Today: Before Super Tuesday, After The Oscars

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Hillary Clinton won the South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday.

She defeated Bernie Sanders with 73.5% of the vote. Polls leading to the victory showed that Clinton was popular among black voters, who made up the majority of those who turned out on Saturday, BuzzFeed News reports.

“The victory carried with it some combination of relief and excitement — a cautious hope that the campaign, after 10 months, might finally start to click,” BuzzFeed News’ Ruby Cramer writes.

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Super Tuesday is tomorrow.

It’s make-or-break time for many of the candidates: A path to a potential nomination for many of the candidates will either become much clearer or much muddier after Democrats and Republicans each vote in 11 contests on Tuesday, BuzzFeed News reports:

  • Republicans: Donald Trump is the frontrunner in most states. Over the weekend, former Republican candidate New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Republican Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions endorsed Trump.

  • Democrats: Clinton is expected to beat Sanders in most of the states. After losing momentum following Clinton’s win in South Carolina, Sanders is expected to remain competitive in some states, like Massachusetts, and win his home state of Vermont.

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THE OSCARS

Leonardo DiCaprio (finally!) won an Oscar and Spotlight won Best Picture at last night’s 88th Academy Awards.

After six nominations, DiCaprio won Best Actor for his role in The Revenant. Some other big winners: Alejandro Iñárritu won Best Director, also for The Revenant, and Brie Larson won Best Actress for her role in Room.

Vice President Joe Biden introduced Lady Gaga, who received a standing ovation for her performance of “Til It Happens to You,” the Oscar-nominated song from The Hunting Ground, a film about campus sexual assault.

If you didn’t stay up to watch the ceremony, here’s what you missed. And even if you did watch, here are some behind-the-scenes moments.

Yaaas: This is the ~exact~ moment Leonardo DiCaprio received his Oscar.

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#OscarsSoWhite

Racial inequality in Hollywood was the topic of the night and host Chris Rock started in on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy as soon as the ceremony began, BuzzFeed News’ Kate Aurthur writes. For the second year in a row, no actors of color received any nominations.

Among the celebrities who boycotted this year’s Academy Awards for lack of diversity were Will and Jada Pinkett Smith as well as director Spike Lee. Scandal’s Kerry Washington said that while she supported those who decided to boycott, she feels that true change can only come about if diverse voices are part of the conversation,

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02/29/2016, 10:31

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02/29/2016, 10:16