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For a nearly 50 - year stretch of Academy Awards history, it seemed that the only costume designer in all of Hollywood was Edith Head.
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Guillermo del Toro's cold war - era fantasy was nominated for best picture, best director and best actress for Sally Hawkins, who plays the mute cleaner, as well as in 10 other categories, part of a bumper haul on Tuesday just one nomination shy of the record for the most in Academy Awards history.
Meryl Streep's performance in Sophie's Choice could facetiously be described as the most Oscar - winningest Oscar - winning performance in Academy Awards history.
The movie musical «La La Land» earned a leading 14 nominations, putting it in a tie with «Titanic» and «All About Eve» for the most in Academy Awards history.
But the best director category remained all - male, as it has for most of Globes and Academy Awards history.
Consecutive acting wins don't happen very often, but they pale next to other streaks in Academy Awards history
It's another month and another step closer for Viola Davis (Fences) to be only the second Best Actress Oscar winner in Academy Awards history.
Director Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere) will very likely make history in 2015 as the first African American female to be nominated for best director in the Academy Awards history.
William A. Wellman will forever be immortalized in Academy Award history as directing the first Best - Picture winner, the 1927 silent film «Wings.»
The result is the strongest and most diverse directing field in Academy Award history.
If she were to win in the best supporting actress category for her role in «Nebraska,» she would make Academy Award history by becoming the oldest winner in any of the acting categories...
Not exact matches
Winfrey described watching the Oscars in 1964 as Sidney Poitier (who also won the Cecil B. DeMille Award, in 1982) became the first African American to win an Academy Award and how that changed history.
The 90th Academy Awards on Sunday was the least watched in Oscars history with only 26.5 million viewers, representing a 19 % drop from last year's ceremony.
Buddhism (in its true form) provides a guide to the elimination of suffering, not deity worship; in fact never talks about God or gods in the sense the west does... FYI Buddha was born 630 years before Jesus, and it is proven that Buddhism traveled from eastern India all the way to Syria and the Middle East via the Silk Road... i am quite sure Jesus had heard some of his teachings... some of the things that Jesus says are a direct reflection of the eightfold path from buddhism... Jesus was the greatest salesman of all time... sold the most books in history... he really honestly does nt deserve worship but an Academy Award
Last night at the Academy Awards, audiences witnessed the most awkward moment in Oscar history: Somehow, the wrong film was announced for Best Picture.
A stylish,»70s - period crime thriller, THE CONNECTION tells the story of real - life Marseille magistrate Pierre Michel (Academy Award ® Winner Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST) and his relentless crusade to dismantle the most notorious drug smuggling operation in history: the French Connection.
COLLEGE: ROGER STAUBACH (SI, Dec. 2), the U.S. Naval Academy's junior quarterback, overwhelmingly won the Heisman Trophy to become the second Navy player in four years (Joe Bellino, 1960) and only the fourth junior in history (Doc Blanchard, 1945; Doak Walker, 1948; and Vic Janowicz, 1950) to win the award.
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Hemingway teamed up with Academy Award - winning producer and director Barbara Kopple and the Oprah Winfrey Network to produce the film Running from Crazy, in which Mariel confronts her family's history of mental illness as she explores the path she has taken toward well being.
Here are the most spectacular, glamorous, inspiring looks in the history of the Academy Awards.
Of course, some of the most laboriously expositional dialogue in recent television history also distracts which, combined with the most functional, dull and themeless music I have heard in a TV drama of late, is likely to leave audiences perplexed; bearing in mind that 2008's John Adams, directed by Tom Hooper (the recent recipient of a well - deserved Academy Award for The Kingà cents â
History buffs and cinephiles will find something to enjoy here, and The Post is certainly worth catching in theaters as it awaits whatever Academy Award nominations come its way.
The Academy Award's 2017 Best Original Song category became possibly the queerest of any category in Oscar history with gay crooner Sam Smith's Spectre theme also competing against bisexual Lady Gaga's showtune - ish ballad from campus rape documentary The Hunting Ground.
The first trailer has arrived online for director Mick Jackson's upcoming drama Denial which stars Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson and Timothy Spall; check it out below, along with the poster and synopsis... Based on the acclaimed book «History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier,» DENIAL recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt's (Academy Award ® -LSB-...]
In a move with very few precedents in the Academy Awards» 86 - year - long history, the Academy's board of Governors has disqualified a nominee.
One of the most prolific film artists in Hollywood history, the German - born art director Hans Dreier worked on more than five hundred films from 1919 to 1951, amassing twenty - three Academy Award nominations and three Oscars.
He makes good movies and he makes popular movies, and sometimes he makes both at the same time, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has never awarded its best director award to the most successful director in history.
Villenueve, an Academy Award and BAFTA nominee for his 2011 film «Incendies,» delivers one of the greatest Hollywood debuts I can remember in recent history.
LGBT history was made at the Academy Awards Sunday night when A Fantastic Woman nabbed the Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
Johnny Depp returns to his iconic, Academy Award ® - nominated role of Captain Jack Sparrow, one of the most beloved characters in motion picture history, newly joined by Oscar ® winner Javier Bardem («No Country for Old Men,» «Skyfall»), rising young stars Kaya Scodelario («The Maze Runner,» British television's «Skins») and Brenton Thwaites («Maleficent,» «The Giver») and Golshifteh Farahani («The Patience Stone,» «Exodus: Gods and Kings»).
Jennifer Lawrence made Oscar history today by becoming the youngest person to garner three Academy Award nominations (she's just 23) and the youngest to get a nomination after a win.
Black transgender director Yance Ford just made history by becoming the first trans filmmaker ever to be nominated for an Academy Award.
The French Connection helped usher in the second golden age of Hollywood (arguably the best decade in movie history) and went on to win 5 Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing) and be named on AFI's list of 100 best American movies of all - time.
From Academy Award ® - winning director, Ron Howard, comes the electrifying, untold story behind one of the most unforgettable moments in history.
And it's captured by Coogler's Fruitvale Station director of photography, Rachel Morrison, who just made history by becoming the first woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for her work on Dee Rees's Mudbound.
Cons: When I read the various comments and history of the film, it was nominated for so many Academy Awards?
In the last 12 months, French director Agnès Varda became the oldest Oscar nominee in history for Faces Places, as well as the winner of an Honorary Academy Award — a long - overdue recognition of the director's work.
These talented individuals may end up making history at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony next year if they receive the award nominations many claim they deserve.
From Academy Award nominated director Stephen Frears (of The Queen, Philomena) and producers Working Title (The Theory Of Everything, Everest, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), comes the true story of the meteoric rise and fall of one of the most celebrated and controversial men in recent history, Lance Armstrong.
Morrison is the first woman to compete in the organization's feature film category and the first woman nominated for cinematography in the 90 - year history of the Academy Awards.
Rachel Morrison made history Tuesday morning, becoming the first woman nominated for cinematography in the 90 - year history of the Academy Awards.
La La Land made history at the 74th Golden Globe Awards, winning in all categories it was nominated in - a record seven trophies, including Best Picture - Comedy / Musical, cementing it's frontrunner status for Best Picture as Academy voters...
On Sunday, Jordan Peele made history at the 90th Academy Awards when he became the first black screenwriter to win Best Original Screenplay.
From Academy Award - nominated director Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena) and producers Working Title (The Theory of Everything), comes the true story of the meteoric rise and fall of one of the most celebrated and controversial men in recent history, Lance Armstrong.
Commercially successful, critically adored, winner of an original screenplay Academy Award, and more influential than any other indie ever, it was enough to secure Tarantino a place in film's history books and announce him as the writer / director to watch of his generation.
Pictures Premiere history: Aug. 28, 2013 Venice Film Festival; Oct. 4, 2013 (United States) Other awards won: British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Outstanding British Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography; Critics» Choice Awards Best Director, Best Sci - Fi / Horror Movie; Golden Globe Best Director Other Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress (Sandra Bullock), Best Cinematography (won), Best Production Design, Best Film Editing (won), Best Original Score (won), Best Sound Editing (won), Best Sound Mixing (won), Best Visual Effectsawards won: British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Outstanding British Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography; Critics» Choice Awards Best Director, Best Sci - Fi / Horror Movie; Golden Globe Best Director Other Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress (Sandra Bullock), Best Cinematography (won), Best Production Design, Best Film Editing (won), Best Original Score (won), Best Sound Editing (won), Best Sound Mixing (won), Best Visual EffectsAwards (BAFTA) Outstanding British Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography; Critics» Choice Awards Best Director, Best Sci - Fi / Horror Movie; Golden Globe Best Director Other Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress (Sandra Bullock), Best Cinematography (won), Best Production Design, Best Film Editing (won), Best Original Score (won), Best Sound Editing (won), Best Sound Mixing (won), Best Visual EffectsAwards Best Director, Best Sci - Fi / Horror Movie; Golden Globe Best Director Other Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress (Sandra Bullock), Best Cinematography (won), Best Production Design, Best Film Editing (won), Best Original Score (won), Best Sound Editing (won), Best Sound Mixing (won), Best Visual Effects (won)
Brush up on the recent history of the Academy Award for Best Director, as well as their movies» history and other notable accolades, below.
Guillermo del Toro's lavish monster romance The Shape of Water fished out a leading 13 nominations, Greta Gerwig became the fifth woman nominated for best director and Mudbound cinematographer Rachel Morrison made history as the first woman to earn a nod in that category in nominations announced Tuesday for the 90th annual Academy Awards.
Joel and Ethan Coen, «No Country for Old Men» Year: 2007 Cast: Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald Distributor: Miramax Films / Paramount Vantage Premiere history: Cannes Film Festival May 19, 2007; wide release Nov. 9, 2007 Other awards won: British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Best Direction, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem); Critics» Choice Awards Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem); Golden Globe Awards Best Screenplay; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Other Oscar nominations: Best Director (won), Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem, won), Best Adapted Screenplay (won), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound awards won: British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Best Direction, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem); Critics» Choice Awards Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem); Golden Globe Awards Best Screenplay; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Other Oscar nominations: Best Director (won), Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem, won), Best Adapted Screenplay (won), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Awards (BAFTA) Best Direction, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem); Critics» Choice Awards Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem); Golden Globe Awards Best Screenplay; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Other Oscar nominations: Best Director (won), Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem, won), Best Adapted Screenplay (won), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Awards Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem); Golden Globe Awards Best Screenplay; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Other Oscar nominations: Best Director (won), Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem, won), Best Adapted Screenplay (won), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Awards Best Screenplay; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Other Oscar nominations: Best Director (won), Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem, won), Best Adapted Screenplay (won), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing
Based on the book «Truth and Duty: The Press, The President and the Power of Privilege» by Pulitzer and Emmy winning television producer Mary Mapes and detailing the explosive story of then President George W. Bush's questionable history with the National Guard during the Vietnam War, Truth is a riveting piece of cinema with a powerhouse performance by two - time Academy Award ® winner Cate Blanchett as Mapes.