What is the Oscar Awards associated with?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences each year awards Oscar statuettes to motion picture actors and actresses--and also movies--who they deem to have turned in great performances, characterized by outstanding acting, heavy drama, and many complaints.
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Who was the first American American to win an Academy Award for best actor?
Ohio native Warner Baxter won the 1928/1929 Best Actor award for his performance as the Cisco Kid in "In Old Arizona."
Who won best actor for the hurtlocker?
Jeremy Renner was nominated for his performance in the film, but he didn't win.
How did the tank blow up on the bridge in saving private Ryan?
Near the end of Steven Spielberg's 1998 World War II drama, a mortally wounded Capt. John Miller (Tom Hanks) begins firing desperate shots at an approaching German tank. The tank explodes, but it is revealed that a squadron of American P-51 Mustangs (or Tankbusters) have come to the rescue.
What are peter o'tooles Oscar movies?
Peter O'Toole holds the Academy Awards record for the most nominations without a win. On March 23, 2003, he received an honorary Oscar that said his "remarkable talents have provided cinema history with some of its most memorable characters." O'Toole's nominated roles and movies are as follows:
Did Ben Affleck win more than one Academy Award?
Ben Affleck has won two Academy Awards, but not for acting. He and longtime friend Matt Damon won the 1997 Best Original Screenplay award for "Good Will Hunting." Affleck and co-producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov shared Oscars for "Argo," which was named Best Picture of 2012.
Who was first black female nominated for Oscar in a leading role?
It was Dorothy Dandridge, who was nominated as Best Actress of 1954 for her performance as the title character in "Carmen Jones."
Under what circumstances did Louis V. Gerstner Jr. become CEO of IBM?
Gerstner became chairman and chief executive officer of IBM in April 1993 as declining sales of mainframe computers led to crippling losses.
What is the name of the charicter Jessica Tandy played in the movie Driving miss daisy?
Daisy Werthan.
Was James Franco ever nominated for an Academy Award?
Not in the past but he is nominated for best actor in the upcoming, February 2011, academys.
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James Franco is an award-winning actor for his portrayal in films like "James Dean" and "Milk". But the actor had experienced one of the most glorious moments in his life when he was nominated as Best Actor in the 83rd Academy Award for the biographical film "127 Hours". Directed by Danny Boyle, Franco played real life mountaineer Aron Ralston who cut his arm to free himself after he was trapped in a boulder for how many days. It was his first ever Academy Award nomination but he lost to Colin Firth for the film "The King's Speech".
He also hosted the said event together with actress Anne Hathaway, making Franco the third actor in the history of Academy Award to host and also get nominated.
Marlon Byrd is 34 years old (birthdate: August 30, 1977).
Who is the costume designer for uthama puthiran songs?
all different people really some say only one person but there are about 6. one of them is Sommer Welshon
What kind of therapy did Lisa from girl interrupted get?
She was in the institution since she was a young girl and forced there by her parents (who never saw her again) Though in the book Girl, Interrupted Susana does not specify why Lisa was there, it is thought that she had many issues- drugs, lying, being gang raped, and possiblt suffering a miscarriage that led her to be considered "insane" in the then medical world.
What famous Missourian won an Academy Award for the theme music to the movie The Sting in 1974?
Actually, on April 2, 1974, all three music Academy Awards for 1973 were won by Marvin Hamlisch, a native New Yorker. Hamlisch shared the Best Original Song award with Alan and Marilyn Bergman, for their collaboration on the theme song from "The Way We Were." Hamlisch also won the Original Dramatic Score award for the same movie.
His third Oscar was for Best Adaptation Score for "The Sting." For the Paul Newman-Robert Redford film, Hamlisch used several ragtime pieces composed by Scott Joplin, who lived at different times in Sedalia, Missouri and St. Louis. He died in New York City on April 1, 1917, at the age of 49.
Among the Joplin compositions that Hamlisch adapted for "The Sting" were "The Entertainer," "The Easy Winners," "Solace," "Pine Apple Rag," "Gladiolus Rag" and "Rag Time Dance." The movie's success -- it won the Oscar for Best Picture of 1973 -- created a revival of interest in Joplin and his music.
Ben-Hur is a fictional account of a rich merchant in the province of Judea during the Roman rule, Before Christ (B.C.) & his story proceeds on his travails with Jesus Christ from his birth till his crucifixion, the Christ's story is told in parallel with the main story of Judah Ben-Hur. His bitter enmity with his long time friend with a General in the Roman army, falling apart as a result of Ben's belief in a new concept of Christianity, a messiah sent by God as the redeemer. The Novel written by Lee Wallace titled Ben Hur won the Pulitzer, also an epic film based on this book of the same title made in 1959 went on to win 11 Oscars from 12 nominations starring Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur.