Oscar 2005: Sundance Fest Dominates Best Documentary Feature Oscar

In 2005, all five nominees for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar had premiered at the prestigious Sundance Film Fest.

Oscar 2005: Acting Nominations–First Timers Dominate Four Categories

In 2005, of the 20 actors nominated for Oscars in the four categories, 14 thespians (70 percent) were first-timers.

Oscar Speeches: Andrews, Julie about Losing the Oscar for The Sound of Music

Julie Andrews, talking to press, after losing the Best Actress Oscar for The Sound of Music, said: “It’s almost a relief not to win again. It’s a little difficult to live up to that kind of image.”

Oscar Actors: Aghdashloo, Shoreh–Supporting Actress in House of Sand and Fog

Shoreh Aghdashloo played the frustrated wife of Ben Kingsley in The House of Sand and Fog, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress nomination.

Oscar 2004: Supporting Actress–Genre, Age

Cate Blanchett, age 35, won the Supporting Actress Oscar Award for impersonating Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator, Scorsese’s lush biopic of Howard Hughes.