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The 81st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2008 and took place on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST.
48th Academy Awards: March 29, 1976 Best Actor: The Sunshine Boys: Nominated Paul Hogan: 59th Academy Awards: March 30, 1987 Best Original Screenplay: Crocodile Dundee: Nominated James Franco: 83rd Academy Awards: February 27, 2011 Best Actor: 127 Hours: Nominated Seth MacFarlane: 85th Academy Awards: February 24, 2013 Best Original Song: Ted ...
Film with the highest clean sweep: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all 11 Academy Awards from its 11 nominations. Films with the most nominations without a single win: The Turning Point (1977) and The Color Purple (1985) (11 nominations each)
Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actor or actress to win an Academy Award in 1940 for "Gone with the Wind.". Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Oscar in 1964 for "Lilies of the Field ...
On June 24, 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced that the number of films to be nominated in the Best Picture award category would increase from 5 to 10, starting with the 82nd Academy Awards (2009). [15]
2009 Academy Awards may refer to: 81st Academy Awards, the Academy Awards ceremony which took place in 2009; 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy Awards ceremony which ...
Listed below are those who were honored on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California, during the 81st Academy Awards tribute. Paul Newman, who appeared last, is considered to be the featured tribute. [2] [3] At the conclusion of the musical accompaniment, a short dialogue by Paul Newman ended the tribute. [4]
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.