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15 hours ago · Rashomon was the first Japanese film to receive a significant international reception; it won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, was given an Academy Honorary Award at the 24th Academy Awards in 1952, and is considered one of the greatest films ever made. The Rashomon effect is named after the film.
3 days ago · The eleven live-action films together have been nominated for 37 Academy Awards, of which they have won seven. The films were also awarded a total of three Special Achievement Awards . The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi received Special Achievement Awards for their visual effects, [4] [5] and Star Wars received a Special Achievement Award for its alien, creature and robot voices.
2 days ago · Laurel Awards Golden Laurel – Top Male Star Nominated 1959 Nominated 1960: Hollywood Walk of Fame: Motion Picture Star: Inducted 1961 Laurel Awards Golden Laurel – Top Male Star 12th Place Golden Apple Awards: Sour Apple for Least Cooperative Actor Winner 1975: People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actor Nominated 1975 Photoplay ...
5 days ago · This quiz is the motion pictures that won the Academy Awards from 1950 thru 1959. These are multiple choice to make it a little easier. Have fun and good luck!
3 days ago · First person born in the 21st century to win an Academy Award. Billie Eilish, for Best Original Song, "No Time to Die" from No Time to Die (2021) First person born in the 21st century to be nominated for an Academy Award. Quvenzhané Wallis, for Best Actress, Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) First Icelander to win an Academy Award
1 day ago · Bette Davis and Donald Meek in Broken Dishes (1929). "I was now a bona fide Broadway actress—in a hit," Davis wrote. Ruth Elizabeth Davis, known from early childhood as "Betty", was born on April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Harlow Morrell Davis (1885–1938), a law student from Augusta, Maine, and subsequently a patent attorney, and Ruth Augusta (née Favór; 1885–1961), from Tyngsborough, Massachusetts.
3 days ago · The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and hosted by AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks, honored the best films from 1 August 1927 to 31 July 1928 and took place on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Tickets cost $5 ($89 in 2023, considering inflation); 270 people attended the event, which lasted 15 minutes.
