Washington -- Americans are torn about the Oscars. According to a poll by New Media Strategies, 87 percent want the ceremonies to go on as planned but 64 percent fear annoying celebrity outbursts about the war.

KNIGHTSBRIDGE, England -- Angelina Jolie is up the red carpet without a dress: Thieves stole the red corset-style gown she was going to wear to the Oscars from designer Scott Henshall's car in Knightsbridge, England, on Wednesday. Eight other Oscar dresses are missing, according to the BBC, and the designer now has the hard job of telling his clients he can't remake their frocks in time for Sunday's ceremony.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Any fancy Wolfgang Puck morsels left over at Sunday's post-Oscars Governor's Ball will end up in the mouths of the homeless and hungry across Los Angeles. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is donating the highfalutin food leftovers to those in need via the charity Angel Harvest.

NEW YORK -- As if she hasn't already had too much of her own reality, Monica Lewinsky has landed a job as the host of a reality show. The ex-White House intern will step up to the mic for "Mr. Personality," a Fox dating show that asks a woman to choose her dream guy from 20 men whose faces are masked at all times.

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