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Expect the 2017 Oscars to look very male and very pale.(Photo: Michael Nelson, epa)
[h=2]Next year's Academy Awards may be just as pale and male as this year[/h]We’re sad to report that next year's Academy Awards looks to be a reprise of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>#OscarsSoWhite. The proof is in the pudding, er, numbers:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>USA TODAY surveyed 14 Hollywood studios to determine the diversity of their announced 2016 slates, breaking down the data on 184 movies to be released<span style="color: Red;">*</span>this year. Each<span style="color: Red;">*</span>studio got a letter grade. Hint: No A's were given. USA TODAY's analysis<span style="color: Red;">*</span>shows a distinct lack of minority and female faces in films being<span style="color: Red;">*</span>released between January and December.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Oy.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Here's what the studios say. Here's why the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>prospects for diversity are so bleak. And here are some<span style="color: Red;">*</span>notable bright spots<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in 2016's diversity dearth.
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The lack of diversity at the Oscars in 2016 could be repeated in 2017 due to few minorities landing major roles in films set to be released this year. USA TODAY
[h=2]Man charged with Kalamazoo shooting spree[/h]It's a dark time in Kalamazoo, Mich., where<span style="color: Red;">*</span>an Uber driver was charged Monday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in connection with<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a mass shooting spree Saturday night that left six people dead and two others wounded.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jason Dalton, 45, faces six counts of open murder, two counts of assault with intent to commit murder and eight counts of felony firearm.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>What we know about the case: Dalton, who doesn't have a prior criminal record, allegedly shot people at three different locations between Uber fares. The victims include<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Tyler Smith, 17, and his father, Richard,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>53; and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mary Lou<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Nye, 62, Mary Jo Nye, 60, Dorothy Brown, 74, and Barbara<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Hawthorne, 68.
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An Uber passenger says he called the police to report an erratic driver more than an hour before authorities allege the driver began shooting people at random, killing six and wounding two others before being arrested. (Feb. 22) AP
[h=2]The court didn't help Kesha, but maybe $5 and a re-post will[/h]If a judge won't let singer Kesha out of her Sony contract with producer Dr. Luke, her fans hope money will.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A fan set up a GoFundMe campaign<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to raise $2 million to buy Kesha Rose Sebert<span style="color: Red;">*</span>out of her contract.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>It takes the widely trending<span style="color: Red;">*</span>#FreeKesha<span style="color: Red;">*</span>one step further.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A New York<span style="color: Red;">*</span>judge last week ruled against releasing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Kesha<span style="color: Red;">*</span>from her contract, after she sued Dr. Luke (real name: Lukasz Gottwald) in 2014 for ongoing abuse, including drugging and raping her a decade ago. Separately,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Taylor Swift donated $250,000<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to Kesha "to help with any of her financial needs during this trying time," Swift's spokesperson Tree Paine said.
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Taylor Swift's donation comes after a judge ruled that Kesha could not get out of her record contract with Dr. Luke, whom Kesha has accused of abuse. USA TODAY
[h=2]So long, Jeb[/h]Did you watch<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jeb Bush announcing the suspension of his campaign over the weekend? It's really sad. We feel bad for the guy. This man is a Bush. This man had donors and endorsements. It was all for naught.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>We know why, of course. To put it mildly, this is "not the year for an establishment candidate,"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>notes George H.W. Bush biographer Timothy Naftali. Instead, it’s the year for a man who<span style="color: Red;">*</span>fits perfectly into Game of Thrones. Onward to Nevada.
[h=2]The future is now[/h]There's a lot happening at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, from the unveiling of the Samsung Galary S7<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to all the talk about virtual reality. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is especially excited for the latter, saying it has the potential to be "the most social platform." But it's a photo of Zuckerberg's surprise cameo that has people talking. There's Mark, walking by a bunch of people with VR headsets on. It's fascinating and creepy all at once. We've seen<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Matrix. Think of a funny caption for the photo? Tweet it to us at #TheShortList.
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Contributing: The Associated Press
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