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Oscars
The Oscars, also known as the Academy Awards, are an annual awards ceremony. Awards are given out for cinematic excellence. The awards ceremony is held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Who was dead but was nominated or won an Oscar?
In the acting categories, only one actress was nominated posthumously, and only two actors won posthumously: 1928/9 Jeanne Eagels, The Letter (actress) 1955 James Dean, East of Eden (actor) 1956 James Dean, Giant (actor) 1967 Spencer Tracy, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (actor) 1976 Peter Finch, Network (actor) 1984 Ralph Richardson, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (supporting actor) 1995 Massimo Troisi, Il Postino (actor & screenplay) 2008 Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (supporting actor) In the other categories it is also better to be alive: 1927/8 Gerald Duffy, The Private Life of Helen of Troy (screenplay) 1939 Sidney Howard, Gone with the Wind (screenplay) 1942 Frank Churchill, Bambi (score, song) 1945 Allen Davey, A Song to Remember (cinematography) 1945 Joseph O'Brien, Your National Gallery (short) 1945 Tess Slesinger, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (screenplay) 1945 Jerome Kern, Can't Help Singing (score, song) 1946 Jerome Kern, Centennial Summer (song) 1946 James Monaco, The Dolly Sisters (song) 1948 Joseph August, Portrait of Jennie (cinematography) 1951 Bert Kalmar, The Strip (song) 1951 Gile Steele, Kind Lady (costume, bw); Gile Steele, The Great Caruso (costume, color) 1952 Gile Steele, The Merry Widow (costume) 1952 Gordon Hollingshead, Desert Killer (short one-reel) and Thar She Blows! (short two-reel) 1954 Lamar Trotti, There's No Business Like Show Business (screenplay) 1956 Victor Young, Around the World in 80 Days (score, song) 1958 William Horning, Gigi (art direction) 1959 William Horning, Ben-Hur (art direction) and North by Northwest (art direction) 1959 Zam Zimbalist, Ben-Hur (Best Picture) 1959 Richard H. Riedel, Pillow Talk (art direction) 1960 Eric Orborn, Spartacus (art direction) 1963 Frederic Knudtson, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (editing) 1963 William Ferrari, How the West Was Won (art direction) 1965 David Hall, The Greatest Story Ever Told (art direction) 1965 Willam Mellor, The Greatest Story Ever Told (cinematography) 1968 Walt Disney, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (short cartoon) 1969 Harry Stradling, Hello Dolly! (cinematography) 1970 Alfred Newman, Airport (score) 1971 Stuart Gilmore, The Andromeda Strain (editing) 1972 Arnold Perl, Malcolm X (documentary) 1972 both Raymond Rasch & Larry Russell, Limelight (score) 1973 William Kiernan, The Way We Were (art direction) 1976 Bernard Herrmann, Taxi Driver & Obsession (score) 1976 Harry Warren Tetrick, King Kong & Rocky (sound) 1977 John Hubley, The Doonesbury Special (animated short) 1978 Les Bowie, Superman (visual effects) 1978 Albert Lamorisse, The Lovers' Wind (documentary) 1979 Robert Alan Aurthur, All That Jazz (Best Picture, screenplay) 1980 Geoffrey Unsworth, Tess (cinematography) 1981 Robert L. Wolfe, On Golden Pond (editing) 1982 Dale Hennesy, Annie (art direction) 1986 Boris Leven, The Color of Money (art direction) 1991 Carol Sobieski, Fried Green Tomatoes (screenplay) 1991 Howard Ashman, Beauty and the Beast (song, song, song) 1992 Howard Ashman, Aladdin (song) 1992 Thomas C. Goodwin, Educating Peter (short documentary) 1995 Mario Cecchi Gori, Il Postino (Best Picture) 2002 Conrad L. Hall, Road to Perdition (cimenatography) 2006 Gretchen Rau, The Good Shepard (art direction) 2007 Marit Allen, La Vie en Rose (costume)
Peter Finch is the only posthumous winner of the Best Actor award, though he was alive when his nomination was announced (the only other posthumous winner in any acting category was another Australian, Heath Ledger, who won the Best Supporting Actor award in 2009). The only posthumously nominated performers in this category were James Dean, Spencer Tracy, and Massimo Troisi. Dean was posthumously nominated twice.
Heath Ledger is the only person to posthumously win an acting Oscar in a supporting role. He won the Best Supporting Actor award for his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight, 2008. He is only the second person to posthumously win any acting Oscar (the other was Peter Finch, who won Best Actor for Network, 1976), and the first to win from a posthumous acting nomination (Finch was alive when his nomination was announced).
There have been no posthumous winners of the award for Best Actress. The only posthumous nomination of a woman for any acting award was Jeanne Eagels, who was nominated for Best Actress in 1929 for The Letter. She was the first woman to be posthumously nominated for an Oscar in any category.
There have been no posthumous nominations for Best Supporting Actress.
How does Heath Ledger's joker compare with Jack Nicholson's joker?
They're two completely different characters. Nicholson's Joker was sort of a gentlemanly killer. He maintained a sort of civilized, professional exterior.
However, Ledger's Joker is an anarchic loon who kills for enjoyment and has no sense of reason. He also sees no reason to hide behind a professional exterior; he's not ashamed to admit he is the way he is. However, he is adamant that he is notcrazy.
Personally, Nicholson's Joker is very amusing for his brand of humor, whereas I feel that Ledger's Joker is more true to the character and I like him better overall. Personaly the nicholson joker looked R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D!!! no comparison the heath legdger joker was WAY better!!! new person. i agree.
The first pre-teen performer to win a competitive Academy Award was Tatum O'Neal, who was 10 years and 148 days old when she received the 1973 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in "Paper Moon." It is still a record for the youngest winner in any Oscar category.
Where does Susan Sarandon live?
Susan Sarandon lives in Union Square in NYC.
I was eating lunch with my family one afternoon at the Blue Water Grill there where she was eating with her son, Miles, at the table next to us. We finished at the same time and approached her afterwards--she's such a lovely person. Spoke to us for about half an hour.
What films received 4 acting nominations but were not nominated for Best Picture?
Doubt (2008) joins: My Man Godfrey (1936), I Remember Mama (1948) and Othello (1965).
No, Lagaan was the first Indian (Hindi language) film nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, but it did not win.
Who received 2 acting nominations in the same year for different films?
Jamie Foxx was nominated for both Best Actor (for Ray) and Best Supporting Actor (for Collateral) in 2004, winning for Ray, of course. The only other male actor was Al Pacino who was nominated for both Best Actor (for Scent of a Woman) and Best Supporting Actor (for Glengarry Glen Ross) in 1992, winning for Scent of a Woman.] And yes, both won for playing a blind man in a lead role.
Oscar winners with name Walter?
Walter Brennan, Walter G. Elliott, Walter Huston, Walter Lassally, Walter Matthau, Walter Mirisch, Walter Murch, Walter Plunkett, Walter Reisch, Walter Rossi, Walter M. Scott, Walter Tyler, Walter Wottitz.
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What film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1959?
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1954 went to "On the Waterfront."
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences itself was conceived by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio boss Louis B. Mayer.
Has anyone ever dropped an Oscar statuette on the stage during the awards ceremony?
Yes to academy winner Simon Egal who lives in England little girl dropped it on a mistake they were a few tears fell out and Simon Egal was disappointed but he forgave his little angel.The Oscar was not broken but did have a few dents on them
There does not seem to be a list of Steven Fielder's movies. There is a Steve Field who was in a movie called Zone 39 where he played a pilot.
Who won the Oscar for best actor in 1990?
Jeremy Irons for Reversal of Fortune.
On March 25, 1991, Jeremy Irons won the 1990 Academy Award as Best Actor for his performance as Claus von Bulow in "Reversal of Fortune."
What is the official name of the Oscar Award?
While the statuette is very often informally known as an Oscar, the roots of the name are cloudy. It is officially known as an Academy Award. The names Oscar and Academy Awards have become interchangeable over the years.
What movie did angelica Houston and jack nicholson star in together?
They starred in two movies together. The first was called Prizzi's Honor and the second, and most recent, was The Crossing Guard.
Who did Paul newman lose the Oscar to?
1958 David Niven, Separate Tables (Paul Newman, Cat on a Hat Tin Roof) 1961 Maximillian Schell, Judgment at Nurenberg (Paul Newman, The Hustler) 1963 Sidney Poitier, Lilies of the Field (Paul Newman, Hud) 1967 Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Night (Paul Newman, Cool Hand Luke) 1981 Henry Fonda, On Golden Pond (Paul Newman, Absence of Malice) 1982 Ben Kingsley, Gandhi (Paul Newman, The Verdict) 1986 *Finally won, for The Color of Money 1994 Tom Hanks, Forest Gump (Paul Newman, Nobody's Fool) 2002 Best Supporting Actor- Chris Cooper, Adaptation. (Paul Newman, Road to Perdition)
Sissy Spacek won the Best Actress Oscar for her title role in Cole Miner's Daughter (1980).
How often have two people been nominated for playing the same character in a film?
Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro both won as Oscar for playing Vito Corleone, but in separate movies, The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), respectively. In the year Judi Dench won an Oscar for portraying Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love (1998), Cate Blanchett was nominated for portraying the same queen in Elizabeth (1998) and in the sequel, Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). The two times two people were nominated for playing the same character in the same film, Kate Winslet was involved: She was nominated as Lead Actress while Gloria Stuart was nominated for Supporting as Rose in Titanic (1997). And Kate was nominated as Supporting Actress while Judi Dench was nominated for Lead as the title character in Iris (2001).
