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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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im pretty sure the actor or the actor agent sends in footage of a performance in the show, and the people review it, and usually the best ones get nominated.
and I say usually because plenty of actors get overlooked for performances that weren't as good as others.
Holly Hunter won an Oscar for what movie?
Holly Hunter won The Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for The Piano. She was also nominated (but didn't win)for Best Actress in 1987 for Broadcast News and for Best Supporing Actress in 1993 for The Firm and in 2003 for Thirteen.
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998?
James Coburn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1998.
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1930?
The winner of Best Actor in 1930 was Warner Baxter in In Old Arizona. There were two Academy Awards in 1930 due to odd scheduling. The other winner of Best Actor in 1930 was George Arliss for Disraeli.
What are the Big Five awards for Oscars?
The so-called "Big Five" Academy Award (Oscar) categories are those for
- Best Picture,
- Best Director,
- Best Actor,
- Best Actress, and
- screenplay - either Best Adapted Screenplay or Best Original Screenplay.
As of 2010, forty films have been nominated in each of these five categories, but only three have won all five categories, see related links below. The winners were:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Frank Capra (director), Clark Gable (actor), Claudette Colbert (actress), Robert Riskin (screenplay)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Miloš Forman (director), Jack Nicholson (actor), Louise Fletcher (actress), Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman (screenplay)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Jonathan Demme (director), Anthony Hopkins (actor), Jodie Foster (actress), Ted Tally (screenplay)
Who won an Oscar for Cat on a hot tin roof?
The cast of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - 1976 includes: Elizabeth Caparros as Trixie Nadia Catouse as Brightie David Healy as Doc Baugh Jack Hedley as Gooper Jennifer Hughes as Polly Sam Mansary as Lacey Laurence Olivier as Big Daddy Mary Peach as Mae Heidi Rundt as Dixie Sean Saxon as Sonny Maureen Stapleton as Big Mama Mel Taylor as Small Robert Wagner as Brick Natalie Wood as Margaret
Who was the first African American to win Best Actor?
Sidney Poitier was the first African American to win the Best Actor award. He won for his role in Lilies of the Field (1963).
Other firsts for African Americans at the Oscars
Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
James Baskett was the first African-American man to receive an academy award. He was given an Honorary Academy Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South(1946)
Dorothy Dandridgewas the first African-American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Carmen Jones (1954)
Louis Gossett, Jr. was the first African-American to win the Best Supporting Actor award. He won for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).
John Singleton was the first African American nominated for a Best Director Academy Award for his work on Boyz N The Hood (1991)
Halle Berry was the first African-American to win the Best Actress award. She won for her role in Monster's Ball(2001).
no one is the best because this is racists if you think its funny its not
Sidney Poitier, who won for his performance in "Lilies of the Field" (1963).
Which duo has won seven Oscars?
This really depends on what you consider a "duo." Based on people who have worked together, the Oscar duo could be Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank. The pair worked together on the film Million Dollar Baby.
Clint Eastwood has won five Oscars:
2 for Million Dollar Baby (directing and producing)
2 for Unforgiven (directing and producing)
1 Irving J. Thalberg Memorial Oscar
Hilary Swank has one two Oscars:
Boys Don't Cry (Best Actress)
Million Dollar Baby (Best Actress)
She was born in 1975. The movie came out in 1995. So that would make her 20-year-old at the time.
Who won the Oscar for best actress in 1977?
Cher for Moonstruck.
Cher for Moonstruck.
In 1987 at the 60th Academy Awards the Best Actress in a Leading Role was given to Cher for Moonstruck, beating Glenn Close for Fatal Attraction, Meryl Streep for Ironweed, Holly Hunter for Broadcast News and Sally Kirkland for Anna. It also won Oscars for Best Supporting Actress (Olympia Dukakis) and Best Writing - Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It was nominated (but did not win) for Best Supporting Actor (Vincent Gardenia), Best Director (Norman Jewison) and Best Picture (which went to The Last Emperor).
What movie did halie berry win an Oscar for?
In 2001, Halle Berry made Oscar history when she won the Best Actress award for Monster's Ball. As of 2015, she remains the only African-American woman to win in the lead acting category.
What help have scoring rubrics given you?
For teachers, scoring rubrics outline descriptive criteria that ensures that the grading standards don't change over time. For students, they make it easy to recognize strengths and weaknesses.
Who won the Oscar for Unique and Artistic Picture in 1927?
Fox won the Oscar for Unique and Artistic Picture in 1927.
Who were the nominees for the 2000 Best Actor Oscar?
Best Picture- The English Patient Best Director- Anthony Minghella, The English Patient Best Actor- Geoffrey Rush, Shine Best Actress- Frances McDormand, Fargo Best Supporting Actor- Cuba Gooding Jr., Jerry Maguire Best Supporting Actress- Juliette Binoche, The English Patient Best Original Screenplay- Joel & Ethan Coen, Fargo Best Adapted Screenplay- Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade Best Editing, Cinematography, Art Directon, Costume Design, Sound and Score (Drama)- The English Patient BestScore (Comedy)- Rachel Portman, Emma Best Visual Effects- Independence Day Best Sound Effects Editing- The Ghost and the Darkness Best Makeup- The Nutty Professor Best Song- "You Must Love Me" from Evita Best Foreign Language Film- Kolya (Czech Republic)
What did Lincoln win an Oscar for?
Daniel Day-Lewis, who won the role after Liam Neeson, Steven Spielberg's original choice, backed out of the project. Day-Lewis won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Actor -- his record third win in the category.
Who won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1996?
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1998 went to Shakespeare in Love. Oscars were presented to producers David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward M. Zwick and Marc Norman.
Who won the Oscar for Music - Song - in 1962?
"The Sound of Silence" - Simon and Garfunkel ------ w.m. Paul Simon "We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles
w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney "I Got You (I Feel Good)" - James Brown
"Turn! Turn! Turn!" - The Byrds
w.m. Pete Seeger "Over and Over" - The Dave Clark Five
w.m. Robert James Byrd "Let's Hang On!" - The Four Seasons
w.m. Bob Crewe, Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell "Fever" - The McCoys
w.m. Eddie Cooley and John Davenport (a pseudonym for Otis Blackwell) "Ebb Tide" - The Righteous Brothers
w. Carl Sigman, m. Robert Maxwell "England Swings" - Roger Miller
w.m. Roger Miller "Make the World Go Away" - Eddy Arnold
w.m. Hank Cochran "She's Just My Style" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
w.m. Gary Lewis, Leon Russell, Snuff Garrett, Al Capps "Flowers on the Wall" - The Statler Brothers
w.m. Lew DeWitt "Help Me Girl" - Eric Burdon
"Five O'Clock World" - The Vogues
w.m. Allen Reynolds "Day Tripper" - The Beatles
w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney "The Men In My Little Girl's Life" - Mike Douglas
w.m. Gloria Shain, Eddie Dean and Mary Candy "No Matter What Shape Your Stomach's In" - The T-Bones
m. Granville Burland "A Must to Avoid" - Herman's Hermits
w.m. Steve Barri and P. F. Sloan "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" - The Lovin' Spoonful
w.m. John Sebastian and Steve Boone "Barbara Ann" - The Beach Boys
w.m. Fred Fassert "My Love" - Petula Clark
w.m. Tony Hatch "Jenny Take a Ride" - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
w.m. Richard Penniman, Enotris Johnson and Bob Crewe "Lightnin' Strikes" - Lou Christie
w.m. Lou Christie and Twlya Herbert "Crying Time" - Ray Charles
w.m. Buck Owens "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" - Stevie Wonder
w.m. Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder and Sylvia May "My World Is Empty without You" - The Supremes
w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland "Don't Mess with Bill" - The Marvelettes
w.m. Smokey Robinson "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" - Nancy Sinatra
w.m. Lee Hazlewood "Ballad of the Green Berets" - Sgt. Barry Sadler
w.m. Robin Moore and Barry Sadler "California Dreamin'" - The Mamas and the Papas
"Elusive Butterfly" - Bob Lind
w.m. Bob Lind "Working My Way Back to You" - The Four Seasons
w.m. Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell "Listen People" - Herman's Hermits
w.m. Graham Gouldman "Nowhere Man" - The Beatles
w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney "I Fought the Law" - Bobby Fuller Four
w.m. Sonny Curtis "Homeward Bound" - Simon and Garfunkel
w.m. Paul Simon "Daydream" - Lovin' Spoonful
w.m. John Sebastian "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" - The Righteous Brothers
w.m. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil .
Spring
"Sure Gonna Miss Her" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
w.m. Bobby Russell "Secret Agent Man" - Johnny Rivers
w.m. P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - B. J. Thomas
w.m. Hank Williams "Don't Bring Me Down" - The Animals
"Inside-Looking Out" - The Animals
w.m. Eric Burdon "Time Won't Let Me" - The Outsiders
w.m. Tom King and Chet Kelley "Good Lovin'" - The Young Rascals
"Kicks" - Paul Revere & the Raiders
w.m. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil "Sloop John B" - The Beach Boys
w.m. Traditional "Monday, Monday" - The Mamas and the Papas
"Leaning on the Lamp Post" - Herman's Hermits
w. L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber, m. Noel Gay "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" - Bob Dylan
w.m. Bob Dylan "Gloria" - Shadows of Knight
w.m. Van Morrison "How Does That Grab You, Darlin'" - Nancy Sinatra
"Message to Michael" - Dionne Warwick
w. Hal David, m. Burt Bacharach "When a Man Loves a Woman" - Percy Sledge
w.m. Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright "A Groovy Kind of Love" - The Mindbenders
w.m. Carole Bayer Sager and Toni Wine "Love Is Like an Itching in my Heart" - The Supremes
w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland "Paint It Black" - The Rolling Stones
"I Am a Rock" - Simon and Garfunkel
w.m. Paul Simon "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind" - The Lovin' Spoonful
w.m. John Sebastian "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" - James Brown
"Green Grass" - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
"Strangers in the Night" - Frank Sinatra
"Barefootin'" - Robert Parker
"Cool Jerk" - The Capitols
"Red Rubber Ball" - The Cyrkle
"Paperback Writer" - The Beatles
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" - Dusty Springfield
"Sweet Talkin' Guy" - The Chiffons
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Summer
"Hanky Panky" - Tommy James and the Shondells
"Wild Thing" - The Troggs
Chip Taylor "Little Girl" - Syndicate of Sound
"Along Comes Mary" - The Association
"Lil' Red Riding Hood" - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
"Hungry" - Paul Revere and the Raiders
"The Pied Piper" - Crispian St. Peters
"I Saw Her Again" - The Mamas and the Papas
"Sweet Pea" - Tommy Roe
"Summer in the City" - The Lovin' Spoonful
w. John Sebastian and Mark Sebastian, m. John Sebastian and Steve Boone "Somewhere, My Love" - Ray Conniff and the Singers
w. Paul Francis Webster, m. Maurice Jarre "They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!" - Napoleon XIV
"Sunny" - Bobby Hebb
"See You in September" - The Happenings
"Sunshine Superman" - Donovan
"You Can't Hurry Love" - The Supremes
"Yellow Submarine" - The Beatles
"Summertime" - Billy Stewart
"The Land of 1000 Dances" - Wilson Pickett
"Working in the Coal Mine" - Lee Dorsey
"Blowing in the Wind" - Stevie Wonder
"Bus Stop (song)" - The Hollies
"Guantanamera" - The Sandpipers
"Cherish" - The Association
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" - The Beach Boys
"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" - The Temptations
"Black Is Black" - Los Bravos
"96 Tears" - Question Mark & the Mysterians
"Reach Out I'll Be There" - The Four Tops
"Cherry Cherry" - Neil Diamond
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Autumn
"Last Train to Clarksville" - The Monkees
"Psychotic Reaction" - Count Five
"I've Got You Under My Skin" - The Four Seasons
"Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin
"Poor Side of Town" - Johnny Rivers
"Dandy" - Herman's Hermits
"See See Rider" - Eric Burdon and the Animals
"Hooray for Hazel" - Tommy Roe
"If I Were a Carpenter" - Bobby Darin
"Good Vibrations" - The Beach Boys
"Winchester Cathedral" - The New Vaudeville Band
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" - The Supremes
"Devil With A Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly" - Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
"I'm Your Puppet" - James & Bobby Purify
"Rain on the Roof" - The Lovin' Spoonful
"Lady Godiva" - Peter and Gordon
"Mellow Yellow" - Donovan
"Born Free" - Roger Williams
"I'm Ready for Love" - Martha & The Vandellas
"That's Life" - Frank Sinatra
"I'm a Believer" - The Monkees
"Sugar Town" - Nancy Sinatra
"A Place in the Sun" - Stevie Wonder
"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" - The Royal Guardsmen
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" - The Temptations
"Tell It Like It Is" - Aaron Neville
w.m. George Davis and Lee Diamond "Good Thing" - Paul Revere and the Raiders
What actors and actresses appeared in The Best Part of Waking Up - 2010?
The cast of No Ordinary Morning - 2010 includes: Paul Squire as Father Aldous Squire as Michael
How many voting members for Oscars?
A Los Angeles Times study found that academy voters are markedly less diverse than the moviegoing public, and even more monolithic than many in the film industry may suspect. Oscar voters are nearly 94% Caucasian and 77% male, The Times found. Blacks are about 2% of the academy, and Latinos are less than 2%.
Oscar voters have a median age of 62, the study showed. People younger than 50 constitute just 14% of the membership.
Source: LA Times
What film won the Oscar for Best Picture of 2016?
"Moonlight," a story in three parts about the life and hard times of a black protagonist named Chiron, was named Best Picture of 2016 at the 89th Academy Awards. The film was directed by Barry Jenkins, who shared a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar with playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney.
In the film, the character of Chiron is played as a child by Alex Hibbert, as a teenager by Ashton Sanders and as a young adult by Trevante Rhodes. The drama also stars André Holland, Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali and singer Janelle Monáe. Ali won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
What 1939 movies were up for an Academy Award?
The 10 Academy Award nominees for the year's Best Picture were: "Gone With the Wind" (Selznick International Pictures-MGM); "Dark Victory" (Warner Bros.); "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (MGM); "Love Affair" (RKO Radio); "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (Columbia); "Ninotchka" (MGM); "Of Mice and Men" (Hal Roach Studios-United Artists); "Stagecoach" (United Artists); "The Wizard of Oz" (MGM); and "Wuthering Heights" (Samuel Goldwyn Productions-United Artists).
The Oscar went to "Gone With the Wind."
