Peter Finch is still the only player to have actually won the Best Actor Oscar, for “Network” (1976), after his death. On January 14, 1977, Finch met his director, Sidney Lumet, at the Beverly Hills Hotel to discuss the film on the show “Good Morning, America.” Just hours before, he collapsed and died of a heart attack in the hotel's lobby.

One of the biggest scandals in Oscar 1934 was the Academy's failure to nominate Bette Davis for her powerful performance as the sluttish, cruel waitress in the first screen version of Somerset Maugham's “Of Human Bondage.”

In 1992, the Best Picture nominees were: The Crying Game, A Few Good Men, Howards End, Scent of a Woman, and Unforgiven, which won.

In 1990, the Best Picture nominees were: Awakenings, Dances With Wolves, which won, Ghost, The Godfather, Part III, and GoodFellas.

In 1989, the five Best Picture nominees were: Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Poets Society, Driving Miss Daisy, which won, Field of Dreams, and My Left Foot.