Oscar Movies: Same Time, Next Year (1978)

Same Time Next Year was nominated for four Oscars: Actress: Ellen Burstyn, Screenplay (Adapted): Bernard Slade, Cinematography: Robert Surtees, Original Score: “The Last Time I Felt Like This,” music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman.

Oscar Movies: Death on the Nile (1978)

Death on the Nile won the Best Costume Design Oscar for Anthony Powell.

Oscar 2007: Ellen Page in Juno

As a pregnant teenager, the very young and very versatile Ellen Page gives a charismatic performance for which she should receive a Best Actress nomination. Page dominates each and every frame of the smartly written serio comedy “Juno,” Jason Reitman's follow-up to his acclaimed feature debut, “Thank You for Smoking.” No doubt, “Juno” benefits from an ultra-bright, authentic, foul-mouthed dialogue by Diablo Cody, a gifted scribe who seems to know inside out the world of teenagers today, the way they talk, play, dress, court–and get into trouble.

Oscar Scandals: Pickford, Mary–Oscar Statuette Up for Sale

November 21, 2007–A judge has ruled that a lawsuit aimed at stopping the public sale of two Oscars given to Mary Pickford should be tried in Riverside County.

Oscar Speeches: Welland, Colin

“What you've done for the British film industry! You may have started something: The British are coming!” Colin Welland, winner of the Original Screenplay Oscar, “Chariots of Fire” (1981), which also won Best Picture.