No actress has dominated the Oscar race in such striking way since Meryl Streep in “Sophie's Choice” in 1982. What to say and not to say Or rather, what to wear or not to wear That's the burning question this award season for Helen Mirren.

Dec 20, 2006–The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' poster for the 79th Oscars features 75 of the most memorable lines from movie history. All the lines showcased in the poster–except one–are from films that received an Oscar nomination for picture, screenplay or both between 1936 and 2005. The only film with two quotes is 1996's “Jerry Maguire.” Academy reps said the lone exception among the 75 would provide a guessing game for film fans.

Oscar Nominations: 4 Actor: John Wayne Motion Picture Story: Harry Brown Sound Recording: Daniel J. Bloomberg Film Editing: Richard L. Van Enger Oscar Awards: 0 Oscar Context: Broderick Crawford won the Best Actor for “All the King’s Men.”  Douglas Morrow received the Writing Award for “The Stratton Story.”  Sound went to another WWII, “Twelve O’Clock […]

Based on Nikos Kazantzakis' popular novel, “Zorba the Greek” was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, winning three: Supporting Actress for Lily Kedrova, Cinematography for Walter Lassally, and Art Direction for Vassilis Fotopoulos.

“Unforgiven” is only the third Western to receive the Best Picture Oscar after “Cimarron” (1933) and Kevin Costner's “Dances With Wolves” (1990). Though released in the summer, it was both a critical and commercial success; the film was named Best Picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.