Facts you didn’t know about Oscars 

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As the nominees for Oscar awards are announced, let’s take a look at some interesting facts about this most sought-after Cinema trophy. The first Academy Awards, which took place at a private dinner for about 270 people, were presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, California. Oscar Awards formal name is Academy Awards but do you know why they are called Oscars? Because Academy librarian Margaret Herrick thought the statuettes looked like her Uncle Oscar. The Youngest Oscar winner is Tatum O'Neal who won Best Supporting Actress for Paper Moon (1973) when she was only 10 years old. Here’s her speech after she won. https://youtu.be/tf2J8hktI5Y And the oldest is Clint Eastwood. Eastwood was 74 years old when he won the Oscar for “Million Dollar Baby” in 2005. Eastwood is also the only person to produce, direct and star in two Best Picture winners – “Unforgiven” (1992) and “Million Dollar Baby.” If you like Disney, you would love this. The record for most Oscars won in a single year is held by Walt Disney. He took home four statuettes from the 26th annual awards in 1954 – Best Documentary (Feature) for “The Living Desert,” Best Documentary (Short Subject) for “The Alaskan Eskimo,” Best Short Subject (Cartoons) for “Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom” and Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) for “Bear Country.” The only female director to win Oscars is Kathryn Bigelow who won the trophy for “The Hurt Locker” (2008). The country to win the most Foreign Language Film Award is Italy. It won 11 awards and three Special/Honorary Awards from 28 nominations. “Ben-Hur”, “Titanic” and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" have each won 11 Oscars — that’s the maximum for any film. At 29 years and 343 days, Adrien Brody became the youngest to be given the Best Actor award; he won it for "The Pianist" (2002). In 1958, Donald Duck co-hosted the Oscar ceremony.

As the nominees for Oscar awards are announced, let’s take a look at some interesting facts about this most sought-after Cinema trophy.

  1. The first Academy Awards, which took place at a private dinner for about 270 people, were presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, California.
  2. Oscar Awards formal name is Academy Awards but do you know why they are called Oscars? Because Academy librarian Margaret Herrick thought the statuettes looked like her Uncle Oscar.
  3. The Youngest Oscar winner is Tatum O’Neal who won Best Supporting Actress for Paper Moon (1973) when she was only 10 years old. Here’s her speech after she won. 
  1. And the oldest is Clint Eastwood. Eastwood was 74 years old when he won the Oscar for “Million Dollar Baby” in 2005. Eastwood is also the only person to produce, direct and star in two Best Picture winners – “Unforgiven” (1992) and “Million Dollar Baby.”
  2. If you like Disney, you would love this. The record for most Oscars won in a single year is held by Walt Disney. He took home four statuettes from the 26th annual awards in 1954 – Best Documentary (Feature) for “The Living Desert,” Best Documentary (Short Subject) for “The Alaskan Eskimo,” Best Short Subject (Cartoons) for “Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom” and Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) for “Bear Country.”
  3. The only female director to win Oscars is Kathryn Bigelow who won the trophy for “The Hurt Locker” (2008).
  4. The country to win the most Foreign Language Film Award is Italy. It won 11 awards and three Special/Honorary Awards from 28 nominations.
  5. “Ben-Hur”, “Titanic” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” have each won 11 Oscars — that’s the maximum for any film.
  6. At 29 years and 343 days, Adrien Brody became the youngest to be given the Best Actor award; he won it for “The Pianist” (2002).
  7. In 1958, Donald Duck co-hosted the Oscar ceremony.
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