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“Zootopia,” a children’s movie that doubled as one of the most politically poignant films of 2016, was recognized as the Best Animated Feature Film of the year at the 89th Academy Awards on Sunday. 

On its surface, the film, directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, follows a bunny named Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) as she tries to establish herself as a police officer in the animal-run metropolis of Zootopia.

But underneath the surface of “Zootopia” is a message about the dangers of stereotyping and discriminating in a multicultural world ― in the case of “Zootopia,” one with co-existing predators and prey ― and the types of people (and animals) who win and lose when we do. 

Director Byron Howard told Variety that when he and Rich Moore pitched the film to Disney, “bias and discrimination didn’t seem like the most mainstream” topic for a children’s movie.

But by the time it was in production, the world around them had changed. Protests were raging over the mistreatment of black men and women in Ferguson, Missouri, making them feel as if they had an obligation to tackle the issues of prejudice as “honestly” as they could.

After that, the film only continued to gain in relevancy with the fear-based rise of President Donald Trump’s popularity, “which is what [the film’s] entire third act is about, our villain is using fear to stoke division,” Howard said. 

“I don’t think we could have predicted it any closer with this film,” he added. 

After its March release, “Zootopia” quickly became one of the biggest hits of 2016. The filmed received positive reviews from 98 percent of critics, tied for the highest percentage of any film last year, according to Rotten Tomatoes.

At the box office, “Zootopia” performed just as well, pulling in $340 million domestically and more than $1 billion worldwide. 

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The 2017 Oscars red carpet was star-studded, sparkly and as always, dripping in high fashion. 

While we would have been perfectly happy to give Taraji P. Henson all of the top spots for best-dressed on the red carpet, there were plenty other equally beautiful looks to swoon over. 

Janelle Monae took a risk in Elie Saab that paid off tenfold, while Jessica Biel stunned in a golden, Oscar statuesque KaufmanFranco. 

Take a look at the rest of our picks for best-dressed below (in no particular order). And make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom to see ALL the looks from the night.

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It’s Oscar night, which only means one thing ― some people in Hollywood are taking home some little gold men. 

Going into the award ceremony, “La La Land” was the night’s heavy favorite with 14 nominations, while “Arrival” and “Moonlight” earned eight nominations each, followed by “Manchester by the Sea,” “Lion” and “Hacksaw Ridge,” each with six nominations.

Jimmy Kimmel tackled the hosting job for the first time this year ― though if you watched him host the Emmys in 2012 and 2016, you pretty much knew what to expect.

In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Kimmel said he’s going to try to find a way to feed the audience again in some way, recalling the PB&J sandwiches he brought to last year’s Emmys and the pizza Ellen DeGeneres ordered for the audience at the 2014 Academy Awards. 

As for political humor, the barrage of news surrounding the Trump administration had Kimmel waiting until the last minute to write his jokes.

“My guess is that there will probably be some new crazy thing we’re all talking about, so it really depends largely on what’s going on that week. And I would definitely make those decisions the day of or day before as to how much material I do and what my spin on it is,” he said. 

Check back for the full list of winners below: 

Best Picture
“Arrival”
”Fences”
”Hacksaw Ridge”
”Hell or High Water”
”Hidden Figures”
”La La Land”
”Lion”
”Manchester by the Sea”
”Moonlight”

Best Director
Denis Villeneuve, “Arrival”
Mel Gibson, “Hacksaw Ridge”
Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”

Best Actress
Emma Stone, “La La Land”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Ruth Negga, “Loving”
Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”

Best Actor
Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”
Ryan Gosling, “La La Land”
Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”
Denzel Washington, “Fences”

Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, “Fences”
Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”
Nicole Kidman, “Lion”
Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures”
Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges,”Hell or High Water”
Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”
Dev Patel, “Lion”
Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals”

Best Adapted Screenplay
“Arrival”
”Fences”
”Hidden Figures”
”Lion”
”Moonlight”

Best Original Screenplay
“Hell or High Water”
”La La Land”
”The Lobster”
”Manchester by the Sea”
”20th Century Women”

Best Foreign Language Film
“Land of Mine,” Martin Zandvliet, Denmark
”A Man Called Ove,” Hannes Holm,  Sweden
”The Salesman,”  Asghar Farhadi, Iran
”Tanna,” Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, Australia,
”Toni Erdmann,” Maren Ade, Germany

Best Documentary Feature
“Fire at Sea”
“I Am Not Your Negro”
“Life, Animated”
”13th”
“O.J.: Made in America”

Best Animated Feature
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
”Moana”
”My Life as a Zucchini”
”The Red Turtle”
”Zootopia”

Best Film Editing
“Arrival”
”Hacksaw Ridge”
”Hell or High Water”
”La La Land”
”Moonlight”

Best Original Song
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” “La La Land”
“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” “Trolls”
“City of Stars,” “La La Land”
“The Empty Chair,” “Jim: The James Foley Story”
“How Far I’ll Go,” “Moana”

Best Original Score
“Jackie”
”La La Land”
”Lion”
”Moonlight”
”Passengers”

Best Cinematography
“Arrival,” Bradford Young
”La La Land,” Linus Sandgren
”Silence,” Rodrigo Prieto
”Lion,” Grieg Fraser
”Moonlight,” James Laxton

Best Costume Design
“Allied”
”Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
”Florence Foster Jenkins”
”Jackie”
”La La Land”  

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“A Man Called Ove”
”Star Trek Beyond”
”Suicide Squad”

Best Production Design
“Arrival”
”Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
”Hail, Caesar!”
”La La Land”
”Passengers”

Best Sound Editing
“Arrival”
”Deepwater Horizon”
”Hacksaw Ridge”
”La La Land”
”Sully”

Best Sound Mixing
 “Arrival”
”Hacksaw Ridge”
”La La Land”
”Rogue One”
”13  Hours”

Best Visual Effects
“Rogue One”
”The Jungle Book”
”Doctor Strange”
”Deepwater Horizon”
”Kubo and the Two Strings”

Best Short Film, Live Action
“Ennemis Intérieurs”
”La Femme et le TGV”
”Silent Nights”
”Sing”
”Timecode”

Best Short Film, Animated
“Blind Vaysha”
”Borrowed Time”
”Pear Cider and Cigarettes”
”Pearl”
”Piper”

Best Documentary, Short Subject
“Extremis”
”4.1 Miles”
”Joe’s Violin”
”Watani: My Homeland”
”The White Helmets” 

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Donald Trump’s plan to make the nation safe by barring travelers from seven mostly Muslim nations isn’t going to “help in any significant way,” warned former CIA Director John Brennan.

Protection against terrorism requires a sophisticated strategy that looks beyond an individual’s citizenship and religion, and focuses instead on thorough vetting procedures and issues such as cyber recruitment by extremists, he explained Sunday on “Face the Nation” on CBS.

Brennan pointed to a report last week by the Department of Homeland Security revealing that residents of the countries targeted in Trump’s travel ban are “rarely implicated” in U.S terrorism. Though Trump’s initial executive order instituting the travel ban has been blocked by the courts, the president has said he plans to issue a revised ban this week much like the first one.

The DHS report “puts its finger on it by saying that citizenship is not the indicator of a potential terrorist action,” Brennan said. “The vetting process that needs to go on has to take into account multiple factors, not just countries of origin or where they may be departing from.” The blanket ban also sends a “bad message” that the crackdown is about Muslims, rather than about terrorists.

Trump’s new National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster told NSA staffers earlier in the week that using the phrase “radical Islamic terrorism” was unhelpful and could undermine U.S. security goals, according to sources, CNN reported. He said that terrorism is not part of Islamic teaching, and such language could serve to alienate Muslim allies. The phrase is repeatedly used by Trump.

The former CIA boss also waded into the controversy over Trump and his campaign team’s connections with Russia. Brennan said the only way the nation’s interests will be served is if an investigation into the issue is bipartisan. Rep. Darryl Issa (R-Cal.) earlier this week called for an “independent prosecutor,” not Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a long-time supporter of Trump, to investigate the issue.

“It’s very important that the investigation be done in a bipartisan fashion,” said Brennan. “If it’s only one party that’s going to be leading this, it is not going to deliver the results that the American people need and deserve.”

He also branded as “verboten” the administration’s attempt to pressure the FBI to publicly refute reports about aides’ contact with Russia. Brennan, who referred to the “impropriety” of such a request, said he had never experienced anything like it working in both Republican and Democratic administrations.

Trump has dismissed reports of campaign contacts as “fake news” and insisted that FBI leaks are the “real scandal.”

He attacked the FBI again in tweets Friday and resurrected the “fake news” slam on Sunday.

Brennan said any leaks of classified information are “appalling.” Other leaks, he said, could be coming from any one of a number of sources, including the intelligence community, Congress, even within the White House.

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