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In years prior, Forbes reports it has always been the same five: Diddy, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Birdman, and 50 Cent—but this year, things have changed.

On Sunday night, Birdman took home the top prizes at the Oscars, winning Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Picture, marking the fourth time in three years that a film about show business won Best Picture.

Although Keaton garners accolades for his dark comedy roles, he has played characters that fit his real persona of an avid newspaper reader. In The Paper, Keaton played a newspaper editor and in Live From Baghdad, he played a journalist.

“Birdman” squawked loudest in the Golden Globes nominations, flying away with a leading seven nods including best picture in the comedy or musical category.

When we first see Michael Keaton in “Birdman,” Alejandro G. Inarritu’s bracingly inventive and accomplished new film about fame, relevance, self-worth, and lots of other intense stuff, he’s sitting in his white undies, in the middle of a dressing room.

When Michael Keaton met Barack Obama shortly before Obama would become president, the then-senator had a question for the actor.