Why these 3 Oscar winners turned down their Academy Awards
The Academy Awards is Hollywood's most important event, and the Oscars its biggest prize. So who are the winners who declined the vaunted statuette?
Academy Award winner Kris Bowers up for another Oscar, celebrating music in a different category
Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot won Oscars last year in the Best Documentary Short category. This year, Bowers will be back on the red carpet, nominated for composing the original score for the animated ...
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Why are the Academy Awards called the Oscars? 3 possibilities for mysterious nickname
That little gold man bestowed as filmmaking's highest honor at the Academy Awards has a name. It's Oscar. Yes, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the governing body for the glitzy ...
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How did the Oscar get its name? The mystery behind the Academy Award's nickname explained
That little gold man bestowed as filmmaking's highest honor at the Academy Awards has a name. It's Oscar. Yes, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the governing body for the glitzy ...
Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscars won. How many did the late producer win?
Walt Disney has won 22 Oscars and four honorary awards. He won his first award, Best Cartoon Short Subject, for "Flowers and ...