Whoopi Goldberg has served as a solo host four times.
Behind Bob Hope with a record 18 times as the Oscars' host (by the way, he was a solo host 10 times), is Billy Crystal who hosted the awards show 8 times.
Behind Bob Hope with a record 18 times as the Oscars' host (by the way, he was a solo host 10 times), is Billy Crystal who hosted the awards show 8 times.
Billy Crystal will host the Oscars for the ninth time in 2012. Steve Martin has done it three times.
The most nominated actress is Meryl Streep, who won three Oscars in 19 nominations. The most nominated woman was designer Edith Head with 35 nominations and eight wins.
Edith Head was nominated for 35 Academy Awards and won eight times -- the most Oscars ever won by a woman.
No one. Walt Disney, who has won the most Oscars, won 22 times.
Miami.
Angela Lansbury has hosted the most Tony Awards. She has been the host of five ceremonies.
Toronto, having hosted it 47 times. No other city comes close: Vancouver is nearest at 15.
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Jack Black - 4 times
Not counting honorary recipients, a total of 24 Oscar winners have hosted or co-hosted the Academy Awards. The list includes: Lionel Barrymore (1932), Frank Capra (1936), James Stewart (1946, 1958), Fredric March (1954), Claudette Colbert (1956), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1956), Celeste Holm (1957), David Niven (1958, 1958 and 1974), Jack Lemmon (1958, 1964 and 1972), Sir Laurence Olivier (1959), Frank Sinatra (1963, 1975), Helen Hayes (1972), Sir Michael Caine (1973), Charlton Heston (1973), John Huston (1974), Shirley MacLaine (1975), Goldie Hawn (1976, 1987), Ellen Burstyn (1977), Warren Beatty (1977), Jane Fonda (1977, 1986), Liza Minnelli (1983), Walter Matthau (1976, 1983), Robin Williams (1986) and Whoopi Goldberg (1994, 1996, 1999 and 2002).