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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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How many Oscars has Miley Cyrus won?
Miley Cyrus has won six Kids' Choice Awards, she won one for Favorite Female Singer in 2008 and 2009 and also won for Favorite TV Actress in 2008. She won two for Favorite Movie Actress in 2010 and 2011, she also won for Favorite TV Actress in 2007.
Who now owns the 1939 Oscar for best picture Gone With the Wind?
Yes. It was the British star's first of two Best Actress Oscars for playing notorious Southern belles. Besides the 1939 Academy Award she won for her performance as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind," Leigh also won the 1951 Best Actress award for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire."
Who won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 2004?
Julia Roberts won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama in 2000 for the film Erin Brockovich.
Renée Zellweger won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for the film Nurse Betty.
Which movie holds the record for most Oscars but was not nominated for Best Picture?
Four movies have been nominated for 13 Academy Awards, including Best Picutre, and didn't win the top award: Mary Poppins(1964), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). Mary and Virginia won 5 Oscars, Rings won 4, Benjaminwon 3.
When does a movie have to come out to get nominated for the Academy Awards?
Criteria vary from category to category, but most movies must be shown for at least one week in at least one commercial theater in Los Angeles County, between January 1-December 31 of every year.
The criteria for foreign language films and documentary films and short films are very different.
What was the name of the character played by Morgan Freeman in the movie Driving Miss Daisy?
He played Hoke Colburn, Miss Daisy's chauffeur.
Did Oliver Stone win any Oscars?
He has been nominated eleven times and has won three times. (Keep in mind the Awards were presented the year AFTER the films were made as the Awards are presented in February.) They are as follows: Midnight Express (1978), Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)<- WINNER; Platoon(1986), Directing <-WINNER and Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen); Salvador (1986), Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen); Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Directing <- WINNER, Best Picture and Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium); JFK (1991), Directing, Best Picture and Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) and Nixon (1995), Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen).
Nominees for best song in 1998?
The nominees for the 1998 Best Song Oscar were; "When You Believe", The Prince of Egypt (winner), "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing", Armageddon, "That'll Do", Babe: Pig in the City, "A Soft Place to Fall", The Horse Whisperer and "The Prayer", Quest for Camelot.
What movie features Jack Nicholson yelling at his wife wife is?
carnal knowledge (he is yelling at anne margaret) carnal knowledge (he is yelling at anne margaret)
Which two actors directed themselves to Best Actor Oscars?
There were two: Laurence Olivier won Best Actor for Hamlet (1948), which he directed; Roberto Benigni won Best Actor for Life Is Beautiful (1998), which he directed.
Who refused their best actor Oscar?
Two actors have declined their Academy Awards: George C. Scott, who won the 1970 Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of General George S. Patton in "Patton"; and Marlon Brando, who won the 1972 Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Don Vito Corleone in "The Godfather."
Has Eddie Murphy won an Oscar?
Yes. Eddie Murphy has been nominated for Primetime Emmys four times -- twice in the 1980s as a "Saturday Night Live" performer and once as a writer for the show. He also was nominated as an executive producer of "The PJs," which was nominated for Outstanding Animated Program.
Which comedians won Oscars for comedies?
Very few. Judy Holliday won the Oscar for Best Actress for Born Yesterday (1950). Walter Matthau won Best Supporting Actor for The Fortune Cookie (1966). Goldie Hawn won Best Supporting Actress for The Cactus Flower(1969). George Burns won Best Supporting Actor for The Sunshine Boys (1975). Is Kevin Kline considered a comedian? He won Best Supporting Actor for A Fish Called Wanda (1988). Whoopi Goldberg won Best Supporting Actress for Ghost (1990).
Who alive today has won the most Oscars?
- Alan Menken is a music composier who has won 8 Oscars
Also of note:
- Walt Disney was a film producter who won 20 Oscars, but he died in 1966
- Cedric Gibbons was an art director who won 11 Oscars, but he died in 1960
- Alfred Newman was a composer who won 9 Oscars, but he died in 1970.
- Edith Head was a costume designer who won 8 Oscars, but she died in 1971.
- Edwin B. Willis was a set designer who won 8 Oscars, but he died in 1963.
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1972?
Joel Grey won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1972.
What award is the equivalent of the Oscar in music industry?
There are multiple awards based on different qualifications and definitions of "best musician."
The most famous is probably the Grammy Awards. There are also the MTV Video Music Awards, American Music Awards, World Music Awards and many others. There are also categories for "best music" in other award ceremonies such as the Nickelodeon Teen Choice Awards.
Is Amanda Seyfried Meryl Streep's real daughter?
Amanda Seyfried is not Meryl Streep's daughter. Streep does have three daughters and one son. Two of her daughters, Grace and Marnie Gummer, are also actresses.
Did The Shawshank Redemption receive an Academy Award for Best Picture?
Seven. In 1994, it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Morgan Freeman), Cinematography, Film Editing, Best Original Score, Sound and Best Adapted Screenplay (it was adapted from the novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King). It did not win anything.
Which film won the most Oscars in 2009?
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place March 7, 2010,
The Hurt Locker won six awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director. Other winners were Avatar with three awards, Crazy Heart, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, and Up, with two awards.
What year was Dorothy Dandridge nominated for the Academy Award as Best Actress?
If you are referring to Dorothy Dandridge's Carmen JonesAcademy Award nomination for best actress, the year is 1954. Dandridge lost out to Grace Kelly for Kelly's role in The Country Girl that year.
What is the relationship between Helen Hursh and Amon Goeth in Schindler's List?
Oskar schindler and amon goeth had a pretty bad relationship.
in the eyes of Amon Goeth they seem like friends but while Oskar Schindler is getting him drunk and is persuading him into letting him make barracks at his factory Oskar really doesn't like Amon.
he is just using him to save more Jews in his factory
How many Oscars has Zac Efron been nominated for?
Not that many, actually. Hairspray, High School Musical 1 and 2, and summerland
How many Oscars was Titanic nominated for?
1997's Titanic was nominated in 14categories, winning 11: Best Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction, Costume Design, Sound, Score, Visual Effects, Sound Effects Editing, Makeup and Song.
"Titanic" (1997) was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won 11 of them (Oscar wins in bold):
- Best Picture (James Cameron, Jon Landau, producers).
- Best Director (Cameron).
- Best Actress (Kate Winslet)
- Best Supporting Actress (Gloria Stuart).
- Best Original Song ("My Heart Will Go On," music by James Horner, lyric by Will Jennings).
- Best Original Dramatic Score (Horner).
- Best Cinematography (Russell Carpenter).
- Best Art Direction (Peter Lamont and Michael D. Ford).
- Best Costume Design (Deborah Lynn Scott).
- Best Film Editing (Cameron, Conrad Buff IV and Richard A. Harris).
- Best Visual Effects (Robert Legato, Mark A. Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer )
- Best Sound Editing (Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes)
- Best Sound Mixing (Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano).
- Best Makeup (Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson).
How many times has Martin Scorsese lost an Oscar?
Robert De Niro has won two Academy Awards in seven nominations. The roles and movies are as follows (Oscar wins in bold caps):
1. VITO CORLEONE in "THE GODFATHER PART II" (1974). BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR.
2. Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver" (1976). Best Actor.
3. Michael "Mike" Vronsky in "The Deer Hunter" (1978). Best Actor.
4. JAKE LA MOTTA in "RAGING BULL" (1980). BEST ACTOR.
5. Leonard Lowe in "Awakenings" (1990). Best Actor.
6. Max Cady in "Cape Fear" (1991).7. Pat Solitano Sr. in "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012). Best Supporting Actor.
