The 79th Academy Awards | 2007 (2023)

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Who won Best Picture at the 79th Academy Awards? ›

The Departed won four awards, including Best Picture.

However, the actor and activist urged those invited to boycott the awards ceremony if it is confirmed that the Oscars elected to forgo reaching out to Zelenskyy regarding a speech during the telecast. “If it comes back to it, I will smelt mine in public,” Penn continued.

The longest Oscar speech was given by Greer Garson at the 15th Academy Awards after she was named Best Actress for 1942 for Mrs. Miniver. Her speech ran for nearly six minutes.

The Departed

Six have won exactly three acting Academy Awards: Daniel Day-Lewis (three Best Actor awards), Frances McDormand (three Best Actress awards), Meryl Streep (two Best Actress awards and one Best Supporting Actress award), Jack Nicholson (two Best Actor awards and one Best Supporting Actor award), Ingrid Bergman (two Best ...

The record is currently held by Luise Rainer, who was the first actress to win consecutive times, for “The Great Ziegfeld” (1937) and “The Good Earth” (1938) when she was 27 and 28 years old.

Zelensky, whose career started in show business, pressed Hollywood for an appearance at the Oscars. The Ukrainian president was looking for support from Hollywood. But his appeal to speak during the Oscars encountered drama of its own.

Academy apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather, who refused an Oscar on Marlon Brando's behalf. Sacheen Littlefeather, who refused an Academy Award on Marlon Brando's behalf, will receive a formal apology from the Academy at an event next month. Sacheen Littlefeather had only 60 seconds to speak at the 1973 Academy Awards ...

Over the years, plenty of nominees have failed to show up for the ceremony and, in some cases, publicly boycotted the show. In the history of the Oscars, however, there have only been three people who refused their awards: actors George C. Scott and Marlon Brando, and screenwriter Dudley Nichols.

Patty Duke for Best Supporting Actress (1963): 2 words.

Who refused an Oscar Why? ›

Sacheen Littlefeather made Oscar history after a speech in 1973 on the mistreatment of Native Americans in the movie industry.

As of now, no Oscar winner has ever had their award rescinded by the Academy, although producer and serial sexual abuser Harvey Weinstein was expelled from the governing body in 2017.

Sacheen Littlefeather, the Apache activist and actress who refused to accept the best actor award on behalf of Marlon Brando at the 1973 Oscars, drawing jeers onstage in an act that underscored her criticism of Hollywood's depictions of Native Americans, died on Sunday at her home in Marin County, Calif. She was 75.

Spider-Man actor Tom Holland has been asked to host the 2022 Oscars, it's been reported. Following the 2021 ceremony, in which there was no set host due to Covid-19 restrictions, it's been confirmed that this year's event will be overseen by one person.

Originally, this remake was planned with Brad Pitt as Colin Sullivan, and Tom Cruise as Billy Costigan. Martin Sheen and Leonardo DiCaprio rode the Red Line about one hundred times to get enough takes of one sequence.

Dudley Nichols - 1935 Oscar for Best Screenplay

The first person to reject an Oscar was screenwriter Dudley Nichols, who won for Best Screenplay for the 1935 film, 'The Informer'.

As of 2022, Katharine Hepburn maintained her lead as the actor with the most Oscar wins of all time.

The beloved funnyman Jim Carrey has never received an Oscar nomination, despite having appeared in such critically adored films as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Truman Show. He has picked up a slew of Golden Globe nominations, however, two of which have resulted in wins.

In 2021, Anthony Hopkins became the oldest person to ever win an acting Oscar for his devastating performance as an elderly man struggling with dementia.

As of 2022, a total of three minors (including Duke) have won Oscars, all in the Best Supporting Actress category. The other two are Tatum O'Neal, who was 10, for Paper Moon (1973), and Anna Paquin, who was 11, for The Piano (1993).

Who is the oldest actress to win an Oscar? ›

As of March 2022, the oldest living Academy Award winner was Walter Mirisch, who won an Oscar for producing "In the Heat of the Night" (1967). Eva Marie Saint won the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in "On the Waterfront" (1954).

9 February 2020: Best Documentary Feature Academy Award for American Factory, made by the Obamas' production company, Higher Ground. Barack Obama was not personally among the winners of the award.

The Will Smith–Chris Rock slapping incident (also known as "Slapgate") took place during the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022 when actor Will Smith walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face during Rock's presentation for Best Documentary Feature.

The President of Ukraine brought a touching moment to the 64th annual Grammy Awards Sunday. President Volodymyr Zelensky offered a speech that began “The war.

In fact, though there are those who have rejected their Oscars (Marlon Brando, Dudley Nichols), only one award has ever been revoked in Academy history — the 1969 prize for Best Documentary, which was given to Young Americans before it was determined that the film was released in 1967 and therefore ineligible.

Its term is related to other competitive areas, such as the Triple Crown of horse racing. As of 2022, only 24 people—15 women and nine men—have achieved the Triple Crown. Helen Hayes became the first actor to do so with her Emmy Award on February 5, 1953.

Tom Hanks. The '90s were a good time for Hanks. He pulled off an incredible feat by winning back-to-back Best Actor awards. First he won for “Philadelphia,” and then he added another statue for “Forrest Gump.” Neither of those movies necessarily holds up great, but the Oscars still count.

Despite winning big at other award shows — namely the Grammys — and contributing to several movie soundtracks over the years, Swift has yet to break through at the Academy Awards.

The academy—that is, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—is the organization that votes for the Oscar winners. Perhaps what's more interesting is figuring out who the members of the academy are and how they vote.

Who is the youngest person ever to win an Oscar? ›

This sad estrangement just goes to illustrate the staggering gravity of Hollywood's most coveted award. Watch a ten-year-old Tatum O'Neal accept her Oscar below. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.

Anthony Hopkins and Tatum O'Neal are the oldest and youngest winners of acting Oscars, winning at age 83 and age 10 respectively.

winner was like an old friend. Irving Berlin actually presented himself with the original-song Oscar at the 15th Oscars ceremony on March 4, 1943, at the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel.

The statuettes are solid bronze and plated in 24-karat gold. Due to a metal shortage during World War II, Oscars were made of painted plaster for three years. Following the war, the Academy invited recipients to redeem the plaster figures for gold-plated metal ones.

The Oscars Aren't Rigged, Simply (Somewhat) Predictable.

Gene Hackman in Unforgiven (1992)

No, an actor has never been stripped of an Academy Award. Only one Academy Award has ever been revoked in the history of the Oscars, and it was for a documentary that had been nominated in the wrong year.

In the old days, nobody knew the winners except the Academy itself. In more recent times, everyone already knows the winners because the awards are bought and paid for by the juggernaut film studios.

What if the dreams of gold really came true and the Oscar was made of solid gold? At 8.7 lb, the statue in its current form is equivalent to 126.9 troy ounces but this weight has been taken on from the fact that the statue is made up of Britannia metal.

Who has lost the most Oscar nominations? ›

Peter O'Toole and Glenn Close jointly hold the record for most nominations in the acting categories without a win, with eight, followed by Richard Burton with seven, and Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter and Amy Adams with six.

Native American actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined the best-actor award on behalf of Marlon Brando during an Oscars protest in 1973, has died aged 75, the motion picture Academy said on Monday.

Chris Rock reportedly told an audience that he turned down the opportunity to host next year's Academy Awards after he was slapped by Will Smith at this year's ceremony.

Zendaya appeared alone, as boyfriend Tom Holland was not spotted on the carpet with her. However, her Dune leading man, Timothée Chalamet, was on the red carpet in a black tux, complete with no shirt.

Tom Holland confessed Zendaya was his celebrity crush years before they started dating. Tom Holland and Zendaya went public with their romance last year, but it seems the Spiderman actor has had the hots for his co-star for a few years now.

After Queenan was murdered at the 344 Wash by Costello's men, Dignam attacked Sergeant Colin Sullivan, who had ordered the internal investigation to stalk Captain Queenan. Captain Ellerby intervened, who became the boss of Dignam, who dismissed Dignam for two weeks, with pay.

Conor Donovan: Young Colin

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The envelope Costigan sent to Madolyn was his (Costigan's) insurance- I'm assuming documents proving his identity and other journals from when he was undercover.

51st Academy Awards

Which film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2022? ›

CODA has won Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards. It won over Belfast, Don't Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story. The film won in all three categories in which it received nominations.

In the past 90 years, only three films, It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991) have won all five Oscars from the forty-three films that secured nominations in all five prestige Academy Award categories.

As of 2022, Katharine Hepburn maintained her lead as the actor with the most Oscar wins of all time.

Who has the most Oscars overall? Out of all nominees in Academy Awards history, Walt Disney holds the most Oscars. Disney won 26 Oscars over the course of his career and was nominated a grand total of 59 times.

Chaplin had received honorary Academy Awards in 1929 and 1972. Cabaret, Bob Fosse's adaptation of the Broadway stage musical, set a record for the most Oscars won without winning Best Picture. Best Picture winner The Godfather received only three Academy Awards.

There is no monetary reward for winning an Oscar, but there are significant benefits in other ways.

Most awards or nominations

Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959): nominated in 12 of the 15 possible categories. Titanic (1997): nominated in 14 of the 17 possible categories. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): nominated in 11 of the 17 possible categories.

The first to achieve the record was Ben-Hur (USA 1959) which won from 12 nominations on 4 April 1960, followed by Titanic (USA 1997) from 14 nominations on 23 March 1998 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (NZ/USA 2003) which won all 11 of its nominations on 29 February 2004.

What was the first song to win the Oscar for best original song? ›

The actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather attended the ceremony in Brando's place, stating that the actor “very regretfully” could not accept the award, as he was protesting Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans in film.

The Black Hole (1979)

This PG film (Disney's first) was nominated for Best Visual Effects, losing to Alien (1979) (the winner), along with other nominees: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), 1941 (1979), and Moonraker (1979).