Best Picture
Anora focuses on the son of a Russian oligarch and the stripper he marries, yet it includes many scenes showcasing this ethnic minority, and their lanuage, within the former Soviet Union/Russia.
Who/What are Armenians? 🇦🇲
Monica Barbaro is nominated for Best Supporting Actress, portraying this Mexican-American folk singer, who was involved in the civil rights movement.
Who is Joan Baez?
This leading man, nominated for portraying the USA's dumbest president ever, used to be a well known marvel actor.
Who is Sebastian Stan?
In 2016 this public flub led to La La Land being read as the winner of The Best Picture Oscar. It was corrected on stage that this movie has won best picture instead.
What is Moonlight?
A Complete Unknown begins with this famous folk singer, portrayed by Edward Norton, being charged as a communist, as a result of McCarthy Era backlash to the Civil Rights movement.
Who is Pete Seeger?
This actress got her big break in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, before starring in Anora.
Who is Mikey Madison? *Fun Fact: Margaret Qualley, who is in The Substance, was also in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood*
Timothée Chalamet is nominated for Best Actor in A Complete Unknown, but he also starred in this movie, which is currently nominated for Best Picture.
What is Dune: Part Two?
Jesse Eisenberg, director and lead actor in A Real Pain, is most associated with his role as this tech founder and evil billionaire.
Who is Mark Zuckerberg?
The Substance follows Elisabeth Sparkle and Sue, with the reveal of this character saved until the last act of the film.
Who is "Monstro Elisasue"?
This actress is a 90s icon, with her most famous scene involving a pottery wheel and a Ghost.
Who is Demi Moore?
Kieran Culkin is nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for A Real Pain, yet he is most known for being on Succession. This Succession co-star is also currently nominated for the same award.
Who is Jeremy Strong?
Sing, Sing, featuring Colman Domingo, is based on a true story of a theater rehab program in the maximum security prison of Sing Sing, which is located here.
What is Ossining, New York? Fun fact: The name "Sing Sing" derives from the Sintsink Native American tribe that lived in New York before colonization.
The Brutalist follows a Hungarian-Jewish man immigrating to America after surviving a concentration camp. He gains an education in (brutalist) architecture from this famous German school.
What is Bauhaus (school of design)?
Karla Sofía Gascón is currently embroiled in a controversy for her past racist and mean spirited tweets, one of which is about this current co-star.
Who is Selena Gomez?
The star of The Brutalist, Adrien Brody, is one of the few former hosts that are banned from this syndicated comedy show.
What is Saturday Night Live (SNL)?
"Adrien Brody Claims He Wasn't Banned from SNL After Infamous Jamaican Bit But Says He's 'Never Been Invited Back'"
Nosferatu is nominated for two Oscars, yet many were introduced to this vampire character in this animated children's TV show on Nickelodeon.
What is Sponge Bob Square Pants?
Wicked is a movie about a musical about a book adapted from The Oz books by author L. Frank Baum. This character in Wicked is named after Baum.
Who is Elphaba? Baum's initials are L. Fa. Ba.
Isabella Rossellini, portraying the Nun in Conclave, is the daughter of a famous actress and an international director, both from Hollywood's golden age. Name at least one.
Who is Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca, Gaslight, Joan of Arc)? Who is Roberto Rossellini (Italian Director)?
Two Oscar voters did not vote for Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) to win Best Actor, because they assumed, wrongly, that he already won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in this 1993 WW2 film.
What is Schindler's List? It won Best Picture and Best Director in 1993, along with 5 other Oscars that night.
A Complete Unknown is a musical biopic of famous folk singer Bob Dylan, whose birth name is Robert Zimmerman. After reading poems by this famous American poet, Bob added Dylan to his alias.
Who is Dylan Thomas? Known for "Do not go gentle into that good night".
Due to the market of buying Oscar awards from winners, The Academy implemented a rule in the interest of protecting each statuette as an award of merit — rather than a collector’s item to be bought and sold. The rule prohibits recipients, or their heirs, from selling or disposing of the statuette without first offering it back to the Academy for THIS SUM.
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