Luise Rainer became the first actress to win two Academy Awards – and the first to win them consecutively – for her performance as real-life stage actress Anna Held opposite William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld. Rainer shined as Held, winning the award over the likes of Irene Dunne inTheodora...
a confident, established physicist, and in 1963 when President Lyndon B. Johnson presented him with the Enrico Fermi Award as a gesture of political rehabilitation.
emil jannings was the first winner in this category, when actors could be nominated for multiple performances. winners were announced in advance, and he requested his award before his departure for germany, which makes him the first person ever to be handed an oscar. jannings won for “last...
Oscar winners don’t get cash directly, but the award opens doors to bigger paychecks and new projects. Winning an Oscar often boosts an actor’s career, increases movie sales, and brings in more opportunities. So, while there’s no prize money, the career benefits can be huge! Who has ...
on The 30+ Best Academy Award-Winning Documentaries COLLECTION22 LISTSThe OscarsLists of fun facts and differing opinions about Hollywood's biggest, most self-congratulatory night. Oscar Wins That Stirred Up Controversy Best Actors Who Have Never Won Winners with Huge Plot ...
OppenheimerandPoor Thingswere the big winners of the night, withChristopher Nolan'sOppenheimerlanding seven awards, including Best Picture, andPoor Thingssecuring four wins. This year, the acting award nominees received more intimate, personal tributes from past Academy Award winner...
Sinatra Sings Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, and Other Academy Award Winners (1964) America, I Hear You Singing (with Bing Crosby and Fred Waring) (1964) It Might as Well Be Swing (with Count Basie) (1964) 12 Songs of Christmas (with Bing Crosby and Fred Waring) (1964) ...
After all, they have an Academy Award, and we don’t. So here it is: our ranking of all 96 Best Picture winners. You’ll probably disagree with us. That’s what the Academy Awards are all about. 96. The Broadway Melody (1928) Widely considered the first real “Hollywood musical,”...
regarding its procedures for selecting winners; one particular allegation was that the organization had negotiated to extend awards to some performers in exchange for their attendance at the ceremony. In 1982 it was revealed that the husband of actressPia Zadora, the winner of an award that was ...
In Shortsfest tradition, a special Ellen Jury will once again present its annual Ellen Award to a filmmaker at the Closing Night Awards Dinner. The Ellen Award honors Aspen Film’s founder and executive director Ellen Kohner Hunt, who retired in 1995. ...