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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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Stem cell research. The car or the computer. Stem cell treatment is a good invention though. My cousin is getting it in Thailand right now. Really any medicine that works is an outstandong invention.
Who won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1974?
Art Carney won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1974.
Who holds the record for most Academy Awards?
More than a few won 2 years a row (for Makeup, Score, Cinematography). A few won 3 years in a row, but the record holder for consecutive Oscar wins is Thomas Little with 5 Oscars in 4 years in a row for Art Direction: How Green Was My Valley (1941), My Gal Sal and This Above All (both 1942), The Song of Bernadette (1943) and Wilson (1944). By the way, he won one more Oscar. As for actors, five have won 2 years in a row: Luise Rainer, Spencer Tracy , Katharine Hepburn, Jason Robards and Tom Hanks.
The youngest person to win two Academy Awards for acting was Luise Rainer, who won back-to-back Best Actress Oscars for the years 1936 and 1937. She was 28 years old when she won her second statuette. Rainer won her Oscars for "The Great Ziegfeld" and "The Good Earth."
When were the first Academy Awards held?
The 1st Academy Awards (Oscars) were presented on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Tickets cost $5 and only 270 people attended to the event. The ceremony lasted only 15 minutes.
Unlike later events, the winners had been announced months prior to the ceremony. In some cases nominations were made without reference to a specific film. Unlike after ceremonies, awards could be granted to the nominees for multiple works within a year.
The first Academy Awards of Merit were presented on May 16, 1929, at a banquet held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
1928
the first Awards presented at a ceremony.
- Wings won for Best Picture.
- Emil Jannings won for Best Actor for Last Command,although he never actually showed up for the ceremony.
What movies was Richard Dreyfuss nominated for an Oscar?
He was nominated only twice, for Best Actor. He won for The Goodbye Girl (1977) and was nominated for Mr. Holland's Opus (1995).
Name something associated with jack nicholson?
Courtside seats at Los Angeles Lakers home games at the Staples Center.
Who were actors in movie shootist?
Ron Howard ... Gillom Rogers
James Stewart ... Dr. E.W. Hostetler
Richard Boone ... Mike Sweeney
Hugh O'Brian ... Jack Pulford (faro dealer at Metropole Saloon)
Bill McKinney ... Jay Cobb
Harry Morgan ... Marshal Walter Thibido
John Carradine ... Hezekiah Beckum
Sheree North ... Serepta
Did Spencer Tracy ever win Oscar?
Yes. Spencer Tracy was the first to receive back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Actor, winning for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938). Tom Hanks duplicated the feat with his wins for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994).
Who was the first African-American Presidential candidate nominated?
I only know of six people.
Barack H. Obama
Cynthia McKinney
Al Sharpton
Alan Keyes
Jesse Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
and Colin Powell
Who won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 2003?
The winner of the 2007 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress was Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006).
What Oscars did Edith Head win?
Yes, Edith Head won eight Academy Awards (Oscars). Walt Disney won twenty-two (22).
- Best Costume Design for: The Sting (1973)
- Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for: The Facts of Life (1960) Shared with: Edward Stevenson
- Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for: Sabrina(1954)
- Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for: Roman Holiday(1953)
- Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for: A Place in the Sun (1951)
- Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for: All About Eve(1950) Shared with: Charles Le Maire
- Best Costume Design, Color for: Samson and Delilah(1949) Shared with: Dorothy Jeakins, Eloise Jensson, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling
- Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for: The Heiress(1949) Shared with: Gile Steele
Who were the first two African Americans to receive Oscars?
.Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
James Baskett was the first African-American man to receive an academy award. He was given an Honorary Academy Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South(1946)
Who was the youngest African American to be nominated for an Oscar and for what film?
Quvenzhané Wallis, the 9-year-old star of the 2012 drama "Beasts of the Southern Wild," is the youngest person to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. She is the third-youngest person be nominated for an acting Oscar of any kind.
Which black men have won Oscars?
Eight
- James Baskett was the first African-American man to receive an academy award. He was given an Honorary Academy Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South (1946)
- Sidney Poitier was the first African American man to win an academy award. He was nominated for the Best Actor award, and he won for his role in Lilies of the Field (1963).
- Louis Gossett, Jr. was the first African-American to win the Best Supporting Actor award. He won for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).
- Denzel Washington was the second African American to win Best Supporting Actor for his role in Glory (1989). He was also the second African American to win Best Actor. He won for his role in Training Day (2001). He had previously been nominated in the Best Actor category for The Hurricane in 1999 and Malcolm X in 1992.
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. was the fourth African American to win Best Supporting Actor for his role as Rod Tidwell in Jerry McGuire (1996)
- Morgan Freeman was the third African American to win Best Supporting Actor for playing Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris in Million Dollar Baby (2004). He had previously been nominated for Best Actor for his roles in Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
- Jamie Foxx was the third African American to win Best Actor for his role as Ray Charles in Ray (2004). He was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role of the cab driver in Collateral (2004).
- Forest Whitaker was the fourth African American to win Best Actor for his role as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006).
How many African-American women won Best Actress?
- 2001: Halle Berry, Monster's Ball
- 2006: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
- 1990: Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost
4. Hattie McDaniels for Gone with the Wind in 1939, she won a best supporting actress award and the very first African American woman to do so.
Moni'que won this year for best supporting actress for "Precious"
Who was the second black woman to win an acting Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
Who was the first hispanic American to win an Oscar?
I suppose the answer to this question depends on your definition of color. Vivien Leigh won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1939. She is the only Asian actress to win this award. Her mother was of Irish and Indian descent. In Gone With the Wind, Vivien Leigh played a white girl.
Halle Berry, who won in 2002 for her role in Monster's Ball, is the only woman of African-American descent to win the Best Actress award. Seven other black actresses have been nominated: Dorothy Dandridge, Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Diahann Carroll, Whoopi Goldberg, Angela Bassett, and Gabourey Sidibe.
No women of hispanic origins have won this award; although five have been nominated: Helena Bonham Carter (1997; her mother is Spanish); Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian, (1998); Salma Hayek, Mexican (2002); Catalina Sandino Moreno, Colombian (2004); and Penélope Cruz, Spanish (2006). Cruz won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in the 2008 film Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Who is the only person to win oscars for best actress and best song?
Barbra Streisand. She won the 1968 Best Actress award (in a tie with Katharine Hepburn) for her performance as Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl." She shared the 1976 Best Original Song Oscar with Paul Williams for "Evergreen" from "A Star Is Born."
Who was the first Canadian director to win an Oscar?
Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director. She won for The Hurt Locker(2009). She beat her ex-husband, James Cameron, who was nominated for Avatar.
Who was the first African American woman to win a tony?
Gail Fisher won an Emmy Award in 1970 for her portrayal of Peggy Fair, secretary to the detective played by Mike Connors on the CBS television series ''Mannix." She won the award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series.
Was Dorothy Dandridge the first African American to win an Oscar?
No, Halle Berry was the first African-American to win the Best Actress award. She won for her role as Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball (2001).
However, Whoopi Goldberg won Best Supporting Actress for playing Oda Mae Brown in Ghost (1990). She had previously been nominated for Best Actress in 1985 for her role as Celie in The Color Purple.
And, Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for playing Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Dorothy Dandridgewas the first African-American woman to be nominated for Best Actress for her role in Carmen Jones (1954)
Who was the first African-American actor to be nominated for an Academy Award?
Network television show host: Nat King Cole, 1956, "The Nat King Cole Show". First to star in a series was Bill Cosby who appeared in a co-starring role on "I Spy" in 1965.
