The Harry Potter actress was recently linked with the prince through the somewhat dubious source Woman's Day Australia, an Australian news site. Certain corners of the Internet immediately exploded with excitement, because what could be more romantic than English rose Emma Watson being romanced by a real-life royal?

Never mind that the only evidence was an Australian gossip article about their "secret dates." They're both British, and apparently the image of Prince Harry as a ginger Ron Weasley substitute was too romantic to ignore.

Using a charmingly catty heart emoji, Watson subtweeted the rumor-mongers with this message:

Put away your Princess Hermione fanfic and your binder full of "Mr. Harry Watson" doodles. This ain't happening.

Photo via Joella Marano/Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0)

Oscar night is upon us, and we’re kicking ourselves for not having seen every film being honored.

We could easily read the countless reviews, synopses, and thinkpieces about the films or head over to their Wikipedia pages, but Digg has done us one better. It boiled down and summarized 982 minutes of footage across all eight Best Picture nominees into a four-minute recap.

There are spoilers aplenty, but that's pretty much a given when you’re trying to learn what the Best Picture films are all about.

H/T Digg | Screengrab via Universal Pictures UK/YouTube

Austin-based production house Rooster Teeth—best known for Red vs. Blue, RWBY, and Achievement Hunter—just put out a trailer for its new comedy, Lazer Team.

The movie is directed by Rooster Teeth cofounder Matt Hullum and stars Alan Ritchson, Colton Dunn, Gavin Free, Michael Jones, Burnie Burns, and Alexandria Deberry. Lazer Team follows four men who come across a government-made suit created to protect Earth from alien invasions. They each wear pieces of the suit and call themselves Lazer Team.

The full trailer will hit next month during SXSW, with a theatrical release sometime in 2015.

H/T EW | Screengrab via Rooster Teeth/YouTube

And J.K. Simmons might have taken home the first official award of the night, but we'd like to suggest that Emma Stone and Jennifer Aniston already won the hearts of millions with this adorable moment from the preshow.

For more moments from the red carpet, check out our GIFs of all the best moments over on our Tumblr.

Photo via Beautiful Emma Stone - Zombieland FantasticFest 2009 Red Carpet/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

But we couldn't have known that Anna Kendrick and Jack Black would lend a hand to make it totally epic.

Tegan and Sara joined forces with Andy Samberg's Lonely Island to deliver a bombastic performance of Oscar-nominated track "Everything Is Awesome." Here are some of the highlights, in appropriately GIF-y form:

1) Neil Patrick Harris dropped trou

He tossed out a show-stopping musical opener, plenty of sass, and wordplay left and right—not all well-received. His legacy as host will probably take a little while longer to fully appreciate, but this particular costume change was all about instant gratification.

2) The Lego Movie had its time to shine

After a heartbreaking snub in the Best Animated Feature category, the entire Lego Movie team could've sulked away quietly. Instead, we got this epic performance of "Everything Is Awesome," encapsulating a youthful energy not often within reach of the Academy.

3) Lady Gaga delivered an amazing Sound of Music tribute

Lady Gaga—she of the meat dress and terrifying genderbent Christmas carols—might not have been the first, second, or 47th name to come to mind when you hear the phrase "Sound of Music tribute." But her medley of the show's favorite tunes (on the occasion of the film version's 50th anniversary) was pretty impressive, top to bottom. Julie Andrews agreed.

4) Common and John Legend brought the theater to its feet—and to tears

John Legend and Common performed a stirring rendition of "Glory" from Selma just minutes before taking home the trophy for Best Original Song.

5) Equal pay for women got a massive shout-out

Patricia Arquette's acceptance speech for Best Actress in a Supporting Role took a turn for the political when she dedicated her award to women across America, saying "It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America." Meryl Streep immediately jumped from her seat in solidarity, as did no small portion of Twitter.

6) Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel cleaned up

Alejandro Iñárritu and Wes Anderson's pictures each took home four awards, with Birdman winning Best Picture, Director, Cinematography, and Original Screenplay and Budapest landing Original Score, Production Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, and Costume Design.

7) Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore are your Best Actor and Actress

This largely speaks for itself, but it's also worth noting that each artist dedicated a portion of his or her award to those suffering from ALS and Alzheimer's, respectively—the diseases afflicting the characters they portrayed in The Theory of Everything and Still Alice.

Best picture: Birdman

Best actress in a leading role: Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

Best actor in a leading role: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

Best director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman)

Best adapted screenplay: The Imitation Game (Graham Moore)

Best original screenplay: Birdman (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo)

Best original score: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat)

Best original song: "Glory" from Selma (music and lyrics by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn)

Best documentary feature: Citizenfour (Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky)

Film editing: Whiplash (Tom Cross)

Cinematography: Birdman (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Production design: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock)

Best animated feature: Big Hero 6 (Don Hall, Chris Williams, and Roy Conli)

Best animated short: Feast (Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed)

Achievements in visual effects: Interstellar (Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott Fisher)

Best actress in a supporting role: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

Sound editing: American Sniper (Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman)

Sound mixing: Whiplash (Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley)

Best documentary short subject: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry)

Best live action short film: The Phone Call (Mat Kirkby and James Lucas)

Best foreign language film: Ida (Poland)

Makeup and hairstyling: Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Costume design: Milena Canonero (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Best actor in a supporting role: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)

Now, in the inimitable words of Benedict Cumberbatch, go away.

The Oscar snubs weren’t limited to the awards itself.

The ceremony’s annual “In Memoriam” segment, which honored those we lost this year, likely had some of the attendees in the Dolby Theater in tears or grabbing for their tissues. Instead of using clips from the person’s film career, the Academy chose to go with a drawing of each person.

But Rivers wasn’t the only person left out of the ceremony. Elaine Stritch had a career mostly in TV spanning decades, but she appeared in a few films during her lifetime and also was the subject of a documentary. Rivers’s and Stritch’s documentaries were not nominated for Oscars.

The Academy’s website has a photo gallery of all 129 professionals who died this year, and Rivers and Stritch are among those immortalized on the website. If they'd been Academy members, it seems, their chances of making the tribute might have increased.

From the New York Times, in 2013:

Those remembered on the show itself do not have to be Academy members, Mr. Robertson said. But institutional service can help. Frank Pierson, a screenwriter and former Academy president who died in July, for instance, appears to have a strong case for inclusion this year.

Behind every great actors or actress is the person who taught them everything they know. On Sunday night, the world learned that, in Hollywood, that person is Jimmy Kimmel.

In his annual post-Oscars special, Kimmel brought together more than a dozen actors (and producer Harvey Weinstein) to shower praise on the “Kimmel School of Perfect Acting.” After all, Kimmel's teachings have built up some of the most successful actors of the past generation.

“Every moment in which you aren't acting is a moment that you are dying,” Kimmel says, bestowing his wisdom upon the next generation of actors.

But Kimmel is the dude behind the Dude and he can get it done, so Hollywood's royalty will continue to put up with it.

Screengrab via Jimmy Kimmel Live/YouTube

House of Cards returns to the Netflix in just a few short days with a thrilling third season, but if you simply can't wait to see what the Underwoods have up their sleeves this season, Sesame Street has you covered.

Presenting "House of Bricks," the Sesame Street parody of House of Cards that puts a ridiculous spin on an already ridiculous show.

Sesame Street's sendup of the popular political drama finds the rather wily Frank Underwolf trying to rid Washington, D.C., of extra pork using plenty of hot air. This cunning critter will stop it nothing to make his way to the White-brick House, huffing, puffing, and blowing down everything in his path.

Remember: In the nation's capital, not everything is as it seems. As Mr. Underwolf learns the hard way, "Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose." Either way, you have to play the hand you're dealt. 

H/T Digg | Screengrab via SesameStreet/YouTube

Borg will play the title role in the adaptation of a BBC Three series that featured Andy Samberg. The premise is that the daughter of a middle-class family returns from a summer abroad married to Cuckoo, a charming but eccentric foreigner. 

Barvarian-born Borg has made a name for himself on YouTube with a mix of music, celebrity interviews, and generally out-there videos, but he'll likewise raise his profile in the mainstream this spring with a role in Pitch Perfect 2, perfectly timed to upfronts season when the fate of his pilot will be decided.

Get ready to explain to your parents exactly who Borg is in a few months.

H/T Deadline | Screengrab via Flula/YouTube

For months on end Fifty Shades of Grey has been fraught with controversy. From argument over depictions of BDSM to feminist groups protesting the movie’s violent nature, just about everyone has an opinion on the film. Christy Carlson Romano is no exception.

After seeing the movie on opening weekend, the former Disney star became troubled with the franchise's depiction of consent. “Both the film and the novel blur consent by claiming it’s a grey area, when it’s in fact black and white,” the 30-year-old actress told Us Weekly.

The actress was so confident that America would turn up its nose in disapproval over the film’s consent issues that she made a wager with her husband, Brendan Rooney.

If Fifty Shades got knocked off the box office's top spot on the weekend following its release, he would stand on the balcony of their New York City apartment in only his boxers. If she was proven wrong and Anastasia Steele reigned supreme, she would take to the elements in revealing lingerie.

Sadly, Christian Grey won the box office during its second week in theaters, which meant Ren Stevens had to pony up. "In protest of this misogynistic and misguided film, I’m going to exercise my right of consent and stand outside," she told YouTube as she embarked into the arctic cold. 

For 60 seconds the actress endured harsh temperatures on the balcony in an outfit that would make Mr. Grey blush, all the while holding a poster which bore the hashtag “#Consent.” Despite freezing temperatures, Romano was a good sport and spent the full minute outside before rushing back in to the warmth and falling flat on her butt. 

While her protest was noble, the film shows no sign of slowing down.

H/T UsWeekly | Photo via ChristyCarlsonRomano/YouTube

E!’s Fashion Police have built an entire programing empire around lampooning the sartorial choices of anyone brave enough to step onto the red carpet, but on Monday night, things went too far. 

A photo of singer Zendaya Coleman prompted an unbelievably offensive comment from E! host Giuliana Rancic. When an image of the 18-year-old pop artist sporting her hair in dreadlocks appeared on screen, the Fashion Police co-host made a joke that was insensitive to say the least.

Instead of discussing her Oscarfashion choices, the E! personality remarked that she felt like Coleman smelled like "patchouli oil or maybe weed."

Fans were instantly outraged by Rancic's words and began taking the E! personality to task on Twitter.

"To me, locs are a symbol of strength and beauty, almost like a lion's mane," the singer wrote. "I suggest some people should listen to India Arie's 'I Am Not My Hair' and contemplate a little before opening your mouth so quickly to judge."

Shortly after Zendaya' posted note, Giuliana tweeted the singer to apologize for her remarks. 

Regardless of whether the Fashion Police co-host was referring to her "bohemian chic look," we hope that Rancic heeds Zendaya's words. At the very least she should get a refresher course in sensitivity by watching "Shit White Girls Say...to Black Girls."

Bartha, best known for his role in The Hangover films, caught up with Martin in a New York Minute segment at a Knicks game and immediately made everyone uncomfortable. Bartha started making jokes about Martin texting him repeatedly about his costar Cooper. It only got weirder from there.

Screengrab via Marcia Herold/YouTube

In this game of impersonations, Christina Aguilera is in perfect harmony with her assigned artist.

She and Jimmy Fallon had already done their best takes on a couple artists when the “musical impressions generator” landed on Britney Spears, who was a fellow Mouseketeer and at one point Aguilera’s musical rival. It’s apparently something Fallon “always wanted,” so if the generator got rigged just a little bit to make that happen it probably wouldn’t be all that surprising.

But to her credit, she pulled it off in spectacular fashion. And as Aguilera is wont to do, she left the audience to pick up their jaws on the floor.

Correction 11:45am CT: An earlier version of this article's headline had an extra letter in Christina Aguilera's surname.

H/T Uproxx | Screengrab via The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTube

Last year, Vanity Fair famously set up an impromptu photo session with photographer Mark Seliger and Instagram to capture the stars in their natural element at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. It went over so well that everyone collaborated again this year.

Seliger set up his studio again, and the celebrities came in throughout the night to get their picturs taken by the photographer. After a night of being “on” for the press and the broadcast, it was probably a relief to wind down a bit, particularly for first-time Oscar winners like Eddie Redmayne and J.K. Simmons.

H/T Vanity Fair | Photos via Mark Seliger/Vanity Fair/Instagram | Remix by Jason Reed 

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The webseries genre has become more than a mere launching pad for the next great YouTube sensation or farm system for potential network sitcoms.

Actors, writers, and directors who take advantage of online video’s frictionless distribution are increasingly using their original content to make a name for themselves and showcase their talents. For the price of a set of glossy head shots, an emerging talent struggling to find an agent can shoot a three-part Web comedy as part of a digital résumé.

For actors such as Rachel Kramer and Ezie Colter, webseries are part of a means to an end. While their backgrounds are vastly different, their paths have followed a similar trajectory. Their online shows—Jewvanegsist and Crew—have gained the attention of leading Web festivals which, in turn, has given their careers a shot of adrenaline.

Kramer’s series—the trials and tribulations of a female rabbi trying to save her congregation—scored a nomination at the Indie Series Awards for best comedy series, with Kramer nominated for best lead actress in a comedy. The satirical comedy also was selected for screening at the Hollyweb festival. Crew—the story of a New York-area crime family—has won past awards at the LA Webfest and the Rome Web Awards. For 2015, the series and its actors are again nominated for awards at the April L.A. event.

For New Jersey native Ezie Cotler, his nomination for outstanding lead actor in a dramatic series for Crew is a first, and it represents the fact that he has made it as a professional actor. While his compensation still requires him to take on some side jobs, being noticed by peers—not to mention TV networks and film studios—is priceless.

“We are players in the world,” Cotler told the Daily Dot of his reaction to the LA Webfest honor. “I am excited to be recognized as a professional actor, and I’d like to parlay that achievement into something tangible.”

While money is not rolling in, Cotler added, attending Web festivals has led to some connections and projects outside of Crew. He is working on a webseries on medical marijuana as well as producing a pilot for a new cooking show. The young actor hopes that his visibility at the upcoming L.A. showcase will put him (and his series) in the spotlight.

“It’s all about laying the groundwork,” the actor said. “From the day I have auditioned until now, I have gained a lot of ground.”

Becky Kramer found herself new to Los Angelesat age 30, embarking on an acting career relatively late compared to the competition. When facing the age-old question “What do you do when you can’t find an agent?” she found a simple answer: Make a webseries.

“Until I made Jewvangelist, I had only ever acted,” Kramer said in a recent interview. “I got frustrated because no one paid attention to me. I did not have a vehicle to showcase my talent.”

Kramer paid her dues acting in student films, and it was there she met Kaitlin Walsh (at the time studying at Chapman University) who became the budding actress’ producer, turning the kernel of an idea into Jewvangelist. The narrative of the series deals with a fictional female rabbi at a synagogue struggling to stay afloat. In order to bring new members into the temple, Rabbi Leah Levy has to become an evangelist, something generally uncommon in the Jewish religion. Kramer said her upbringing as a Jew living in Florida was helpful in adding authenticity to the show.

In the fall of 2013, Kramer took to Kickstarter with the intent on raising $5,000, but she was fortunate enough to bring in almost twice that amount. “We had enough left over after filming to enter some Web festivals,” she said.

The generally clever webseries has received modest attention by fans on YouTube, with only 299 subscribers, but the show has given Kramer the ability to create two demo reels (one for comedy, one for drama) which allowed her to land an agent last December. In addition to helping secure some roles that will help her pay the rent, she hopes the publicity her series gets at the upcoming LA Webfest grabs the attention of network studio sorts. The actor-comedian believes there’s a spot for her concept on primetime.

As with other actors whose careers included waiting tables and driving limos, Kramer has done what it takes to survive in Hollywood. She works part-time as the office manager at a coffee roaster and patrols thrift stores in search of rare china she can resell.

“We live in this age where anyone can get a camera, make a show put it on the Internet,” Kramer said. And while not every YouTube series leads to instant fame and fortune, an online presence can be just the right spark to ignite the careers of a new generation of digital talent.

Screengrab via Rabbi Leah Levy/YouTube

Anybody willing to shell out a monthly subscription fee for services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, or Hulu Plus can rightfully claim to have an undying love for movies, but let's get real: Unless you have a particular title you're interested in seeing, deciding what to watch is more than half the battle.

If you’re tired of wasting hours browsing through countless titles and are in need of a guide to help you make a decisive flick pick, you need to check out A Good Movie to Watch. It’s a website that promises to help you find—you guessed it—a good movie to watch.

In case you have high standards and can only stomach watching highly rated films, the site culls titles that have received critical acclaim from both IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. However, instead of feeding you obvious choices you’ve already seen before, the site’s algorithm prioritizes movies that didn’t necessarily perform well at the box office, giving you the opportunity to discover movie gems you had no idea existed.

If you’re feeling rather adventurous, you can click on “Random Suggestion” to find your next movie to watch, but bear in mind that results can be a bit hit or miss.

You can also search for titles based on your go-to genre—action, comedy, documentary, drama, family, horror, mystery, romance, and sci-fi/fantasy. Here’s one of the horror suggestions, which is arguably a must-see (if you haven’t already). Anything Joss Whedon is involved in warrants at least a quick peek.

And of course, what’s the point of using a movie aggregator if you can’t base your search on your current mood? You have 45 moods to choose from, which isn’t a lot, if you think about it. If the point of this exercise is to cut your movie search time in half, though, the site does it well enough to provide you at least one title you could be interested in.

You can also put your decision completely in the hands of A Good Movie to Watch by sifting through the staff recommendations. And if you feel like paying it forward, you can even suggest a movie yourself, provided that it was made after 1982 (so your pretentious black-and-white favorites are out, unfortunately), has at least a 6.7 rating on IMDb and 60 percent on Rotten Tomatoes (which is a pretty low bar, to be honest), and is relatively unknown.

Consider using A Good Movie to Watch for your next Obscure Movie Night, for sure.

Photo via crazysphinx/Flickr (CC BY SA 2.0) 

If you're looking to get trapped under a binge-valanche, here's my five-point plan: Troop Beverly Hills, The Graduate, Pretty in Pink,Seven,and The Muppet Movie.  

Here are all the titles leaving in March:  

March 1

1) 3 Ninjas: Kick Back 
2) Air Bud 
3) Anaconda 
4) Arachnophobia 
5) Brokedown Palace 
6) Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams 
7) Cool Runnings 
8) Desperado 
9) Dumb and Dumber
10) Emma 
11) Evita 
12) Fireproof 
13) Freaky Friday 
14) Fright Night 
15) Girlfight 
16) Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 
17) Jackass: Number Two 
18) Lords of Dogtown 
19) Old Yeller 
20) Ordinary People
21) Out of Time 
22) Pretty in Pink 
23) Rachel Getting Married 
24) Riding in Cars with Boys 
25) Robin Hood: Men in Tights 
26) RoboCop 2 
27) RoboCop 3 
28) Saving Silverman 
29) Seven 
30) Swiss Family Robinson 
31) The Baby Sitters Club 
32) The Blair Witch Project 
33) The Graduate 
34) The Possession 
35) The Sweetest Thing 
36) Troop Beverly Hills 

March 2

37) Uptown Girls 

March 3

38) The Preacher's Wife 

March 5

39) The Muppet Movie 

March 4

40) Phineas and Ferb

41) The Secret Life of the American Teenager

March 11

42) Flubber 

March 12

43) The Grey 

March 15

44) House on Haunted Hill 

45) Muppet Treasure Island 

March 16

46) The Tale of Despereaux 

March 22

47) Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

March 30

48) Adventure Time: Seasons 1-­4 
49) Ben 10: Seasons 1-­3 
50) Childrens Hospital: Seasons 1­-2 
51) Codename: Kids Next Door: Seasons 4-­6 
52) Cow and Chicken: Season 2 
53) Dexter's Laboratory: Seasons 3-­4 
54) Dude, What Would Happen?: Season 2 
55) Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy: Seasons 3-­4 
56) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Season 2 
57) Johnny Bravo: Season 2 
58) Regular Show: Seasons 1-­4 
59) Robot Chicken: Seasons 1­-2 
60) Samurai Jack: Season 2  
61) The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Seasons 3­-4  

March 31

62) Legends of the Fall 

Illustration by Max Fleishman 

Hank Green's latest YouTube venture is a pair of educational video channels for kids.

Crash Course Kids and SciShow Kids are offshoots of Crash Course and SciShow, the educational webseries created by Vlogbrothers Hank and John Green.

Crash Course (originally hosted by John) tackled subjects like history, literature, and psychology, while Hank's SciShow taught the basics of chemistry and biology. Both were successful with the Vlogbrothers' existing audience of YouTube fans, but they also proved surprisingly popular with teachers who used the videos in class.

SciShow Kids, meanwhile, is aimed at 3- to 6-year-olds and is hosted by Jessi Knudsen Castañeda from the Animal Wonders channel.

Although Hank Green is producing rather than hosting or co-writing these shows, we're still beginning to wonder when he finds time to sleep.

The Vlogbrothers' online influence continues to expand at an impressive pace, now encompassing these two new educational channels, DFTBA Records and merchandise, Vidcon, Nerdfighter fandom and its charity projects, the PBSArt Assignment channel hosted by John Green's wife Sarah, the Pemberley Digital transmedia franchise that began with the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, and the Vlogbrothers' various personal channels.

That doesn't even include the network of YouTube channels run by the Green brothers' employees and collaborators.

The brothers now lead YouTube's first major media empire. It's probably just as well that they're using that power to do something constructive, like raising money for charities and making animated videos for fifth-grade science classes.