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The Oscars

The Oscars 2025-10-13 (Season 42)

THE OSCARS

The first 2 actors to refuse their Oscar trophies were in films with scripts that this man co-wrote

The Oscars 2023-04-18 (Season 39)

THE OSCARS

Born in 1932 & the son of a percussionist in the CBS Radio Orchestra, he's been nominated for 53 Oscars

The Oscars 2022-06-24 (Season 38)

OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS

Each of the 3 films for which he won an Oscar, from 1975, 1983 & 1997, also garnered a Best Lead Actress Oscar

The Oscars 2021-02-11 (Season 37)

THE OSCARS

The first time an individual won 4 awards at a single ceremony was in 1954, when his wins included Best 2-Reel Short Subject

The Oscars 2019-05-31 (Season 35)

OSCAR-NOMINATED FAMILIES

It's the last name of Alfred, Lionel, David, Emil, Thomas & Randy, who with 90 nominations, are the most Oscar-nominated family

The Oscars 2019-03-18 (Season 35)

BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS

These 2 films, recent back-to-back winners, both have 9 letter titles that end with the same 5 letters

The Oscars 2018-10-02 (Season 35)

OSCAR HYPHENATES

This actor has never been nominated for acting--he won, though, as a writer for 1997 & as a producer for 2012

The Oscars 2018-05-25 (Season 34)

OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTORS

He was nominated twice for playing Oscar winners--a real one in a 1992 biopic & a fictional one in a 2008 combat comedy

The Oscars 2017-11-01 (Season 34)

THE OSCARS

For 1992, this New Yorker was the first man with 2 acting Oscar nominations in the same year for different films

The Oscars 2017-10-19 (Season 34)

OSCAR WINNERS

He's the only actor to win 3 Best Actor Oscars, the most recent for his portrayal of a U.S. president

The Oscars 2017-07-27 (Season 33)

THE OSCARS

This Brit is the only actor to get Oscar nominations for playing 2 real-life U.S. presidents, both for 1990s films

The Oscars 2017-06-26 (Season 33)

OSCAR WINNERS

Later an Oscar winner, she appeared as the child baptized towards the end of "The Godfather"

The Oscars 2017-06-15 (Season 33)

RECENT OSCAR WINNERS

For his portrayal of a famous man born in the 1940s, he was the first actor born in the '80s to win the Best Actor Oscar

The Oscars 2017-06-06 (Season 33)

THE OSCARS

This man received 2 honorary Oscars in his career, & the actor who played him on film received a 1992 nomination for the role

The Oscars 2017-03-01 (Season 33)

THE OSCARS

Jimmy Stewart starred in 3 of the 6 films for which this Italian immigrant was nominated for Best Director

The Oscars 2017-02-09 (Season 33)

THE OSCARS

Since "The Godfather Part II", this film has been the only sequel to win Best Picture

The Oscars 2016-12-30 (Season 33)

OSCAR-WINNING TITLE SUBJECTS

The only Nobel Prize winner to be the title subject of a Best Picture Oscar winner is this man

The Oscars 2016-10-13 (Season 33)

THE OSCARS

In 2005 he lost for Best Actor but won for directing, at 74 becoming the oldest winner ever in that category

The Oscars 2016-03-31 (Season 32)

THE OSCARS

Since 1998 this actress has received 7 Oscar nominations, the most earned after age 60 by any performer

The Oscars 2015-11-24 (Season 32)

THE OSCARS

For films of 2005 through 2012, he received nominations for Best Picture, Director, Writing & Acting

The Oscars 2015-07-06 (Season 31)

THE OSCARS

"Gladiator" is close, but this film has the earliest historical setting of any Best Picture Oscar winner

The Oscars 2015-06-17 (Season 31)

THE OSCARS

In her 30s, this Texan was up for Best Actress in 2002 & 2003; she won Best Supporting in 2004 in a Civil War drama

The Oscars 2015-01-27 (Season 31)

BEST ACTOR OSCARS

1 of 2 performers to win 2 Best Actor Oscars for films that won Best Picture

The Oscars 2014-12-24 (Season 31)

OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESSES

With a total of 5 wins, they're the only 2 Best Actress winners who were known professionally by the same last name

The Oscars 2014-06-02 (Season 30)

OSCAR-WINNING WRITERS

Winning for 1999, this New England writer is the last person to win an Oscar for adapting his own novel

The Oscars 2014-03-28 (Season 30)

OSCAR NOMINATIONS

Prior to "Silver Linings Playbook", the last film to get Oscar nominations in all 4 acting categories was this film partly set in Russia

The Oscars 2014-03-14 (Season 30)

ACTORS & OSCARS

He was nominated for Oscars in 5 consecutive decades; the last nod was for his 1978 role as a Nazi hunter

The Oscars 2013-07-23 (Season 29)

OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS

They're the only 2 Best Actor winners with the same last name; one was a winner for 1979 & 1988, the other for 2005

The Oscars 2013-04-22 (Season 29)

BEST ACTRESS OSCAR NOMINEES

Her nomination in 1987 was the first Best Actress nomination for a science fiction film

The Oscars 2013-03-08 (Season 29)

THE OSCARS

Brother & sister who were both nominated for 1969 Oscars: he for a screenplay, she for Best Actress; they didn't win

The Oscars 2013-01-16 (Season 29)

RECENT OSCAR WINNERS

From 2008, it's the most recent film to win Best Picture & Best Song; the lyrics are in a foreign language

The Oscars 2012-10-12 (Season 29)

OSCAR NOMINEES

One of his first Oscar nominations was for Best Actor; none of his 22 other Oscar nominations was for acting

The Oscars 2012-09-21 (Season 29)

THE OSCARS

The only remake of a U.S. film to win Best Picture; the original was made in the 1920s, the Oscar-winning remake in the 1950s

The Oscars 2012-01-02 (Season 28)

'70s OSCARS

This film whose title refers to an establishment holds the record for most wins, 8, without winning Best Picture

The Oscars 2011-10-13 (Season 28)

THE OSCARS

This performer is the only person to win Oscars for acting & also songwriting

The Oscars 2011-10-06 (Season 28)

OSCAR NOMINATIONS

The only time 3 actors from the same movie were nominated for Best Actor was for this high seas film

The Oscars 2011-09-21 (Season 28)

OSCAR WINNERS

The most recent father & daughter to win acting Oscars: he won for playing a veteran, she for playing a mental patient

The Oscars 2010-10-22 (Season 27)

THE OSCARS

Only Orson Welles & this man have been nominated for Best Actor & Original Screenplay in the same year while in their 20s

The Oscars 2008-10-01 (Season 25)

1960s OSCAR NOMINATIONS

One of the 2 male actors nominated in the '60s for playing more than one character in the same film

The Oscars 2008-06-26 (Season 24)

THE OSCARS

He holds the record for total acting, directing & writing Oscar nominations--1 acting, 6 directing, 14 writing

The Oscars 2008-04-18 (Season 24)

THE OSCARS

They're the only 2 trilogies in which all 3 of the films were nominated for Best Picture Oscars

The Oscars 2007-06-04 (Season 23)

OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESSES

2 of the 5 women to win both Best Actress & Best Supporting Actress Oscars

The Oscars 2007-04-26 (Season 23)

THE OSCARS

The 2 men who directed Marlon Brando's Oscar-winning performances

The Oscars 2007-04-16 (Season 23)

BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS

Following "Gone with the Wind", it would be another 12 years before a color film won again: this foreign-set musical

The Oscars 2007-04-09 (Season 23)

BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS

It's the last Best Picture winner with a real person's name in the title (a person who lived 400 years ago)

The Oscars 2006-11-03 (Season 23)

THE OSCARS

He's the only person over 70 years of age to win a Best Director Oscar

The Oscars 2006-06-15 (Season 22)

THE OSCARS

2 of the 3 Westerns to win the Oscar for Best Picture

The Oscars 2006-06-06 (Season 22)

OSCAR WINNERS

Dianne Wiest (1986 & 1994) is the only 2-time acting Oscar winner to win both working for the same director--him

The Oscars 2005-06-30 (Season 21)

OSCAR NOMINEES

In a 1964 film, he played 3 characters but received only one nomination for Best Actor

The Oscars 2004-05-20 (Season 20)

OSCAR NOMINEES

The last 2 sisters nominated against each other for the Best Actress Oscar; it was for 1966