Oscars

It was "Driving Miss Daisy," which was named Best Picture of 1989.
It was "Driving Miss Daisy," which was named Best Picture of 1989.

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.

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.

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.

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.

When a winner is not present at the Academy Awards ceremony, the presenters usually make note of the fact and offer congratulations .In the case of a major award, a family member or friend will accept the award on behalf of the absentee winner. At the 81st Academy Awards in 2009, the late Heath Ledger's parents and sister accepted his 2008 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Dark Knight" on behalf of his three-year-old daughter Matilda Rose.

Three songs performed by Whitney Houston were nominated for Best Original Song in the 1990s. At the 65th Academy Awards, two songs from the 1992 movie "The Bodyguard" received nods -- "I Have Nothing" and "Run to You." At the 71st Academy Awards, the winning song was "When You Believe" from "The Prince of Egypt." Houston was never nominated for an Oscar because she did not write any of the songs from the films.

Mary Pickford, the second Best Actress winner, was born in Canada. She won the award for Coquette. The next two winners were also born in Canada: Norma Shearer and Marie Dressler.

It likely happens all the time. Marlon Brando reportedly asked for a replacement for his 1954 Best Actor Oscar for "On the Waterfront" after it was stolen. This was after he refused the 1972 Best Actor award for "The Godfather."

The Best Animated Feature Academy Award was introduced in 2001. The first winner of this award was Shrek.

Not yet. But she has been nominated three times -- twice for Best Actress for her performances in "Blue Valentine" (2010) and "My Week with Marilyn" (2011) and once for Best Supporting Actress for "Brokeback Mountain" (2005).

The first Best Animated Feature Oscar was presented for the year 2001. The winner was "Shrek."

Three sets of acting siblings have won Academy Awards: Lionel and Ethel Barrymore, Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine, and Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty. Although he has been nominated for Best Actor four times, Beatty's Oscar was for directing the 1981 drama "Reds."

The 85th Academy Awards telecast on February 24, 2013 was the first to be streamed online for later viewing. A year later, the 86th Academy Awards held on March 2, 2014, was available the next day for a limited time on Comcast On Demand.

There are no Academy Awards categories for animals.

Three films share the record for most Oscar wins with 11: "Ben-Hur" (1959), "Titanic" (1997) and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003).

A Special Achievement Academy Award is given to an actor which the Academy feels that deserves to be acknowledged for his life in cinema, but not in a particular category or in a specific year.

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.

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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.

The 1996 film version of John Grisham's novel was not nominated for any Academy Awards.

The Medal of Freedom

No.

She never won a Tony, but she was honored with an Oscar, three Primetime Emmys and a Golden Globe.