99 a month service that will combine live events with ESPN's library of programming, the company looks to regain footing among cord-cutting customers, while continuing to draw out more money from its subscribers, which it has exceeded at despite dwindling subscriber numbers.

Disney is also planning to launch a direct-to-consumer Netflix competitor in 2019.

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• Uber bought half of the seats to the London premiere of "Brilliant Jerks," a play inspired by the car-ride startup.
• "Brilliant Jerks" is said to have been inspired in part by the infamous blog post by former Uber employee Susan J. Fowler, alleging a toxic and sexist culture at the company. Fowler's blog set off a chain of events ultimately leading to the resignation of Travis Kalanick as CEO.
• The ride-hailing app's social team booked the tickets, saying they regularly organize theater trips and that it would be "fun to see the production."

Uber booked more than half of the seats available for the London premiere of "Brilliant Jerks," a satirical play inspired by the car-ride startup's numerous scandals, and featuring a character similar to former CEO Travis Kalanick. 

The company purchased 50 of 90 available seats for the show's opening night at London's Vault theater, as originally reported by the Financial Times. 

The Financial Times reports that the play was inspired in part by the now-infamous blog post by Susan J. Fowler on Uber's toxic and sexist work culture, setting off a chain of events that ultimately led Kalanick to resign as chief executive of the company he cofounded. 

According to the Vault's website, "Brilliant Jerks tells the story of three people – a driver, a coder, and a CEO – working for one tech monolith, but living worlds apart." One of the lead characters of the play is Tyler Janowski, the former CEO of a fictional ride-hailing startup, who's trying “to figure out where it all went wrong."

In a statement to Business Insider, an Uber spokesperson says this is just a company bonding activity like any other:

"Our staff social team regularly organise nights out and activities from table tennis tournaments to theatre trips. After seeing shows like 'Wicked,' 'An American in Paris' and 'Romeo & Juliet' the social team thought it would be fun to see this new production - especially as the tickets were on a buy one get one free offer!"

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