Oscar: Best Picture Nominees–Showbusiness and the Arts
Oscar: Best Picture Nominees: Films about Showbusiness, Journalism, and the Arts (in alphabetical order): 100 Men and a Girl, 1937 Alexander’s Ragtime Band, 1938 All About Eve, 1950 All That Jazz, 1979 All the President’s Men, 1976 Amadeus, 1984 American in Paris, 1951 Anchors Aweigh, 1945 Annie Hall, 1977 Argo, 2012 The Artist, 2011 Auntie […]
Oscar Actors: Gardner, Ava–Mogambo
Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on December 24, 1922. Gardner was signed to a contract with MGM in 1941, and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew attention with her performance in The Killers (1946). She was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for her work in Mogambo (1953), and also received BAFTA Award […]
Hollywood Gold: A (Biased) History of the Oscars, American Cinema and Popular Culture, 1919-2019
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Oscar: Best Picture Nominees–I (from I am a Fugitive to Ivanhoe)
Oscar Nominated Films (I): 18 films Updated August 2019 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, 1932 Source: Based on true story I, Tonya, 2017 Imitation Game, The, 2014 Imitation of Life, 1934 Source: Novel by Fannie Hurst Inception, 2010 Informer, The, 1935 Screenplay (Won): Dudley Nichols Source: Novel by Liam O’Flaherty Inglourious Basterds, […]
Oscar: Most Awards Won by Single Film
How many films have won 11 Oscar Awards?
Oscar 2019: David Rubin is New Academy President
Veteran casting director David Rubin has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Oscar 2020: Best Picture–Potential Contenders
The Report, directed by Scott Z. Burn, tells the story of one man (played by Adam Driver), who fought against both the CIA and the White House to get his report published.
Oscar: Records–Bette Davis, Greer Garson, Meryl Streep
Bette Davis became the first person to earn five consecutive Academy Award nominations for acting, all in the Best Actress category (1938–1942).
Oscar Actors: Hepburn, Audrey–Cumulative Advantage (EGOT Winner)
Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929; she died January 20, 1993. She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood. Born in Ixelles, Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Belgium, England, and the Netherlands. In Amsterdam, she studied ballet with Sonia Gaskell. She moved […]
Oscar Actors: Rowlands, Gena–Cumulative Advantage
A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her late actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
