Academy Award-winning screenwriter-director TERRY GEORGE earned BAFTA and Oscar nominations for writing In the Name of the Father with Jim Sheridan. He also received BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for his screenplay Hotel Rwanda, which he also directed. He won the Oscar Award for Best Short Film, The Shore, sharing the honor with his daughter […]
Oscar Actors: Day, Doris, Oscar-Nominated Actress (Pillow Talk) and Popular Singer Dies at 97
April 3, 2017 by
Happy birthday: The talented Doris Day, the second oldest living Oscar nominated actress (Pillow Talk) is 95!
Oscar: Williams, Tennessee Movies–Women Feature Better than Men
March 30, 2017 by
Thirteen of the 17 acting nominations in Tennessee Williams-based movies were for female performances; only 4 were for males. Why?
Oscar: Special Junior Awards–Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz
March 30, 2017 by
The Academy has acknowledged the importance of star children as box-office champions with Special (Junior) Awards.
Oscar: Special Junior Awards–Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney, 1939
March 30, 2017 by
Special Junior Awards The Academy has acknowledged the importance of star children as box-office champions with Special (Junior) Awards. In 1939, Deanna Durbin and Mickey Rooney were awarded miniature Oscar trophies. Durbin was honored for her performance in her first feature, Three Smart Girls, which made her a star and also saved Universal from bankruptcy. […]
