TIL Rin-Tin-Tin, the canine movie star of the 1920s, was so popular that he supposedly got the most votes for Best Actor at the first ever Academy Awards. The Academy chose a human instead of Rin-Tin-Tin because they wanted the show to be taken seriously. newyorker.com/magazine/20…
Appreciation: Except for Cesar Romero, who started as a TV Joker, every actor who has played The Joker in a live action movie is an Academy Award winner.
TIL Jim Carrey offered Nicolas Cage to co-star with him in 'Dumb and Dumber' (1994), however Cage wanted to do a much smaller movie instead called Leaving Las Vegas. 'Leaving Las Vegas' (1995) ended up earning Nicolas Cage an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1996. hollywoodreporter.com/new…
Originally, Jim Carrey offered Nicolas Cage to co-star with him in 'Dumb and Dumber' (1994), however Cage wanted to do a much smaller movie instead called Leaving Las Vegas. 'Leaving Las Vegas' (1995) ended up earning Nicolas Cage an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1996. hollywoodreporter.com/new…
TIL that Heath Ledger's was the first actor to ever win an academy award for the portrayal of a character in a superhero movie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The…
TIL that famous Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune featured in a Mexican movie called Animas Trujano. The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1962 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3…
TIL actor John Cazale only ever appeared in 5 movies over a period of 6 years (1972-1978) and all 5 films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He died while filming his last movie, 'The Deer Hunter'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joh…
Who is the cheapest actor I can hire for a movie who is also an academy award winner?
Sylvester Stallone, the only writer-actor nominated for an Academy Award in both categories for the same movie who has never won.
TIL that actress Meryl Streep has been nominated for 21 Academy Awards (winning 3) making her the most nominated actor or actress, dead or alive. Streep has been nominated for an Academy Award in every decade since her first nomination in 1979 for "The Deer Hunter" biography.com/.amp/actor/…
The 45th Academy Awards nominated three people from the same movie for Best Supporting Actor (Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, and James Caan for the Godfather). What are other great movies that have multiple people nominated for the same category? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/4…
TIL that in the first Academy Awards, the most votes for Best Actor were for a dog, Rin Tin Tin. The Academy declined to give the award to a dog, fearing that they would not be taken seriously. deadline.com/2012/01/susa…
TIL that the first ever Academy Award for Best Actor was originally supposed to go to famed dog actor Rin Tin Tin. Although Rin Tin Tin received the most votes, the award was given to Emil Jannings instead, as members of the Academy wanted to establish that the award was serious and important. nytimes.com/2011/10/23/bo…
Mahershala Ali, winner of the Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor for the movie Moonlight, discusses the inspiration for his character on The Daily Show cc.com/shows/the-daily-sh…
TDIH: January 24, 1886, Henry King, an American actor and film director, was born. He was one of the most successful directors of his time. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director and seven films directed by him were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen…
Under fire over Polanski, the board of the Cesar Academy, which awards France's equivalent of the Oscars, resigned en masse on Thursday evening, a fortnight before its gala ceremony. It comes after more than 200 actors, producers, directors and movie personalities demanded "profound reform". rfi.fr/en/culture/2020021…
Has an actor ever won an Academy Award or similar for a role in a horrible movie?
Normally you see actors nominated for their roles in movies that received critical acclaim. Has an actor or actress ever won an award for a well-received role in a badly-received movie?
Entries open for 2018 Africa Movie Academy Awards ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag…
MMW: Pauly Shore will star in a amazing movie that will show off his acting abilities and win him an Academy Award for best actor. This will happen by 2018.
This may be far fetched because everyone thinks Pauly Shore is a shitty actor who's dead, but I think Pauly is going to come back better than ever.
TIL that the German Shepherd Rin Tin Tin received the most votes for Best Actor at the first Academy Awards, but the Academy decided giving the trophy to a dog wouldn't set the right tone for the show deadline.com/2012/01/susa…
TIL Jim Carrey offered Nicolas Cage to co-star with him in 'Dumb and Dumber' (1994), however Cage wanted to do a much smaller movie instead called Leaving Las Vegas. 'Leaving Las Vegas' (1995) ended up earning Nicolas Cage an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1996. - todayilearned reddit.com/r/todayilearne…
TIL actor John Cazale only ever appeared in 5 movies over a period of 6 years (1972-1978) and all 5 films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He died while filming his last movie, 'The Deer Hunter'. - todayilearned reddit.com/r/todayilearne…
TIL actor John Cazale only ever appeared in 5 movies over a period of 6 years (1972-1978) and all 5 films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He died while filming his last movie, 'The Deer Hunter'. reddit.com/r/todayilearne…
TIL that actor John Cazale only ever appeared in five movies, but all five were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. After his death, archive footage of him was used in a sixth movie. This, too, was nominated for Best Picture. - todayilearned reddit.com/r/todayilearne…
TIL dog actor Rin-Tin-Tin received the most votes for the first Academy Award for Best Actor, but was removed as a choice because the Academy thought a human should win instead en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rin…
TIL I learned the 1980s sitcom "Mr. Belvedere" was based on a 1947 novel that became a 1948 movie called "Sitting Pretty." The movie spawned two sequels and earned the actor who played Mr. Belvedere an Academy Award nomination. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.…
TIL Jack Nicholson, along with being the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history, has actually won three Academy Awards; twice for Best Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jac…
In the Academy Award winner movie Roma (2018), the actors never say the word "hello" at any time. That's because they don't speak english
What movie or actor do you wholeheartedly believe should have won an Academy Award, but wasn’t even nominated?
the most underrated actor of our generation. the awards should be flying toward him but as always the academy pays him dust. he played the role of 4+ characters in one film. has your fave done that? his fluidity and expression is so impressive & deserves to be recognized.
AMAA 2019: Here are all the winners at the 15th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards pulse.ng/entertainment/mo…
TIL that according to Hollywood legend, Rin Tin Tin received the most votes for the first Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929, but the Academy wanted to appear more serious and decided that a human had to win the award. newyorker.com/magazine/20…
If Academy Awards could be taken back and re-awarded to the person/movie/song that should've won, what movies/actors/actresses/songs, etc. would be the new winners?
France has been named Africa's most promising team at the CAF awards
the most underrated actor of our generation. the awards should be flying toward him but as always the academy pays him dust. he played the role of 3+ characters in one film. has your fave done that? his fluidity and expression is so impressive & deserves to be recognized.
Actors or Actresses who won Academy Awards, but for the wrong movies
The one that springs to my mind is Al Pacino. His performance in The Godfather Part II was sensational yet he missed out on the award, later winning for Scent of a Woman.
TIL popular dog actor Rin-Tin-Tin received the most votes for the first Academy Award for Best Actor, but was removed as a choice as the Academy felt a human should win instead - todayilearned reddit.com/r/todayilearne…
The phrase "Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman" is good in a movie trailer and bad in a news alert
The most underrated actor of our generation. The awards should be flying towards him but as always the academy pays him dust. He played the role of 3 characters in one film. has your fave done that? His fluidity and expression is so impressive & deserves to be recognized. Also, 3 tickets to Joker pl
the most underrated actor of our generation. the awards should be flying towards him but as always the academy pays him dust. he played the role of 7+ characters in one film. has your fave done that? his fluidity and expression is so impressive & deserves to be recognized.
What is the most overrated movie to have ever won an academy award for best picture?
