Six things we learned from J-Law’s date

We all saw that Jennifer Lawrence brought her boyfriend, Nicholas Hoult, to the Oscars this week, but he wasn’t her only date. Jennifer’s best friend, Laura Simpson, was along for the big night as well, and she shared an honest – and hilarious – account of what it was like to attend Hollywood’s biggest event as a non-celebrity.

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‘It’s going to go away’

Animal wrangler Jim Brockett stands a few yards away from Arrow, like a director studying his actor. The African augur hawk latches his yellow talons onto what looks like a severed finger – actually a piece of foam – and swoops into the air before landing on the gauntlet of a falconer (who promptly rewards him with a thawed chick stashed in a leather pouch)

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The unsung heroes of reality television

It’s a rarely-discussed fact of reality television: Before every Kardashian, Honey Boo Boo or Robertson, there was a casting director who thought they might be the perfect wacky character for TV. At the RealScreen Summit reality TV conference in Washington this week, a panel of casting experts, producers and network executives discussed what goes on behind-the-scenes of the casting world, a topic that doesn’t usually get much attention

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