Oscars

Yes, Edith Head won eight Academy Awards (Oscars). Walt Disney won twenty-two (22).

1. Best Costume Design for: The Sting (1973)
2. Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for: The Facts of Life (1960) Shared with: Edward Stevenson
3. Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for: Sabrina(1954)
4. Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for: Roman Holiday(1953)
5. Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for: A Place in the Sun (1951)
6. Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for: All About Eve(1950) Shared with: Charles Le Maire
7. Best Costume Design, Color for: Samson and Delilah(1949) Shared with: Dorothy Jeakins, Eloise Jensson, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling
8. Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for: The Heiress(1949) Shared with: Gile Steele

.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)

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1. 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)
2. 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).
3. 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).
4. 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.
5. Cuba Gooding, Jr. was the fourth African American to win Best Supporting Actor for his role as Rod Tidwell in Jerry McGuire (1996)
6. 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).
7. 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).
8. Forest Whitaker was the fourth African American to win Best Actor for his role as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland (2006).

1. 2001: Halle Berry, Monster's Ball
2. 2006: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
3. 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"

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.

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)

Jeremy Irons was the last Englishman to win the Best Actor Oscar (Actor In A Leading Role). He won it in 1990 for his role as Claus Von Bulow in "Reversal of Fortune".

Update: Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for There Will Be Blood (2007).

In between the 2 above dates in 1991 Sir Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for best actor in The Silence of the Lambs in the lead role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

That is a difficult question to answer because hip hop existed before there were record deals. Many rappers were performing at parties, clubs, talent shows and in the park before any act was signed.

I would offer that Sha-Rock (Sharon Green) from the group the Funky Four Plus One was the 1st female MC's in hip hop.

I would say that the biggest commercial airplay hits at the time with females rapping were Rapture by Blondie and Square Biz by Tina Marie

Sidney Poitier was first to win a Best Actor Oscar for the movie 'Lilies of the Field' (1963)

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). As of 2009, no other African American has won this award.

Dorothy Dandridgewas the first African-American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Carmen Jones (1954)

Other nominees include:

• Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues(1972)
• Cicely Tyson as Rebecca Morgan in Sounder (1972)
• Diahann Carroll as Claudine in Claudine (1974)
• Whoopi Goldberg as Celie Harris in The Color Purple(1985)
• Angela Bassett as Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
• Gabourey Sidibe as Claireece "Precious" Jones in Precious (2009)

The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1997 went to Titanic.
The other nominees were:

• As Good As It Gets
• The Full Monty
• Good Will Hunting
• L.A. Confidential