About Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.
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... Over the last 15 years, only one film that has taken that accolade has failed to get a best picture nomination at the Academy Awards...
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... The first is of Ellen Degeneres star-studded selfie taken at the 2014 Academy Awards...
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... His other famous films included crime thriller The French Connection, which won five Academy Awards including best director...
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...By Kelly Ng & Tessa WongBBC NewsMillions of Asians tuned in on their television screens on a Monday in March 2001 to watch Coco Lee sing A Love Before Time - the stirring theme from the acclaimed film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - at the 73rd Academy Awards...
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... His acting credits include The Usual Suspects and American Beauty, both of which he won Academy Awards for, and more recently a lead role as Francis Underwood in the Netflix political drama House of Cards...
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... And the biggest round of applause during the speech came when the president pointed out Northern Ireland actor James Martin, who was recently on stage at the Academy Awards when the short film he starred in won an Oscar...
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... In the film, he starred alongside John Turturro, John Goodman and Judy Davis, in the role that earned him an Academy Awards nomination for best supporting actor...
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... " Polley won the best adapted screenplay for Women Talking at the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles last month...
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