“The Goldwyn Follies” was nominated for two Oscars: Interior Decorations for Richard Day
and Score for Alfred Newman.

Farrow was twice nominated for an Oscar Award. He won the Oscar and Writers Guild of America Award for his adapted screenplay for “Around the World in 80 Days” (1956). He was nominated for an Oscar and won the 1942 New York Film Critics Circle Award for his direction of the World War II battle drama, “Wake Island.”

The foreign-language Oscar race has begun: South Korea is the first country to announce its choice. The selection, Kim Tae-gyun's “Crossing” (Keurosing), a drama about a North Korean defector, has already caused controversy.

“Poltergeist,” Spielberg's sci-fi, released the same year as “E.T.,” was nominated for three Oscars: Original Score for Jerry Goldsmith,
Visual Effects, and Sound Effects Editing.

July 30, 2008–The Visual Effects Society will honor Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall at its 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award.