Oscar Impact: Best Picture Winner Spotlight Boost in the US and Overseas

Fresh off its best picture victory at this year’s Oscar Awards, Spotlight has gotten a box-office boost both domestically and in foreign markets.

Oscar Speeches: Kohner, Susan, Nominated or Imitation of Life (1959)

At 21, Susan Kohner received her first (and only) Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for Douglas Sirk’s Imitation of Life, in which she played a black girl passing as a white one.

Oscar Roles: King Henry VIII, Popular Oscar-Nominated Role

The role of King Henry VIII has been good for many actors, who won a nomination or an Oscar for playing the notorious monarch.

Oscar: O’Toole, Peter, Nominated Twice for Playing King Henry II

Two of Peter O’Toole’s Best Actor nominations were for playing the same figure, King Henry II, albeit in different movies.

Oscar: Losers–Pictures Nominated for 8 Awards, Winning None

Pictures Nominated for 8 Oscars, winning none (in alphabetical order):