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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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Who won the Oscar for Special Effects in 1961?
Wings, The Rains Come, The Thief of Bagdad, I Wanted Wings, Reap the Wild Wind, Crash Drive, Thirty Seconds Over Toyko, Wonder Man, Blithe Spirit, Green Dolphin Street, Portrait of Jennie, Mighty Joe Young, Destination Moon, When Worlds Collide, Plymouth Adventure, The War of the Worlds, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Bridges of Toko-Ri, The Ten Commandments, The Enemy Below, tom thumb, Ben-Hur, The Time Machine, The Guns of Navarone, The Longest Day, Cleopatra, Mary Poppins, Grand Prix, Fantastic Voyage, Doctor Dolittle, 2001: A Space Oydessy, Marooned, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Poseidon Adventure, The Hindenburg, Star Wars, Superman, Alien, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Cocoon, Aliens, Innerspace, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Abyss, Total Recall, Terminator 2, Death Becomes Her, Jurassic Park, Forest Gump, Babe, Independence Day, Titanic, What Dreams May Come, The Matrix, Gladiator, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Spider-Man 2, King Kong, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and The Golden Compass.
What film won the Oscar for best costume design in 1955?
The award for Best Costume Design for a black-and-white film went to Helen Rose for "I'll Cry Tomorrow." The award for a color film went to Charles LeMaire for "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing."
Are Angelina Jolies lips real?
Yes, they are, as can be seen in old pictures of her, long before she became famous, as well as her daugher Shiloh who has her lips.
Who were Academy Award winners in 1994?
The male who has won the most oscars is Walt Disney with 22 oscars. He also won the most oscars in one year which was 4 in 1953. The female who has won the most oscars is Edith Head with 8 oscars, all for costume design.
To the best of my knowledge no Oscar ( academy award) has ever been awarded to an Animal. Lassie was a Collie. several dogs, were of necessity, involved for different types of stunts- Lassie fighting a more dangerous animal was of course done with trick photography as were forest fire scenes, etc. the ASPCA would not permit the Dog to be in real life-threartening peril. preoccupation with downbeat subjects turned many adult viewers off. Lassie ( TV version- Provost-Lockhart) had overtones of situation tragedy- and the program was DEVOID of any humor, even wisecracks.
How many Oscars did Out of Africa win?
The African Queen (1951) won one (1) Academy Award (Oscar).
- Best Actor in a Leading Role - Humphrey Bogart
It was also nominated for the following awards
- Best Actress in a Leading Role - Katharine Hepburn
- Best Director - John Huston
- Best Writing, Screenplay - James Agee and John Huston
Who was the German actress that won an Oscar in 1936?
Zarah Leander
Marika Rokk
Irene Von meyendorf
Christina Soderbaum
Marianne Hoppe
Mady Rahl
Winnie Markus
What year did people start calling the AMPAS award Oscars?
The Oscars 'began' in 1929. The first Academy Awards took place on May 16, 1929 as an un-televised, un-broadcasted ceremony. The original event was only 15 minutes long! The winner for Best Picture at the first awards was Wings.
The 83rd Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. ABC will air a live telecast at 8:30 p.m. ET. There will be a 90-minute pre-show that begins at 7 p.m.
Which film is nominated for Oscar award?
India's submission for the Foreign Language Film category - Stars on Earth (Taare Zameen Par, starring Amir Khan) was nominated for an Oscar.
When di Walt Disney win his last Academy Award?
The category for Best Animated Short was introduced in 1932, and the first winner was Flowers and Trees.
The category for Best Animated Feature Film was introduced in 2001, and the first winner was Shrek.
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1985?
The Best Actor award in 1987 went to Michael Douglas for Wall Street.
Michael Douglas - Wall Street as Gordon Gekko
On April 11, 1988, Michael Douglas won the 1987 Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street."
What movie won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1957?
Italy's Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria).
Who won the Oscar for Sound in 1992?
who won the film award for bet sound at the 2006 british academy of film and television arts awards
What was Bette Davis's favorite food?
Hi, Betty White here. Do you mean me (Betty White), or somebody named Betty whites. Is this a racial thing? Are you British? In St. Olaf, we spell it 'favorite' and we use apostrophes. My favorite food is pizza, why do you ask? Are you inviting me over for dinner?
How did the Oscar statue for movie excellence get its name?
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) created the awards program in order to recognize outstanding achievement and to encourage excellence in all areas of film-making. The statuette was designed by Cedric Gibbons, art director for MGM studios, and was sculpted by George Stanley. The statuette is that of a knight standing on a reel of film with his hands gripping a sword. Ironically, Gibbons received the award 11 times out of 39 nominations, second only to Walt Disney who won 26 times. The statuette's nickname of Oscar has unknown origins. However, the most common story is that of AMPAS librarian Margaret Herrick commenting that it resembled her Uncle Oscar. The AMPAS official name for the statuette is the Academy Award. The most popular story about the name's origin involves then Academy librarian and future executive director, Margaret Herrick. The story goes that Herrick, upon seeing the statuette sitting on a table exclaimed "it looks just like my Uncle Oscar!" The name stuck and it has been called by that name ever since.
Another common story involves actress and two-time Academy Award winner Bette Davis, who reportedly named it after her ex-husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson, Jr. Columnist Sidney Skolsky, perhaps the first to use the name in print, claimed that the name came from an old music hall joke, "Will you have a cigar, Oscar?"
Although we don't know the name's true origin, we do know that it quickly gained popularity. In 1934 Hollywood reporter Sidney Skolsky used the name in reference to Katherine Hepburn's win that year. Walt Disney is also reported to have called it by that name in the same year at the Awards ceremony. By 1939 the Academy itself was using the name officially.
No one knows for sure. Bette Davis, who won two Academy Awards during her career, reportedly said the statuette reminded her of her first husband, bandleader Harmon Oscar ("Ham") Nelson. There also is a story that Margaret Herrick, the librarian and director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, once said that the award looked just like her Uncle Oscar.
Who was the first screen actor to refuse an Academy Award?
The first actor to refuse an Academy Award was George C. Scott -- a longtime critic of the awards show -- who declined his 1970 Best Actor Oscar for "Patton." Two years later, Marlon Brando refused to accept his 1972 Best Actor Oscar for "The Godfather" in protest of how Native Americans had been portrayed on film through the years.
Both actors were nominated for Oscars again the year after their refusals -- Scott for "The Hospital" (1971) and Brando for "Last Tango in Paris" (1973). Neither won.
In what year was Casablanca voted best picture?
Casablanca won the Best Picture Academy Award in 1943.
How many Oscars has Diane Keaton won?
She won four Best Actress awards, for Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968) and On Golden Pond (1981). In 1968, there was a tie and Barbra Striesand also won for Funny Girl.
