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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
Why are Oscar nominations so early in the morning?
To accommodate early morning newspaper and media deadlines in many parts of the world.
What time are the Oscars on in 2012?
The 2019 Emmys ceremony will take place on Sunday, Sept. 22, airing from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. E.T. on FOX.
Who were the first actress and actor to win back-to-back Oscars?
Katharine Hepburn won her 3rd Academy award in 1968 (she has 4 Best Actress Awards in total). Ingrid Bergman won her 3rd Oscar in 1974 (she has 2 Best Actress and 1 Best Supporting actress Awards ).
What film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1957?
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1957 went to The Bridge on the River Kwai. Producer Sam Spiegel accepted the award.
The Oscar for Best Picture for the 1957 Academy Awards went to 'The Bridge On the River Kwai', directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel. The film was based on a french novel 'The Bridge Over the River Kwai' written by Pierre Boulle. The other nominated films in that category were 'Peyton Place', 'Sayonara', '12 Angry Men' and 'Witness for the Prosecution'. The Bridge on the River Kwai also won six other Academy Awards that night including Best Actor (Alec Guinness as 'Colonel Nicholson') and Best Writing. The award for best writing went only to the author of the book as the screenwriters Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman were blacklisted at the time for being members of the communist party. In 1984 the screenwriters were awarded the Oscar posthumously for the writing of 'Bridge on the River Kwai'.
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The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1957 went to "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
The Bridge on the River Kwai, about British POWs in WWII, won 7 Oscars (including Best Picture) and was nominated for 8.
Interestingly, screenwriters Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were blacklisted at the time and received no screen credit. They were posthumously awarded the Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium in 1984.
Was Jannings the first actor to win an Oscar?
Yes, Emil Jannings was the first person to with the Oscar for Best Actor. Since this was the first Oscar presented at the first Academy Awards ceremony, he is also the firs man ever to win an Academy Award (Oscar).
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1982?
Ben Kingsley won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1982.
Where was the 2010 CMT Movie Award's Filmed?
The 2010 CMT Movie Awards were filmed at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The event showcased country music's connection to film and celebrated various categories with a lively audience. The choice of Nashville, known as the heart of country music, added to the awards' festive atmosphere.
How long is the movie the hurt locker?
The regular version is 100 minutes long. The unrated version is 108 minutes long.
Who really won the 1992 Best Supporting Actress Oscar instead of Marisa Tomei?
Meryl Streep has been nominated for an Academy Award a record 21 times, winning thrice.
Frances McDormand won for"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri". Streep was nominated for "The Post."
Emma Stone won the 2017 Best Actress for "La La Land." Streep was nominated for "Florence Foster Jenkins."
Patricia Arquette won the 2014 Best Supporting Actress award for "Boyhood." Streep was nominated for "Into the Woods."
Cate Blanchett won the 2013 Best Actress award for "Blue Jasmine." Streep was nominated for "August: Osage County."
Sandra Bullock won the 2009 Best Actress Oscar for "The Blind Side." Streep was nominated for "Julie & Julia.".
Kate Winslet won the 2008 Best Actress Oscar for "The Reader." Streep was nominated for "Doubt."
Dame Helen Mirren won the 2006 Best Actress Oscar for "The Queen." Streep was nominated for "The Devil Wears Prada."
Catherine Zeta-Jones won the 2002 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Chicago." Streep was nominated for "Adaptation."
Hilary Swank won the 1999 Best Actress Oscar for "Boys Don't Cry." Streep was nominated for "Music of the Heart."
Gwyneth Paltrow won the 1998 Best Actress Oscar for "Shakespeare in Love." Streep was nominated for "One True Thing."
Susan Sarandon won the 1995 Best Actress Oscar for "Dead Man Walking." Streep was nominated for "The Bridges of Madison County."
Kathy Bates won the 1990 Best Actress Oscar for "Misery." Streep was nominated for "Postcards from the Edge."
Jodie Foster won the 1988 Best Actress Oscar for "The Accused." Streep was nominated for "A Cry in the Dark."
Cher won the 1987 Oscar for Best Actress for "Moonstruck." Streep was nominated for "Ironweed."
Geraldine Page won the 1985 Best Actress Oscar for "The Trip to Bountiful." Streep was nominated for "Out of Africa."
Shirley MacLaine won the 1983 Best Actress Oscar for "Terms of Endearment." Streep was nominated for "Silkwood."
Katharine Hepburn won the 1981 Best Actress Oscar for "On Golden Pond." Streep was nominated for "The French Lieutenant's Woman."
Dame Maggie Smith won the 1978 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "California Suite." Streep was nominated for "The Deer Hunter."
Who won the Oscar for Best Director in 1983?
Steven Spielberg was nominated as Best Director for E.T.and lost to Richard Attenborough who won for Gandhi(1982). Attenborough appeared in Spielberg's Jurassic Park(1993).
Slumdog millionaire won how many awards?
Slumdog Millionaire won 8 Oscars:
- Best Picture,
- Director,
- Adapted Screenplay,
- Editing,
- Cinematography,
- Sound Mixing,
- Score and
- Song.
It had 10 nominations.
It won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture of 2008.
Johnny Depp he is amazing! I quite like Matt Smith from 'Doctor Who!'
What Oscar did Roberto Benigni win for the film La Vita Bella?
'Best Actor' is the particular award that Roberto Remigio Benigni [b. 27x1952], Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI, carried away from the 1999 Oscar ceremonies. His nomination was for his role in 'La vita è bella'. The victory by Benigni in 1999 was the first time that a male received the award for performance in a non-English speaking role.
Peter Finch became a posthumous Oscar winner for what film?
Peter Finch won the Oscar for Best Actor for: Network (1976) Nomination and award were posthumous. Finch became the first posthumous winner in an acting category. His widow Eletha Finch and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky accepted the award on his behalf.
What movie did Susan Saradon win an Oscar in 1995?
Susan Sarandon has been nominated for five Oscars, but she only won once.
1996 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: Dead Man Walking (1995)
1995 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: The Client (1994)
1993 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
1992 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: Thelma & Louise (1991)
1982 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: Atlantic City (1980)
How many Oscars did Titanic win?
"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)
Who hosted the 1990's Academy Award ceremonies?
2011 Anne Hathaway and James Franco
2010 Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
2009 Hugh Jackman
2008 Jon Stewart
2007 Ellen DeGeneres
2006 Jon Stewart
2005 Chris Rock
2004 Billy Crystal
2003 Steve Martin
2002 Whoopi Goldberg
2001 Steve Martin
2000 Billy Crystal
1999 Whoopi Goldberg
1998 Billy Crystal
1997 Billy Crystal
1996 Whoopi Goldberg
1995 David Letterman
1994 Whoopi Goldberg
1993 Billy Crystal
1992 Billy Crystal
1991 Billy Crystal
1990 Billy Crystal
1989 no host
1988 Chevy Chase
1987 Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Paul Hogan
1986 Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams
1985 Jack Lemmon
1984 Johnny Carson
1983 Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau
1982 Johnny Carson
1981 Johnny Carson
1980 Johnny Carson
1979 Johnny Carson
1978 Bob Hope
1977 Warren Beatty, Ellen Burstyn, Jane Fonda, Richard Pryor
1976 Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly, Walter Matthau, George Segal, Robert Shaw
1975 Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra
1974 John Huston, David Niven, Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross
1973 Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson
1972 Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr, Jack Lemmon
1971 no host
1970 no host
1969 no host
1968 Bob Hope
1967 Bob Hope
1966 Bob Hope
1965 Bob Hope
1964 Jack Lemmon, Tom Jones
1963 Frank Sinatra
1962 Bob Hope
1961 Bob Hope
1960 Bob Hope
1959 Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, David Niven, Laurence Olivier, Mort Sahl, Tony Randall
1958 James Stewart, David Niven, Jack Lemmon, Rosalind Russell, Bob Hope
1957 Jerry Lewis, Celeste Holm
1956 Jerry Lewis, Claudette Colbert
1955 Bob Hope, Thelma Ritter
1954 Donald O'Connor, Fredric March
1953 Bob Hope, Conrad Nagel
1952 Danny Kaye
1951 Fred Astaire
1950 Paul Douglas
1949 Robert Montgomery
1948 no host
1947 Jack Benny
1946 Bob Hope, James Stewart
1945 John Cromwell, Bob Hope
1944 Jack Benny
1943 Bob Hope
1942 Wendell Willkie
1941 Walter Wanger
1940 Bob Hope
1939 Frank Capra
1938 Bob Burns
1937 George Jessel
1936 Frank Capra
1935 Irvin S Cobb
1934 Will Rogers
1932 Conrad Nagel
1931 Lawrence Grant
1930 Conrad Nagel
1930 William C de Mille
1929 Douglas Fairbanks, William C de Mille
Who won the best picture for Oscar in 1982?
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1982 went to "Gandhi."
What are two actors from The Hangover?
The cast of Hangover Square - 2009 includes: Ansel Faraj as Peter Hawkins Chloe Ginsburg as Netta Longdon Mihran Konanyan as George Harvey Bone Morgan Oliver as Eddie Carstairs Denise Parga as The Mangeress of the West End Hotel
What actors and actresses appeared in The 25th Annual Grammy Awards - 1983?
The cast of 25th NAACP Image Awards - 1993 includes: Sinbad as Himself - Presenter Halle Berry as Herself - Presenter Terence Blanchard as Himself - Performer Tevin Campbell as Himself - Presenter Diahann Carroll as herself Laurence Fishburne as Himself - Presenter Jasmine Guy as Herself - Presenter Arsenio Hall as himself Telma Hopkins as Herself - Presenter Michael Jackson as himself Michael McCary as Himself - Performer Marilyn McCoo as Herself - Presenter Carmen McRae as Herself - Honoree Wanya Morris as Himself - Performer Phylicia Rashad as herself Dianne Reeves as Herself - Performer Wesley Snipes as himself Shawn Stockman as Himself - Performer Blair Underwood as Himself - Presenter Mario Van Peebles as Himself - Presenter Jaleel White as Himself - Presenter Montel Williams as himself
What are the best 10 films of 2010?
- Toy Story 3
- Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- Iron Man 2
- The Twilight
- Inception
- Despicable Me
- Shrek Forever After
- How to Train Your Dragon
- The Karate Kid Sony
- Clash of the Titans (2010)
Which movie did Sean connery win an Oscar?
He won the only time he was nominated: Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables (1987).
