"the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Finch was nominated for an Oscar for ""Network"" and went on to posthumously win the award, which was accepted by his widow, Eletha Finch. Although James Dean, Spencer Tracy and Massimo Troisi were also posthumously nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, Finch was the first actor to have won the award posthumously, as well as the first Australian actor to win a Best Actor award. He was the only posthumous winner of an Oscar in an acting category until fellow Australian Heath Ledger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2009; there were many"
"winner. Like producer Sam Zimbalist, Horning was awarded his second Oscar posthumously, as both he and Zimbalist had died while the movie was still being filmed. To date, Horning is the only person ever to win posthumous Academy Awards in consecutive ceremonies. William A. Horning William Allen Horning (November 9, 1904 – March 2, 1959) was an American two-time Academy Award winner. He was married to Esther Montgomery until his death. At the 31st Academy Awards ceremony for 1958, Horning received a posthumous Academy Award for Best Art Direction for that year's Best Picture winner, ""Gigi"". The following year, he"
"of Goo NHL 09 ""WarGames"" Winners: Losers: Winners: Losers: 13th Satellite Awards The 13th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2008, were given on December 14, 2008. Auteur Award – Baz Luhrmann Mary Pickford Award – Louis Gossett Jr. Nikola Tesla Award – Rick Baker Outstanding New Talent – Brandon Walters Richard Jenkins – ""The Visitor"" Ricky Gervais – ""Ghost Town"" Angelina Jolie – ""Changeling"" Sally Hawkins – ""Happy-Go-Lucky"" WALL-E Australia Australia The Duchess Danny Boyle – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" "" (TIE) Man on Wire"" (TIE) Iron Man Slumdog Millionaire Happy-Go-Lucky ""Gomorrah (Gomorra)"" • Italy ""Slumdog Millionaire"""
"13th Satellite Awards The 13th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2008, were given on December 14, 2008. Auteur Award – Baz Luhrmann Mary Pickford Award – Louis Gossett Jr. Nikola Tesla Award – Rick Baker Outstanding New Talent – Brandon Walters Richard Jenkins – ""The Visitor"" Ricky Gervais – ""Ghost Town"" Angelina Jolie – ""Changeling"" Sally Hawkins – ""Happy-Go-Lucky"" WALL-E Australia Australia The Duchess Danny Boyle – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" "" (TIE) Man on Wire"" (TIE) Iron Man Slumdog Millionaire Happy-Go-Lucky ""Gomorrah (Gomorra)"" • Italy ""Slumdog Millionaire"" – A. R. Rahman ""Another Way to Die"" –"
"to win a posthumous Academy Award for acting (after fellow Australian actor Peter Finch, who won for 1976's ""Network""), as well as the first comic-book movie actor to win an Oscar for their acting. Ledger's family attended the ceremony on 22 February 2009, with his parents and sister accepting the award on stage on his behalf. Following talks with the Ledger family in Australia, the Academy determined that Ledger's daughter, Matilda Rose, would own the award. However, due to Matilda's age, she will not gain full ownership of the statuette until her eighteenth birthday in 2023. Until that time, her"
"Oscar won by Marlon Brando, together with other artifacts he received from business associates at Red Granite Pictures as his 38th birthday gift, to the US government amid an investigation into the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. In April 2018, it was reported that he is dating model Camila Morrone; there is a 23-year age difference between them. DiCaprio is agnostic. Following the success of ""Titanic"" in 1997 along with earlier films, 24-year-old DiCaprio established the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation in 1998, a non-profit organization devoted to promoting environmental awareness. Although concerned with all areas of the environment, it focuses on global"
"underwent a quadruple heart bypass in 1998, before suffering a stroke in December 2000. He was taken off life support at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs on 24 July 2003, and he died early the following day at the age of 77. He was survived by his partner of over 30 years, photographer Michael Childers. A memorial service was held on 30 September 2003. Academy Awards BAFTA Awards Golden Globe Awards John Schlesinger John Richard Schlesinger (; 16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director, and actor. He won an Academy Award"
"mind. In 2002, Poitier received the 2001 Honorary Academy Award for his overall contribution to American cinema. With the death of Ernest Borgnine, in 2012, he became the oldest living man to have won the Academy Award for Best Actor. On March 2, 2014, Poitier appeared with Angelina Jolie at the 86th Academy Awards, to present the Best Director Award. He was given a standing ovation. Jolie thanked him for all his Hollywood contributions, stating ""we are in your debt"". Poitier gave a brief acceptance speech, telling his peers to ""keep up the wonderful work"" to warm applause. Poitier directed"
"that he had cancer. Newman died on the morning of September 26, 2008, in the presence of his family. He was 83 years old. His body was cremated after a private funeral service near his home in Westport. Newman is one of four actors to have been nominated for an Academy Award in five different decades. The other nominees were Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, and Jack Nicholson. In addition to the awards Newman won for specific roles, he received an honorary Academy Award in 1986 for his ""many and memorable and compelling screen performances"" and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award"
"Gransito Movie Awards 2008 Gransito Movie Awards 2008 is the 8th edition of Gransito Movie Awards, the first Italian online film award.<br> The winners were announced 6 May 2008 on the official site. Best movie<br> - American Gangster (by Ridley Scott, Usa)<br> - Atonement (by Joe Wright, Uk/Fra)<br> - Into the Wild (by Sean Penn, Usa)<br> - Le vite degli altri (di Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Ger)<br> - No Country for Old Men (di Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Usa)<br> <br> Best director<br> - Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)<br> - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (No Country for"
"""Taxi to the Dark Side"" with one. The telecast garnered 31 million viewers, making it the least watched Oscar broadcast since 1974, when Nielsen began keeping records of viewership. The nominations were announced on January 22, 2008, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California by Sid Ganis, president of the Academy, and actress Kathy Bates. ""No Country for Old Men"" and ""There Will Be Blood"" tied for the most nominations with eight each. The winners were announced during the award ceremony of February 24, 2008. Best Director winners Joel and Ethan Coen became the second pair of directors"
"80th Academy Awards The 80th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2007 and took on place February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J, Horvitz. Actor Jon Stewart hosted the show for the second time, having previously presided over the"
"Blind Side"", ""Logorama"", ""Music by Prudence"", ""The New Tenants"", ""The Secret in Their Eyes"", ""Star Trek"", and ""The Young Victoria"" with one. The telecast garnered nearly 42 million viewers in the United States, making it the most watched Oscar telecast since the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. The nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced on February 2, 2010, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy, and actress Anne Hathaway. ""Avatar"" and ""The Hurt Locker"" led the nominations with nine each. The winners were"
"for an Oscar for an award on the basis of multiple films within the year. Joseph won his Best Writing - Title Cards award for the films ""Fair Co-Ed""; ""Laugh, Clown, Laugh""; and ""Telling the World"". This was the only year that an Oscar for title cards would be awarded. Joseph Farnham was the very first Academy Award-winner to die. He died in 1931 of a heart attack while living in Los Angeles, California and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Joseph W. Farnham Joseph White Farnham (December 2, 1884 – June 2, 1931)"
"not nominated. On 4 January 2013 Morricone presented Tarantino with a Life Achievement Award at a special ceremony being cast as a continuation of the International Rome Film Festival. In 2014, Morricone claimed that he would ""never work"" with Tarantino again, but later agreed to write an original film score for Tarantino's ""The Hateful Eight"", which won an Academy Award in 2016 in the Best Original Score category. His nomination for this film marked him at that time as the second oldest nominee in Academy history, behind Gloria Stuart. Morricone's win marked his first competitive Oscar, and at the age"
"the winner and signaled that all was well, before Olivier then presented the award to producer Saul Zaentz. Olivier (in his 78th year) had been ill for many years, and it was because of mild dementia that he forgot to read the nominees. Zaentz then thanked Olivier, saying it was an honour to receive the award from him, before mentioning the other nominees in his acceptance speech: ""The Killing Fields"", ""A Passage to India"", ""Places in the Heart"" and ""A Soldier's Story"". Maurice Jarre won the Oscar for Best Original Music Score for his scoring of ""A Passage to India""."
"14th Critics' Choice Awards The 14th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 8, 2009 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, honoring the finest achievements of 2008 filmmaking. The nominees were announced on December 9, 2008. Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Sean Penn – ""Milk"" Anne Hathaway – ""Rachel Getting Married"" (TIE) Meryl Streep – ""Doubt"" (TIE) Heath Ledger – ""The Dark Knight"" Kate Winslet – ""The Reader"" Dev Patel – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Milk The Dark Knight Tropic Thunder WALL-E Man on Wire ""Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)"" • Israel John Adams A. R. Rahman – ""Slumdog"
"nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, but never won. In 1997 he received the Art Directors Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award, and he was voted an Honorary Academy Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, ""in recognition of one of cinema's great careers in art direction,"" which he received during the 80th Academy Awards ceremony on February 24, 2008. At the age of 98, Boyle became the oldest winner ever of an Honorary Award in the history of the Academy Awards. In ill health and arriving to the"
"2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards The 74th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were announced on 10 December 2008 and presented on 5 January 2009. 1. Sean Penn – ""Milk""<br> 2. Mickey Rourke – ""The Wrestler""<br> 3. Clint Eastwood – ""Gran Torino"" 1. Sally Hawkins – ""Happy-Go-Lucky""<br> 2. Melissa Leo – ""Frozen River""<br> 3. Anne Hathaway – ""Rachel Getting Married""<br> 3. Kate Winslet – ""Revolutionary Road"" 1. ""WALL-E""<br> 2. ""Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir)"" 1. Anthony Dod Mantle – ""Slumdog Millionaire""<br> 2. Claudio Miranda – ""The Curious Case of Benjamin"
"by Billy Crawford, international singer and actor from the film , Miss Earth 2004 winner Priscilla Meirelles, and Miss Earth Canada 2006 Riza Santos.<ref name=""abs-cbnnews-entertainment/11/09/08/philippine-bet-miss-earth-2008""></ref><ref name=""gmanews-story/132519/PEP-Ms-Philippines-wins-Ms-Earth-pageant""></ref> The following special awards were officially awarded during the grand coronation night: Final Question in Miss Earth 2008: ""If you have the chance to speak to the newly-elected US President Barack Obama about the state of the global environment, what would you tell him?""<ref name=""times-weekend/20081116week1.html""></ref> Answer of Miss Earth 2008: ""What I would tell to the newly elected president of the USA, being one of the most powerful countries in the world, I would"
"8th Golden Satellite Awards The 8th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2003, were presented by the International Press Academy on January 23, 2004. Mary Pickford Award – Arnon Milchan Nikola Tesla Award – James Cameron Special Achievement Award – Peter Dinklage Sean Penn – ""21 Grams"" and ""Mystic River"" Bill Murray – ""Lost in Translation"" Charlize Theron – ""Monster"" Diane Keaton – ""Something's Gotta Give"" ""The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville)"" ""The Last Samurai"" – John Toll ""The Last Samurai"" – Ngila Dickson Jim Sheridan – ""In America"" ""The Last Samurai"" –"
"indicates the winner in each category. ★ Josh Hutcherson - ""Bridge to Terabithia"" - Buena Vista Pictures ★ AnnaSophia Robb - ""Bridge to Terabithia"" - Buena Vista Pictures ★ Leon G. Thomas III - ""August Rush"" - Warner Brothers ★ Zachary Gordon - ""Georgia Rule"" - Universal Pictures ★ Jasmine Jessica Anthony - ""1408"" - MGM ★ - Things We Lost in the Fire"" - Paramount Pictures ★ Bailee Madison - ""Bridge to Terabithia"" - Buena Vista Pictures ★ """"'Bridge to Terabithia"" - Buena Vista Pictures ★ Adrian Alonso (Mexico) - ""La Misma Luna"" (""Under the Same Moon"") - Fox"
"Latifah. She performed the song ""I'll Be Seeing You"" during the segment. 81st Academy Awards 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. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and was produced by Bill Condon and"
"an Oscar, with Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis winning. Burton later said, ""I didn't think I could learn anything about comedy - I'd done all of Shakespeare's. But from him I learned,"" adding, ""He conspires with you to get your best."" However, it was Taylor who chose Nichols to be their director, because, writes biographer David Bret, ""she particularly admired him because he had done a number of ad-hoc jobs to pay for his education after arriving in America as a seven-year-old Jewish refugee."" Producer Ernest Lehman agreed with her choice: ""He was the only one who could handle them,"""
"first Oscar less than a month prior to her suicide. Fakhra Younus Fakhra Younus (; 1979 – 17 March 2012) was a Pakistani woman who was the victim of an acid attack, which severely injured her face. She underwent 39 surgeries during a 10-year period. She committed suicide at age 33. Younus was a dancer in a red-light district in Pakistan, when she met her future husband, Bilal Khar, the son of Ghulam Mustafa Khar, who himself is a former Governor and Chief Minister of Pakistan's largest province, Punjab. They were married for three years, with Younus eventually leaving him"
"81st Academy Awards 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. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and was produced by Bill Condon and Laurence Mark and directed by Roger Goodman. Actor Hugh Jackman hosted the"
"win Best Picture without any acting nominations. Sean Penn became the ninth person to win Best Lead Actor twice. Best Supporting Actor winner Heath Ledger became the second performer to win a posthumous acting Oscar. The first actor to receive this distinction was Peter Finch who posthumously won Best Actor for ""Network"" two months after his death in January 1977. With its six nominations, ""WALL-E"" tied with 1991's ""Beauty and the Beast"" as the most nominated animated film in Oscar history. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. The following 15 films received multiple nominations: The following four films received"
"categories. Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are the only married couple to win, for """". Geoffrey S. Fletcher (for ""Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire""), John Ridley (for ""12 Years a Slave""), and Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (both for ""Moonlight"") are the only African-Americans to win in this category; Fletcher is also the first African-American to win in any writing category. Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Paddy Chayefsky, Francis Ford Coppola, Horton Foote, William Goldman, Robert Benton, Bo Goldman, and the Coen brothers have won Oscars for both original and adapted screenplays. James Ivory is the oldest"
"pleased to be hosting the Oscars again, because fear and nausea always make me lose weight."" In addition, this was the first Oscar ceremony broadcast in high-definition. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Academy Awards, 59 actors who have received both competitive and honorary awards appeared seated onstage together during a segment called Oscar's Family Album. Each former winner was acknowledged by announcer Neil Ross and Randy Thomas with the films he or she won for. At the end of the segment newly minted winners Adrien Brody, Chris Cooper, Nicole Kidman, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, along with Honorary Oscar recipient"
"be here, even if Oscar isn't."" However, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which objects to the selling of its awards, disputed that motivation, stating that in actuality his new wife merely ""wanted to take a cruise"". The Academy has required all Oscar recipients since 1950 to sign an agreement forbidding them from selling their award; as a pre-1950 winner, Russell was exempt from this provision. Russell died of a heart attack on January 29, 2002, 15 days after his 88th birthday, and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Wayland, Massachusetts. Harold Russell Harold John Avery Russell (January"
"and won four, including awards to Forman, Abraham, Shaffer, and Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Drama. Jeffrey Jones was nominated for Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Forman also received the Directors Guild of America Award for his work. At the end of the Oscar ceremony, Laurence Olivier came on stage to present the Oscar for Best Picture. As Olivier thanked the Academy for inviting him, he was already opening the envelope. Instead of announcing the nominees, he simply read, ""The winner for this is ""Amadeus""."" An AMPAS official quickly went onstage to confirm"
"television ratings and protect the Oscar's status as the nation's pre-eminent awards event."" Despite several Academy officials denying such reasons, some industry insiders speculated that the earlier Oscar date was also implemented to mitigate the intense campaigning and lobbying during Oscar season put forth by film studios. This marked the first time since the 14th ceremony that the awards were held outside the aforementioned time frame. In August 2003, the Academy hired film producer Joe Roth to oversee production of the ceremony. The following month, Roth recruited veteran Oscar host Billy Crystal to emcee the awards gala for the eighth"
"from the disease at the age of 87 on February 6, 2009, at his Malibu, California home. 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s James Whitmore's theatre roles included: James Whitmore James Allen Whitmore Jr. (October 1, 1921 – February 6, 2009) was an American film, theatre, and television actor. During his career, Whitmore won three of the four EGOT honors: a Tony, a Grammy, and an Emmy. Whitmore also won a Golden Globe and was nominated for two Academy Awards. Born in White Plains, New York, to Florence Belle (née Crane) and James Allen Whitmore, Sr., a park commission"