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An Oscar speech is a public monologue given by a person who has just been awarded an Academy Award, an annual accolade given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor cinematic achievements in the film industry. Though speeches are common for award ceremonies, it is a particularly significant feature of the Academy Awards due ...
Bettmann / Contributor/Getty Images Ah, the Oscars. Movie magic, Hollywood royalty dressed to the nines and speeches that go on way too long. When Greer Garson won Best Actress for the title role ...
Edith Claire Head (née Posenor, [1] October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American film costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design [3] between 1949 and 1973, making her the most awarded woman in the Academy's history.
Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty. Emma Stone shows the broken zipper on her dress while accepting the Best Actress Oscar for 'Poor Things' during the 96th annual Academy Awards at Dolby ...
Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American actress.She began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films.After signing with Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century-Fox) in 1926, she rose to fame and became one of the biggest box office draws of the era.
7:24 p.m. Well, Glenn, you called it. Despite much anticipation for “Killers of the Flower Moon’s” Lily Gladstone becoming the first Native American to win an Oscar, a wildly emotional Emma ...
The shortest Oscar speech was that given by Patty Duke at the 35th Academy Awards after she was named Best Supporting Actress for 1962 for The Miracle Worker. Duke, age 16, was the youngest person at that time to receive an Academy Award in a competitive category.
Only four other women directors have even been nominated for a directing Oscar. Lina Wertmüller, who died in December , became the first woman nominated in the category ever in 1977 for "Seven ...