Comments on: Oscar Fun Facts.

By: Susie Wallace

Susie Wallace — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:03:09 +0000

Did you know that the Oscar for Best Picture 1978 (The Deer Hunter) was stolen from the London Home of Barry Spikings and then found by ME in a local river!

By: Michelle Leon

Michelle Leon — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:48:47 +0000

Does the statuette have the name of the recipient written anywhere and if so, in what font?

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:13:02 +0000

Not to nit pick, but isn’t today February 25, 2008?

By: Dave Renko

Dave Renko — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:57:20 +0000

I Worked with a guy in the late 80′s, early 90′s in California who used to buy stuff from storage places that people didn’t pay they would auction off their stuff. And he had three Oscars he claimed he got that way. One was for gone with the wind. I never heard any thing about them or have I seen this person since the 90′s. Any one know anything about this?

By: onur

onur — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:12:51 +0000

grrrr

By: Denita TwoDragons

Denita TwoDragons — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:15:20 +0000

I’m with you, Jimbo. I don’t even HAVE a TV, and I rarely watch blockbuster movies. Can’t stand most celebrities or the Hollywood scene, so the Oscars are a waste of my time.

The Opel story was funny though… *snicker*

–TwoDragons

By: jimbo

jimbo — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:37:01 +0000

I’m just part of the 80% of america that doesn’t care what awards hollywood gives each other.

When they start letting us vote, the results would be a lot different.

By: Denita TwoDragons

Denita TwoDragons — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:22:49 +0000

Dr. Zibbs–he was murdered a few years after his streaking adventure:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Opel

–TwoDragons

By: silvestre

silvestre — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:51:25 +0000

What’s the “s” word Samuel L. Jackson used? And what’s the “m” word?!?

By: Dr Zibbs

Dr Zibbs — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:15:20 +0000

If anyone knows the current where abouts of the streaker I would love to know – please post. Does he have regrets of the incident? Was he arrested?

By: ted

ted — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:54:47 +0000

It wasn’t always so, where the winners had to sign a paper promising not to sell their Oscars.

Harold Russell, born in Sidney, Nova Scotia, was famous for being the only person to win two Oscars for the same role.

He starred in “The Best Years of Our Lives”, as a sailor who lost both hands in the war. Russell was qualified for this role due to the fact that he had lost both his hands working as a munitions expert in the war.

Now there’s a neat fact for you.

According to Wikipedia,

In 1992, Russell needed money for his wife’s medical expenses. In a controversial decision, he sold his Oscar to a private collector for $60,500. Russell defended his action, saying: “I don’t know why anybody would be critical. My wife’s health is much more important than sentimental reasons. The movie will be here, even if Oscar isn’t.” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences now requires all Oscar recipients to sign an agreement forbidding them from selling their award.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:19:03 +0000

Not to be a jerk, but that streaker in ’74 was actually well-hung.

By: SiteSeer

SiteSeer — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:27:56 +0000

Just a nitpick but Stanley Kubrick did in fact win an Oscar for Best Visual Effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Not the award for Best Director or Best Film that he deserves, shame, but it is still competitive and it does have his name on it.

By: Chip

Chip — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:50:26 +0000

Sorry to be pedantic, but “Tonight, when you watch the 79th Academy Awards tonight…” only needs one ‘tonight’.