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Who was the first black actor to be nominated for two Oscars in the same year?
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Jamie Foxx was the first black actor to receive two acting nominations in the same year. He was nominated for Best Actor for Ray (2004), and he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Collateral (2004). When he won the award for Best Actor, he became the youngest Black actor to win Best Actor (age 34).
Lee Daniels was nominated for Best Director and Best Picture in 2009 for Precious.
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In 2004this singeractor became the first African-American actor to be nominated for two Oscars in the same year?
Jamie Foxx.
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1957 Oscar nominee for Farewell to Arms?
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Carrie
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How many Oscars did Poltergiest win?
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How many Oscars has Anne Bancroft been nominated for?
She has been nominated five times, and won for her first nomination as Best Actress in The Miracle Worker (1962).
Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie were the first people to be nominated for Oscars for roles in a horror movie Which one?
1976's Carrie. They played mother and daughter. Though some consider The Exorcist (1973) a horror movie, and Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn were nominated for their roles of mother and daughter in the movie (Jason Miller was nominated for Best Supporting Actor).
Has Will Smith ever won a Grammy?
He has never won one yet. He was nominated twice for Best Actor, for Ali (2001) and The Pursuit of Happyness (2006).
