Oscar 1939: Best Supporting Actor
1939: Best Supporting Actors Thomas Mitchell, Dr. Josiah Boone, Stagecoach (winner) Brian Aherne, Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg, Juarez Harry Carey, President of the Senate, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Brian Donlevy, Sgt. Markoff, Beau Geste Claude Rains, Senator Joseph Harrison Paine, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1940 Walter Brennan, Judge Roy Bean, The Westerner (winner) […]
Oscar: Cinematography–Top Winners
The highest number of Academy Awards won by a cinematographer is four.
Oscar: Austria–Best Foreign Language Nominees and Winners
Two Austrian films won the Best International Film Oscar: The Counterfeiters in 2007 and
Amour in 2012.Oscar 2020: Brad Pitt, Best Supporting Actor Oscar, Once Upon Time in Hollywood
Brad Pitt’s glorious performance in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is raising again the issue of lead versus supporting actor nominations.
Oscar 2020: OscarSoWhite–No Artists of Color, No Women (Not Even Gerwig)
In the major Oscar categories this year it was a list of mostly white nominees, an issue that immediately ignited outrage, frustration, and pushback. Only one person of color, Cynthia Erivo for the black-themed Harriet, was nominated in the acting categories. Female directors such as Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”), Kasi Lemmons (“Harriet”), and Lulu Wang […]
Oscar Artists: Chayefsky, Paddy–Three Academy Awards
The playwright Paddy Chayefsky, a winner of three Oscar Awards, died of cancer yesterday in Manhattan. He was 58 years old. Between his early great success with intimate dramas for television and his later success with large-scale Hollywood extravaganzas, Chayefsky wrote several plays for Broadway. His most famous play was Marty, the story of a […]
Oscar: Records 2
Most nominations without a Best Picture nomination They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) with 9 nominations Most Oscars without a nomination for Best Picture The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) with 5 wins Fewest nominations for a Best Picture winner Grand Hotel (1932) received only the Best Picture nomination. Nominations in the most different technical […]
AFI Life Achievement Award 2020: Julie Andrews April 25 Tribute Postponed
The annual ceremony, set this year to honor Julie Andrews, was scheduled to take place April 25 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The event will be rescheduled for a date in early summer.
Oscar Directors: Siodmak, Robert–The Killers (Exiles in Hollywood; Strangers in Paradise)
Best of all was The Killers, in 1946, which was Burt Lancaster’s debut and Ava Gardner’s first dramatic role. A critical and financial success, it earned Siodmak his only Best Director Oscar nomination.
Oscar 2020: Natalie Portman Makes Political Statement on Red Carpet about Snubbed Women
Oscar winner Natalie Portman made a statement on the Oscars red carpet, with her Dior cape embroidered with the names of women who directed movies last year — and weren’t nominated for the 92nd Academy Awards.
