Oscars

The 1961 drama about pool player "Fast Eddie" Felson (Paul Newman) received nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor. But it won only in the categories of Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Harry Horner and Gene Callahan) and Best Black-and-White Cinematography (Eugen Schüfftan).

Newman won his only competitive Oscar 25 years later for reprising the role of Felson in Martin Scorsese's "The Color of Money" (1986).

John Lithgow is an accomplished actor, writer and singer. He is most known for his role in the TV show 3rd Rock From The Sun. He also won an academy award for his role in Terms Of Endearment.

Eight Westerns have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, but did not win. They were: "In Old Arizona (1927/28), "Stagecoach" (1939), "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1943), "High Noon" (1952), "Shane" (1953), "Giant" (1956), "How the West Was Won" (1963) and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969).

Only three Westerns have won the Best Picture Oscar: "Cimarron" (1931), "Dances with Wolves" (1990) and "Unforgiven" (1992).

The answer to your question depends on the Oscar categories you are interested in knowing about. For instance, if you are interested in knowing about the winners in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category, then there has only been one African American woman to win: Halle Berry in 2001 for her role in Monster's Ball. However, if you include other categories, such as Best Actress in a Supporting Role, the list expands. For instance, the first African American woman to win in this category was Hattie McDaniel in 1939 for her role in Gone with the Wind. The second African American woman to win in this category was Whoopi Goldberg in 1990 for her role in Ghost. So, if one includes this other category, it appears that Whoopi Goldberg is the second African American woman to win an Oscar.

The Academy Awards ceremony usually is held in the month of February, but it was scheduled for March 2, 2014 to distance it from NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

Adrien Brody is most famous for his role as an American actor and film producer. He became the youngest Academy Award winner at the age of 29 for his role in The Pianist.

Candice Bergman is an outstanding actress who received great success. She is the winner of five Emmy awards and two Golden Globe awards. She also received a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Linda Hunt, winner of the 1983 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in "The Year of Living Dangerously," appears in the 1985 Western "Silverado."

The Amen Break musical is best known from the 1969 Gregory Clyvester song, 'Amen, Brother'. It also featured in 2 films which are 'Lilies of the Field' (1963) and 'The Impressions' (1964).

Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes is an English actor, film director, screenwriter and novelist. Julian is famous for creating the hit period drama Downtown Abbey in 2010. He also wrote Gosford Park which won an Oscar for best writing, original screenplay.

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Jessica Lange is an American actress. She has had a role in films American Horror Story, Blue Sky, and Tootsie. She was born in 1949, and began acting in 1976.

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"Tender Mercies" won two 1983 Academy Awards: Best Actor (Robert Duvall) and Best Original Screenplay (Horton Foote). The film, which is about a hard-drinking country singer who finds personal redemption, also received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (Bruce Beresford) and Best Original Song ("Over You" by Austin Roberts and Bobby Hart).

The Artist was the first silent movie to win Best Picture since Wings, the first Best Picture winner (1927-28).

"American Beauty" (1999), like the 1989 comedy/drama "Shirley Valentine," is about a mid-life crisis.

A surprise winner at the 54th Academy Awards held on March 29, 1982, "Chariots of Fire'" won 1981 Oscars for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay (Colin Welland), Best Costume Design (Milena Canonero) and Best Original Score (Vangelis).

The British historical drama, set during the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, also received nominations for Best Director (Hugh Hudson), Best Supporting Actor (Ian Holm) and Best Film Editing (Terry Rawlings).

To give prestigious nominees and presenters an opportunity to attend the Academy Awards ceremony on a weekend while they are working on new projects. For many years, the Oscars traditionally were presented on Monday evenings. Beginning with the 71st Academy Awards on March 21, 1999, the event has been held on Sunday nights.

The 84th Academy Awards ceremony should get underway sometime after 8:30 p.m. EST, about 90 minutes after the start of ABC's annual red carpet show.

The Godfather which starred Marlon Brando and Al Pacino and was directed by Francis Ford Coppola won Best Picture in 1972. The Italian-American mobster film received a total of 10 nominations and 3 wins at the 1972 Oscars.

There have been two versions of "Cape Fear." The original 1962 film, which starred Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, did not receive any Academy Award nominations. The 1991 remake by director Martin Scorsese produced nominations for Robert De Niro (Best Actor) and Juliette Lewis (Best Supporting Actor.

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Yes. Nicholson's brief but memorable turn as doomed attorney George Hanson earned him a 1969 nomination for Best Supporting Actor. It was the first of his 12 Oscar nods, the most ever received by an actor.

sword/The figure on the Oscar is intended to be a knight, standing at attention and holding a sword. The Art Deco style in which it is rendered gives him extremely streamlined features. The Oscar statue weighs 8.5 pounds and stands 13.5 inches tall. It is constructed of Britannia metal with gold plating, and the base is made of black metal.

Emmys are called that after a French alteration of the television crew slang term "Immy", short for "image orthicon", a camera tube used to transmit television-picture signals.