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This past week marked the beginning of the The Bachelorette's eighth season. The series welcomed their first ever single mom, Southern belle Emily Maynard, as the lucky gal who gets to have her pickings out of the 25 handsome men. This is not the first time the 26-year-old West Virginia native has been on the ABC reality series.

Viewers might remember watching her proposal from Brad Womack during The Bachelor's 15th season. Emily won over the hearts of both viewers and Brad with her touching story of losing her first love and finance Ricky Hendrick in a horrific plane crash. The NASCAR drivers death left her devastated but also surprised, with the discovery that she was pregnant.

Her season on the Bachelor ended with her second engagement, but unfortunately, her dream of beginning a life with Brad ended just as quickly as it began. This time she's back, and on the search for true love. 

"If there was ever an argument against democracy, it is Stephen Harper," said 'The Dictator' General Aladeen (a fictional character played by UK comedian Sacha Baron Cohen) in a predictably bizarre interview with CBC's The Hour host George Stroumboulopoulos.

"I mean, what sort of man is he? He's only got one wife. And he's got one stylist...you know he has his wigs done in Wadiya."

The dictator of the fictional country of Wadiya gave kudos to Prime Minister Stephen Harper for his stance on press freedom. 

"I commend your leaders on silencing your media. For the last 10 years, I have not even heard a single noteworthy event happening in Canada. The people in Wadiya, they are very similar to you Canadians. Their greatest strength is sitting quietly, politely obeying without question." 

Watch the full uncensored interview on CBC on Tuesday. 

Bollywood mega-star Shah Rukh Khan has been stopped by homeland security agents at a New York airport...again (he was stopped for questioning back in 2009). The star, known as the "King of Bollywood", was en route to Yale University, where he was invited to deliver a lecture. 

"Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always make a trip to America," Khan joked, during his lecture. "The immigration guys kick the star out of stardom."

"They (immigration officials) always ask me how tall I am and I always lie and say 5 feet 10 inches. Next time, I am going to get more adventurous. (If they ask me) what colour are you, I am going to say white," he added.

Although U.S. embassy spokesman Peter Vrooman apologised for the "inconvenience" caused, Indians and Bollywood fans expressed outrage, accusing the officials of racial profiling (Khan, like many film stars in India, has a Muslim name). 

8:36 - Wow. A bittersweet evening for the team behind Hugo, which cleaned up in the first half, but watched the Best Picture win go to The Artist.  An enormous feat for a black-and-white, silent movie based on old Hollywood interpreted by a French filmmaker.

8:30 - Meryl Streep winds Best Actress for The Iron Lady. Finally.

8:17 - Oh what the heck? A.R. Rahman is in the house!!! How could he not have appeared on screen until now? And why don't we get to hear more of the music?  

8:15 - Best Actor is Jean Dujardin of The Artist. Natalie Portman looking stunning in vintage 1950s Dior...she gives the audience zero suspense as she announces the winner straight off the bat. 

7:56 - A bit of an upset -- or not? Michel Hazanavicius of The Artist stuns with Best Director win, despite Hugo winning a lot of awards in the first hour. He thanks the dog actor, Uggie (adding that dog probably doesn't care), and thanks the "crazy" people who put money toward his silent, black and white movie.