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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.
3,339 Questions
How many Academy Award nominations did John Steinbeck get?
None. Many of King's books have been made into films, but Stephen King is barely involved with most films, apart from the occasional cameo, so he's not in a position to earn an Oscar. Not surprisingly, he has numerous writing awards: nine Bram Stoker awards, a Hugo, an O. Henry award, and in 2003, the Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, among others.
Several of the film adaptations have earned Academy Award nominations (including four for The Green Mile and seven for The Shawshank Redemption), but as of January 2010, only one Oscar has been awarded to a film based on King's books: 1990, Cathy Bates, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Misery.
What was the first Oscar award?
c.w.shumway &sons foundry in 1928 << This is one ID**** contributor's answer to who created the Oscar statuette, however, this answer misinterpreted the question. Generally speaking the creation of a statue does not imply who manufactured the statue.
As it turns out an art director in Hollywood, Cedric Gibbons, designed the statuette. Sculptors George Stanley and Alex Smith did the sculpting. The statue is 13.5 inches tall and depicts a nude man holding a sword and standing on a reel of film.
List all best actress Oscar winners?
The winners of the 84th Academy Awards are:
Best Picture
The Artist
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Best Actor
Jean Dujardin for The Artist
Best Actress
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer for Beginners
Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer for The Help
Best Writing - Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen
Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash from The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Best Animated Feature
Rango
Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation
Best Documentary - Feature
Undefeated
Best Documentary - Short Subject
Saving Face
Best Live Action Short Film
The Shore
Best Animated Short Film
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Best Original Score
The Artist
Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets - Bret McKenzie
Best Sound Editing
Hugo
Best Sound Mixing
Hugo
Best Art Direction
Hugo
Best Cinematography
Hugo
Best Makeup
The Iron Lady
Best Costume Design
The Artist
Best Film Editing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best Visual Effects
Hugo
How many Ocars did Gone With the Wind win and what was the year?
The film won 8 Oscars in 1940:
- Best Actress in a Leading Role: Vivien Leigh
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Hattie McDaniel
(The first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar.)
- Best Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler
- Best Cinematography, Color: Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan
- Best Director: Victor Fleming
- Best Film Editing: Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom
- Best Writing, Screenplay: Sidney Howard
- Best Picture
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1990?
Al Pacino for Scent of a Woman.
The Academy Award for Best Actor of 1992 went to Al Pacino for his performance in "Scent of a Woman."
The Best Actor Oscar for 1992 went to Al Pacino for his performance in "Scent of a Woman."
Did the Hunchback of Notre Dame win any Academy Awards?
Yes, as a fictional character created by Victor Hugo. Hugo who specialized in social problems- this is one of them, was up to a point the French equivalent of Dickens. Prior to him, writers focussed mainly on love situations and idealized ones at that, court romance, etc. Hugo went down to earth- and had an audience.
Who has been nominated the most in the Academy Awards?
Walt Disney holds the record for both the most Academy Award nominations (59) and the number of Oscars awarded (22). He also earned four honorary Oscars. His last competitive Academy Award was posthumous.
What roll Michael caine received as support actor?
Sir Michael Caine has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor. He won a 1986 Oscar for his performance as Elliot, who basically was Woody Allen's alter ego in "Hannah and Her Sisters." He won a 1999 Oscar for his performance as Dr. Wilbur Larch, who ran a New England orphanage in "The Cider House Rules."
How many Academy Awards did Robert De Niro win?
On February 27, 2016, the 87-year-old Italian film composer won his first competitive Academy Award for his dramatic score for Quentin Tarentino's 2015 Western "The Hateful Eight." 16. Nine years earlier, on February 25, 2007, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented an honorary Oscar to Morricone "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music."
Morricone had been nominated for Oscars on five other occasions, for his scores from "Days of Heaven" (1979), "The Mission" (1986), "The Untouchables" (1987), "Bugsy" (1991) and "Malèna" (2000).
He might have been nominated for his score from "Once Upon a Time in America" (1984), but a paperwork fiasco made him ineligible.
Who won an Oscar playing Oscar in A Fish Called Wanda?
There was no character named Oscar in A Fish Called Wanda. Kevin Kline won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for playing Otto in A Fish Called Wanda (1988).
What African American male has won a Oscar an Emmy a Tony and a Golden Globe Award?
During his long and distinguished career as an actor, 82-year-old James Earl Jones has received an honorary Academy Award, along with three Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Grammy and a Golden Globe.
Three people have won 3 Oscars for acting: Walter Brennan, Ingrid Bergman and Jack Nicholson. (Katharine Hepburn has won 4 Oscars.)
Four actors have won three or more Academy Awards. Katharine Hepburn won four for Best Actress. Jack Nicholson won two Best Actor Oscars and a Best Supporting Actor award. Ingrid Bergman won two Best Actress awards and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Walter Brennan won three Best Supporting Actor awards.
What is gifted in Oscar awards?
There are currently 24 categories in which the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) gives out the Academy Award of Merit (Oscar)
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Screenplay (Adapted)
Best Screenplay (Original)
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Song
Best Score
Best Documentary
Best Documentary Short
Best Short Film - Live Action
Best Short Film - Animated
Best Animated Feature
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Editing
Best Visual Effects
Best Art Direction
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Makeup
Best Costume Design
The Academy also awards several scientific and techical awards each year. Occassionally, the Academy also presenst Special Awards and Humanitarian Awards and Lifetime Achievement Awards, but these are not presented every year.
Actor in a Leading Role
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Leading Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Animated Feature Film
Art Direction
Cinematography
Costume Design
Directing
Documentary Feature
Documentary Short
Film Editing
Foreign Language Film
Makeup
Music (Score)
Music (Song)
Best Picture
Short Film (Animated)
Short Film (Live Action)
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Visual Effects
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Who won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2009?
Sandra Bullock won for her role in The Blind Side.
This year (2010) Sandra Bullock won The award, " best actress"
Why has Richard gere never been nominated for an Oscar award?
It is possible that he hasn't endeared himself to Oscar voters because of his reputation as a Hollywood outsider. A practicing Buddhist who prefers to lobby for human rights causes, Gere once was banned as a presenter for the Academy Awards after he made anti-China comments on the air at the 1993 ceremony.
What was the first Arnold Schwarzenegger movie to win an Academy Award?
Total Recall [1990] Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern & Alex Funke received a Special Achievement Award for Visual Effects at the 1991 Academy Awards.
Terminator 2 Judgement Day [1991] won Four proper Academy Awards in 1992 for Best Sound, Best Effects/Sound Effects Editing, Best Effects/Visual Effects & Best Makeup.
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1953?
Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field.
The Best Actor winner in 1963 was Sidney Poitier for the part he played in "Lilies of the Field"
Sidney Poitier for the film Lilies of the Field
Did Julia Roberts win an Oscar?
Julia Roberts has received one Academy Award in four nominations. Her nominated roles and movies are as follows (Oscar win in bold):
- Shelby Eatenton Latcherie in "Steel Magnolias" (1989). Best Supporting Actress.
- Vivian Ward in "Pretty Woman" (1990). Best Actress.
- Erin Brockovich in "Erin Brockovich" (2000). Best Actress.
- Barbara Fordham in "August: Osage County" (2013). Best Supporting Actress.
Who played melanie in Gone With the Wind?
It was Olivia de Havilland, who was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Scarlett O'Hara's friendly rival for the affections of Ashley Wilkes. The Oscar went to her co-star, Hattie McDaniel, who played Mammy.
LISTENING! JUST listen. Don't try to fix all of her problems, don't ACT like you are listening. Look her in the eyes and HEAR her!
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor in 2002?
"Chicago," which was the first musical to win the Best Picture award since "Oliver!" (1968).
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 2002 went to "Chicago." It was the first musical to be named Best Picture since "Oliver!" (1968).
What was the first horror movie nominated for best picture?
The 1991 film, "The Silence of the Lambs" swept the Bests: Best Picture, Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Best Actress (Jodie Foster), Best Director (Jonathan Demme), and Best Writing (Ted Tally).
Who was the first hispanic to win the Oscar?
Jose Ferrer was the 1st Puerto Rican actor to win an academy award for best actor in the movie Cyranno De Bergerac in 1937. Rita Moreno was the second Puerto Rican actress to win an Oscar in 1960 in the movie West Side Story. Benecio Del Toro was the third Puerto Rican actor to win an Oscar in 2003.
What movies won Oscars in 2015?
Here is a list of the 2014 Academy Award winners, presented on February 22, 2015:
Best Picture -- "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)," Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole
Best Actor -- Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything."
Best Actress -- Julianne Moore, "Still Alice."
Best Supporting Actor -- J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash."
Best Supporting Actress -- Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood."
Best Director -- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)."
Best Animated Feature -- "Big Hero 6."
Best Foreign-Language Film -- "Ida" (Poland).
Best Original Screenplay -- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo, Jr., "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)."
Best Adapted Screenplay -- Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game."
Best Original Score -- Alexandre Desplat, "The Grand Budapest Hotel."
Best Original Song -- "Glory" from "Selma," music and lyrics by Common (Lonnie Lynn, Jr.) and John Legend (John Stephens).
Best Production Design -- "The Grand Budapest Hotel," production design: Adam Stockhausen; set decoration: Anna Pinnock.
Best Cinematography -- "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)," Emmanuel Lubezki.
Best Costume Design -- "The Grand Budapest Hotel," Milena Canonero.
Best Documentary Feature -- "CitizenFour," Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky.
Best Documentary (Short Subject) -- "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1," Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry.
Best Film Editing -- "Whiplash," Tom Cross.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling -- "The Grand Budapest Hotel," Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier.
Best Short Film (Animated) -- "Feast," Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed.
Best Short Film (Live Action) -- "The Phone Call," Mat Kirkby and James Lucas.
Best Sound Editing -- "American Sniper," Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman.
Best Sound Mixing -- "Whiplash," Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley.
Best Visual Effects -- "Interstellar," Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher.
