Oscars

Jeremy Irons won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Reversal of Fortune. Jeremy Irons portrayed the character of Claus von Bülow. Claus von Bülow was a fictional character. He was not an Oscar-winner.

The movie is "Driving Miss Daisy" (which was named Best Picture of that year).

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John Ford holds the record for most Academy Awards given to a director, with four for: The Informer, The Grapes Of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, and The Quiet Man. He was nominated only 5 times as director. William Wyler won 3 times for Best Director, for: Mrs. Miniver, The Best Years of Our Lives and Ben-Hur. He was nominated 12 times for direction, more than any other director. Frank Capra won 3 times for Best Direction, for: It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and They Can't Take It with You. He was nominated 6 times.

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Jack Nicholson was born in New York City, New York, U.S.

The 2 Irish-born actors to win acting Oscars are:

1) Barry Fitzgerald, for Best Supporting Actor for the 1944 movie, "Going My Way" (for which he was also nominated for Best Actor, which is no longer possible), and

2) Brenda Fricker, the Best Supporting Actress winner for 1989's "My Left Foot".

More famously, Daniel Day-Lewis, who holds the record for the most Best Actor Oscars with 3 (and was nominated for 2 more), was born in England but holds duel citizenship in the UK and Ireland, dividing his time between Ireland and New York with his wife and family.

Irish-born Peter O'Toole holds the record for most Oscar nominations without a win (8), but was finally awarded the Academy Honorary Award in 2003 in recognition of his career. So, technically, he's the 3rd Irish actor to win an Oscar, though not an acting one.

Other Irish actors who have been nominated for Oscars include Richard Harris (twice), Stephen Rea, and Liam Neeson.

In 2009, the Academy decided to expand the filed of nominees for Best Picture from five to ten. The Academy has not nominated ten films in this category for many years, but it is not the first time. One of the reasons that the Academy cited for making this change is that it was that at least two Oscar-worthy films were not nominated in 2008, which many critics thought should have been. Those two films were Dark Knight and WALL-E.

Another possible reason for including ten nominees in the Best Picture category is to increase viewer ship. The Academy Awards ceremony has suffered from falling ratings the past several years. By including more films in the Best Picture category, the Academy can include more popular films, and that might encourage more people to tune in.

One of the criticism of the longer list of nominees is the new method of voting. Instead of Academy members simply voting for their favorite, they have been instructed to rank all ten in their order of worthiness. This could possibly have the effect of diluting the vote. For example, if the Academy members are divided between the first and second most-worthy film, but they all agree on which is the third most-worthy film, then the third-most worthy film will win the award.

It was "What a Wonderful World," which was a hit song for Louis Armstrong in 1968. At the 2012 Academy Awards, it was performed by Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding and the Southern California Children's Chorus.

Hilary Ann Swank has won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for playing Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1998) and a struggling waitress-turned-boxer Maggie Fitzgerald in Million Dollar Baby.

Best Picture - Schindler's List Best Director - Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List Best Actor - Tom Hanks, Philadelphia Best Actress - Holly Hunter, The Piano Best Supporting Actor- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive Best Supporting Actress- Anna Paquin, The Piano Best Original Screenplay - The Piano Best Costume Design- The Age of Innocence Best Makeup- Mrs. Doubtfire Best Song- "Streets of Philadelphia" from Philadelphia Best Foreign Language Film- Belle epoque (Spain) Schindler's Listalso won for Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography, Art Directon and Score. Jurassic Park won for Sound, Visual Effects and Sound Effects Editing.

The nominees for Best Actor of 1956 were Yul Brynner for "The King and I"; James Dean (posthumously) for "Giant"; Kirk Douglas for "Lust for Life"; Rock Hudson for "Giant"; and Sir Laurence Olivier for "Richard III." The Oscar went to Brynner.

Breakfast at Tiffany's won the Oscar for Music - Scoring - in 1961.

Votes are certified by the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (and its predecessor Price Waterhouse).

Yes. Sir Ian McKellen was nominated for Best Supporting Actor of 2001 for his performance as Gandalf the Grey in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring." He was a favorite to win, but the Oscar went to fellow countryman Jim Broadbent, who won for his work in the biopic "Iris." It didn't hurt Broadbent that he was a cast member that year of the popular musical "Moulin Rouge!," in which he played the French cabaret's owner and emcee.

Untrue, but obscure. Rita Moreno and Bill Cosby (artists); Christopher Cerf, Joe Raposo and Lee Chamberlain (producers) were awarded a Grammy for Best Recording for Children in 1972 (15th Annual Grammy Awards). The recording was generated from a PBS children's show called "The Electric Company".

Rocky won in 1976; Annie Hall won in 1977.