And The Winner Is...
And the award for BEST PICTURE goes to... (Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Green Book, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favourite, Roma, A Star is Born, Vice)
Green Book
FIVE: The number of Oscars Glenn Close has been nominated for (but has never won)
Over - She has been nominated for 7
Bette Midler performed a song from this movie "Return".
Bradley Cooper was nominated for Oscars three consecutive years - 2012, 2013, and 2014.
TRUE: 2012’s Silver Linings Playbook, 2013’s American Hustle and 2014’s American Sniper.
Who is the only person to ever win three Oscars?
Daniel Day-Lewis
And the winner for BEST ACTRESS goes to... (Glenn Close-The Wife, Lady Gaga-A Star is Born, Melissa McCarthy-Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Olivia Colman-The Favourite, Yalitza Aparicio-Roma)
Olivia Colman
FIVE: The number of words in the shortest acceptance speech, presented by Patty Duke in 1963.
Under - It was 2 "Thank You"
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performed "Shallow" from this Best Picture nominated film.
A Star Is Born
Bob Hope hosted the Oscars 25 times between 1940 and 1978.
FALSE: 19
What year were the Oscars first broadcast in color?
1966
The award for BEST ACTOR goes to... (Rami Malek-Bohemian Rhapsody, Christian Bale-Vice, Bradley Cooper-A Star Is Born, Willem Dafoe-At Eternity's Gate, Viggo Mortensen-Green Book)
Rami Makel
TEN: Number of women who have been nominated for best director
Under - There have been 5 women nominated
Adam Lambert opened the show, performing with this legendary rock band.
Queen
Walt Disney was nominated for 59 Oscars, the most of all time!
TRUE
What three films hold the record for most Oscars won with 14 each?
La La Land, Titanic, All About Eve
And the winner for BEST FILM EDITING goes to... (Bohemian Rhapsody, BlacKkKlansman, The Favourite, Green Book, Vice)
Bohemian Rhapsody
230 MINUTES: The running time in minutes of the longest movie to ever win Best Picture
Over - Gone With the Wind - 238 minutes
Jennifer Hudson sang "I'll Fight, a song from the film honoring this Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
It only took Best Picture nominee Black Panther one weekend to outgross the entire run of 2018 Best Picture winner The Shape of Water at the box office.
TRUE
Which actress in the most nominated performer in American history with 21 nominations?
Meryl Streep
And the award for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY goes to... (Roma, Cold War, The Favourite, Never Look Away, A Star is Born)
Roma
700 - Value, in dollars, of each 24-karat-gold-plated Oscar stat
Under - each statuette is valued at $696
David Rawlings and Gillian Welch sang "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings", which received the best original song nomination from this film.
The Ballad fo Buster Scruggs
Each Oscar statuette weighs 12 pounds.
FALSE: Each statue is 8.5 pounds
Has there been a film to win all six top prizes? Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress
No