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21 fun facts about the Oscars

2023-03-12 09:35:07 Updated on 2023-03-12 09:37:04

Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, takes home 11 statuettes, including Best Picture, in 1998.

Meryl Streep

Actress Meryl Streep has received the most nominations in Oscar history. She was nominated 21 times for Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress.

Al Pacino

Al Pacino and Geraldine Page received 8 nominations before finally winning a statuette. A record.

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

"Beauty and the Beast" was the first animated film nominated for Best Picture of the Year in 1991. Instead, "The Silence of the Lambs" was crowned.

Black Panther (2018)

The film "Black Panther" was the first-ever superhero film to be nominated for Best Picture of the Year. It bit the dust in that category, but still won three statuettes for best costume, music and production.

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington is the only African-American to win two Oscars, for his performances in "Glory" (1989) and "Training Day" (2001).

Italy

Italian films have won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar 14 times. "La grande bellezza" in 2013 is the latest in the running. This year, "È stata la mano di Dio" is nominated.

Jason Robards

Jason Robards is the only actor to win Best Supporting Actor two years in a row. He was awarded for "All the President's Men" (1976) (pictured) and "Julia" (1977).

John Ford

Filmmaker John Ford won a record 4 Best Director Oscars. His 1941 film "How Green Was My Valley" (pictured) was also named the film of the year.

Katharine Hepburn

In her 66-year career, Katharine Hepburn has won Best Actress four times. She never went to the ceremony to pick up her awards.

Kathryn Bigelow

Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win Best Director in 2009 for her film "The Hurt Locker."

Peter Finch

Actor Peter Finch received the first posthumous Best Actor Oscar for his role in "Network." (1976)

Tatum O'Neal

Actress Tatum O'Neal was 10 years old when she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in "Paper Moon" (1973).

The Exorcist (1973)

The Shape of Water (2017)

"The Shape of Water" is the only science fiction film in history to win Best Picture, in 2017.

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks and Spencer Tracy (in the 1930s) are the only actors to win Best Actor two years in a row. Hanks was awarded for "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Forrest Gump" (1994).

Walt Disney

The legendary Walt Disney holds the record for most nominations (59). He has won 26 career Oscars, another record. His first statuette was won with the short film "Flowers and Trees" in 1932.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Ennio Morricone

Italian composer Ennio Morricone is the oldest person to win an Oscar. In 2016, on his sixth attempt, he won his first Oscar for Best Original Score for the film "The Hateful Eight," at age 87.

Christopher Plummer

Canadian Christopher Plummer is the oldest actor ever nominated for an Oscar. He was 88 in 2017 when he starred in "All the Money in the World."

The statuette

The famous Oscar statuette, awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, weighs just 3.86 kg. Despite its high value to the winners, each statuette is reportedly worth only $1 under the Academy's official rules.

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