✉ Oscars 2015: Academy tries to highlight diversity onstage

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Monday, February 23, 2015 COMPANY TOWN Early ratings show Oscars telecast down from last year Ratings for ABC’s Oscars telecast on Sunday night appear to be off from last year’s audience level, according to early data from Nielsen. TODAY'S TOP NEWS ›  Oscars 2015: Academy tries to highlight diversity onstage ›  Success of 'Birdman' signals Inarritu's arrival as film royalty ›  Oscars 2015: John Travolta, a.k.a. Glom Gazingo, gets some face time ›  Oscars 2015: Eddie Redmayne says he was 'weirdly not that nervous' ENVELOPE Essential Arts: A controversial maestro, Oscars architecture and another side of Mamet ›  Henry Segerstrom, 91, was a towering O.C. cultural figure ›  Actors' union mulls plan for bigger pay on smaller L.A. stages ›  Debate heats up over proposed changes to L.A. 99-seat theater plan MORE ENTERTAINMENT ›  Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'The Fault in Our Stars' ›  'August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand' on PBS' 'American Masters' ›  'MacGyver' creator launches search for 'The Next MacGyver' ›  TV academy changes Emmy award rules on comedies and other shows ›  Harris Wittels: The man behind #humblebrag ›  Snoop Dogg mocks Bill Cosby on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' ›  TV This Week Feb. 22-28: 'Good Witch' on Hallmark Oscars 2015: Heidi Klum turns heads at Elton John's Oscars Viewing Party “Where do you get the Champagne? Oh! It's over there!” actress Jane Seymour said as she passed through a circle of fans and phot... MULTIMEDIA Photos:  Oscars 2015: The show   Photos:  Pre-Oscars parties and events