Oscars

The cast of The Best of Torvill and Dean - 1984 includes: Jayne Torvill as Herself - Performer

George C. Scott was never complimentary of the Academy Awards, and once referred to the ceremony as "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons."

When he earned his first-ever nomination, a 1959 Best Supporting Actor nod for "Anatomy of a Murder," Scott apparently tolerated recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It was a different story two years later, when he again was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, this time for the 1961 drama "The Hustler." He declined the nomination because of his dislike of Oscar competition and campaigns.

It all came to a head in the spring of 1970, when Scott began receiving critical praise for his performance in the biopic "Patton" as U.S. Army Gen. George S. Patton, a hero of World War II. Appearing on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," Scott was asked what he would do if he received another Oscar nomination. The actor responded that he would decline it, too.

Sure enough, when the 1970 Oscar field was revealed several months later, Scott received a nomination for Best Actor. He sent a telegram to the Academy, declaring his intention to decline the award and not attend the ceremony. True to his word, Scott was not in attendance on April 15, 1971, when presenter Goldie Hawn announced that he had won the Best Actor award.

Interestingly, Scott was nominated for Best Actor a year later for his performance in "The Hospital," a 1971 black comedy by Paddy Chayefsky. The veteran actor didn't show up that time, either.

This could describe either Polonius or Claudius.

William Wyler has a record 12 nominations, with three wins.

Marty (1955).

The film was called Network.

At the 86th Academy Awards ceremony on March 2, 2014, John Ridley won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for "12 Years a Slave," the film that was named Best Picture of 2013. The drama was based on the 1853 autobiography of Simon Northup, a free Northern black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South. Ridley became the second African-American writer to win the award in that category. In 2010, Geoffrey Fletcher became the first African-American nominee to win a screenwriting Oscar. He won the Best Adapted Screenplay award for "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."

Edmund Gwenn won the 1947 Best Supporting Actor award for his performance as Kris Kringle in "Miracle On 34th Street."

The 64th Academy Awards were presented March 30, 1992. The film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture that night was The Silence of the Lambs. The film won an overall 5 Academy Awards that year.

Sean Connery is far far cooler. Jack Nicholson is an old bag of STDs.

That's easy: Titanic, the 1997 Best Picture winner, is the highest grossing film of all time.

Yes. It was nominated for four and won one for "Best Visual Effects".

"Dances with Wolves" won in 1990. "Birdman" won in 2014.

No. The late boyfriend of Princess Diana was an executive producer of "Chariots of Fire," the Best Picture winner of 1981. But the film's only award recipient for the top Oscar was producer David Puttnam.

It was the movie "The Iron Lady"

t's Complicated (2009) Jane

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) (voice) Mrs. Fox

Julie & Julia (2009) Julia Child

Doubt (2008/I) Sister Aloysius Beauvier

Mamma Mia! (2008) Donna Sheridan

Lions for Lambs (2007) Janine Roth

Rendition (2007) Corrine Whitman

Evening (2007) Lila Ross

Dark Matter (2007/I) Joanna Silver

The Ant Bully (2006) (voice) Queen

The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Miranda Priestly

The Music of Regret (2006) The Woman

A Prairie Home Companion (2006) Yolanda Johnson

Prime (2005) Lisa Metzger

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) Aunt Josephine

The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Eleanor Shaw

The Hours (2002) Clarissa Vaughan

Adaptation. (2002) Susan Orlean

Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) (voice) Blue Mecha

Music of the Heart (1999) Roberta Guaspari

Chrysanthemum (1999) (voice) Narrator

One True Thing (1998) Kate Gulden

Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) Kate 'Kit' Mundy

First Do No Harm (1997) (TV) Lori Reimuller

Marvin's Room (1996) Lee

Before and After (1996) Dr. Carolyn Ryan

The Bridges of Madison County (1995) Francesca Johnson

The River Wild (1994) Gail Hartman

The House of the Spirits (1993) Clara del Valle Trueba

Death Becomes Her (1992) Madeline Ashton

Defending Your Life (1991) Julia

Postcards from the Edge (1990) Suzanne Vale

She-Devil (1989) Mary Fisher

Rabbit Ears: The Fisherman and His Wife (1989) (V) Storyteller

Evil Angels (1988) Lindy Chamberlain

The Tailor of Gloucester (1988) Narrator

Ironweed (1987) Helen Archer

Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1987) (voice) Storyteller

Rabbit Ears: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1987) (voice) Storyteller

Heartburn (1986) Rachel Samstat

Plenty (1985) Susan Traherne

Out of Africa (1985) Karen Blixen

Falling in Love (1984) Molly Gilmore

Silkwood (1983) Karen Silkwood

Sophie's Choice (1982) Sophie Zawistowski

Still of the Night (1982) Brooke Reynolds

Alice at the Palace (1982) (TV) Alice

The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) Sarah / Anna

Kiss Me, Petruchio (1981) (TV) Katherine

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) Joanna Kramer

The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) Karen Traynor

Uncommon Women… and Others (1979) (TV) Leilah

Manhattan (1979) Jill

The Deer Hunter (1978) Linda

Julia (1977) Anne Marie

The Deadliest Season (1977) (TV) Sharon Miller

Secret Service (1977) (TV) Edith Varney

Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975) (voice) Stage 6

Marlon Brando.

yes, he won one for "the Departed"

During her long and distinguished career, Katharine Hepburn won four Academy Awards -- all for Best Actress. She won for her performances in "Morning Glory" (1932/33), "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "The Lion in Winter" (1968) and "On Golden Pond" (1981).

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YES! it won in 1979 and it won an Oscar for Best Music, Original Song, it went to John Farrar, and it was for the song: Hopelessly Devoted To You

Louis Gossett Jr. won an Emmy for "Roots," which was a 1977 television miniseries. But he also picked up an Academy Award for his performance in "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982). He was named Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Sgt. Emil Foley, a hard-nosed drill instructor.

The departed

It's a matter of personal opinion, no two people have the exact same musical tastes.

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