Academy Trivia

If you love “all things” Hollywood you might want to take a look at these snippets of Academy Award trivia that you can pull out at your next Oscar Night party or around the office cooler on Monday morning when everyone’s talking about what films they enjoyed over the weekend.Meryl Streep holds the record for the greatest number of nominations (either male or female) in the history of the awards with an amazing 16 nominations (with two wins for Kramer vs. Kramer and Sophie’s Choice).The greatest number of awards won by a single film is shared by three films Ben-Hur, Tianic, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with each film having received 11 awards.Currently Katherine Hepburn holds the greatest number of actual wins by an actress having won four awards for her work in Morning Glory, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Lion in Winter, and On Golden Pond.Insiders call it the “big five” award and it refers to films that have won in the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Writing categories. To date this sweep has only been shared by three films: It Happened One Night, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and The Silence of the Lambs.The youngest award winner was Tatum O’Neal in 1973 for Paper Moon (Best Supporting Actress) when she was only 10 (the youngest nominee was Justin Henry, age 8, for his role in Kramer vs. Kramer); and the oldest winner was Jessica Tandy for Best Actress at the age of 80 for her role in Driving Miss Daisy.In 1972 Cabaret won eight awards but failed to capture one for Best Picture (which was lost to the Godfather in that same year), making Cabaret the film which received the most Oscars without winning Best Picture .So there you have it. Some fun trivia to amaze and befuddle your friends. Use your power wisely.