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Academy Award: Encyclopedia - Academy Award

The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and arguably the world. The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a professional honorary organization which as of 2003 had a voting membership of 5,816. Actors (with a membership of 1,311) make up the largest voting bloc. The most recent awards were the 77th Academy Awards. Academy Award - Oscar Statuette. The official name of the Oscarreretre statuette is the "A ...

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Academy Award - Oscar Statuette

Academy Award - Awards night

Academy Award - Nominations

Academy Award - Awards Up To 2005

Academy Award - Academy Award Statistics

Academy Award - Internal links

Academy Award: Encyclopedia II - Charlie Chaplin - Academy Award

Chaplin won the honorary Oscar twice. When the first Oscars were awarded on May 16, 1929, the voting audit procedures that now exist had not yet been put into place, and the categories were still very fluid. Chaplin had originally been nominated for both Best Actor and Best Comedy Directing for his movie The Circus, but his name was withdrawn and the Academy decided to give him a special award "for versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus" instead. The other film to receive a sp ...

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Academy Award for Film Editing - 1930s

Academy Award for Film Editing - 1940s

Academy Award for Film Editing - 1950s

Academy Award for Film Editing - 1960s

Academy Award for Film Editing - 1970s

Academy Award for Film Editing - 1980s

Academy Award for Film Editing - 1990s

Academy Award for Film Editing - 2000s

Academy Award: Encyclopedia - 1972

1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. 1972 - Events. International year of the book January 2 - The Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million. January 4 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge at the Old Bailey in London. January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space sh ...

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Academy Award: Encyclopedia - Céline Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, OC, OQ (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy, Juno, and Oscar award-winning pop singer and songwriter. Dion became an adolescent star in Francophone Canada after her manager and future husband, René Angélil, mortgaged his home in order to finance her career. She also gained recognition in parts of Europe and Asia by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, and established a foothold in the Anglophone music market with the release of her first English albu ...

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Céline Dion - Biography

Céline Dion - Childhood and career beginnings

Céline Dion - 1990–1992: Career breakthrough

Céline Dion - 1993–1996: Popularity established

Céline Dion - 1997–1999: Worldwide success

Céline Dion - 2000–2002: Career break

Céline Dion - 2002–2003: Return to Music

Céline Dion - 2003: 1 Fille & 4 Types

Céline Dion - 2003–present: A New Day...Live in Las Vegas

Céline Dion - Image

Céline Dion - Other activities

Céline Dion - Selected discography

Céline Dion - Anglophone albums

Céline Dion - Francophone albums

Céline Dion - Notes

Academy Award: Encyclopedia - U.S. presidential election, 2000

The U.S. presidential election of 2000 was one of the closest elections in U.S. history, decided by only 527 votes in the swing state of Florida. On election night, the media prematurely declared a winner twice based on exit polls before finally deciding that the Florida race was too close to call. It would turn out to be a month before the election was finally certified after numerous court challenges and recounts. Republican candidate George W. Bush won Florida's 25 electoral votes by a razor-thin margin of the popular ...

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U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Introduction

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Nominations

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Republican Party nomination

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Other nominations

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - General election

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Campaign

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Disputes

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Results

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Florida election results

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Controversy in Florida

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Palm Beach County's butterfly ballots

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - The Florida Ballot Project recounts

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Response to the problems

U.S. presidential election, 2000 - Media post-electoral studies/recounts

Academy Award: Encyclopedia - 1928

1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1928 - Events. January 6-7 - River Thames floods in London - 14 drowned January 7 - Moat at the Tower of London, previously drained in 1843, is completely refilled by a tidal wave January 12 - US murderer Ruth Snyder executed at Ossining January 17 - OGPU arrests Lev Trotsky in Moscow; he assumes a status of passive resistance and is exiled to Turk ...

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1928 - Events

1928 - June-August

1928 - September-December

1928 - July-September

1928 - October-December

1928 - Unknown date

1928 - Deaths

1928 - Nobel Prizes

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Academy Award: Encyclopedia II - Dolly Parton - Early career

Parton's initial success came as a songwriter, with her songs being covered by Kitty Wells, Hank Williams, Jr., Skeeter Davis, and a number of others. She signed with Monument Records in late 1965, where she was initially pitched as a bubblegum pop singer, resulting in just one chart single, "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby," which went to No. 108 pop in 1965. After a series of additional pop singles that failed to chart, label executives decided to allow her to sing country music after the success of her composition "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" a ...

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Burt Bacharach - Biography

Burt Bacharach - Known albums

Burt Bacharach - Hits

Burt Bacharach - Complete Work for Broadway

Academy Award: Encyclopedia - Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny is a fictional cartoon rabbit that appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, and is one of the most recognizable characters, real or imaginary, in the world. According to his biography, he was "born" in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York and the product of many fathers: Ben "Bugs" Hardaway (who created a prototypical version of the character in 1938's "Porkys Hare Hunt"), Bob Clampett, Tex Avery (who developed Bugs' definitive personality in 1940), Robert McKimson (created the definitive Bugs ...

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Bugs Bunny - History

Bugs Bunny - A suggested early influence

Bugs Bunny - Proto-typical rabbits

Bugs Bunny - Bugs emerges

Bugs Bunny - After the war

Bugs Bunny - Greatest cartoon character

Bugs Bunny - Ace Bunny

Academy Award: Encyclopedia - Burl Ives

Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was a successful folk music singer, author and actor. Born in Jasper County, Illinois, Ives is probably best remembered for his music. Carl Sandburg described him as "the mightiest ballad singer born in any century". He dropped out of college to travel about as an itinerant singer during the early 1930s, earning his way by doing odd jobs and playing his banjo. He was jailed in Mona, Utah for singing "Foggy Foggy Dew", ...

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Burl Ives - Selected Discography

Academy Award: Encyclopedia - Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has frequently recorded and toured with the E Street Band. Springsteen is most widely known for his brand of heartland rock infused with pop hooks and Americana sentiments. His eloquence in expressing ordinary, everyday problems have earned him numerous awards, including Grammy Awards and an Oscar, along with a huge fan base. His most famous albums, Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A., epitomize his penchant for writing about the struggles of a young ...

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Bruce Springsteen - Early years

Bruce Springsteen - Commercial success

Bruce Springsteen - 1990s

Bruce Springsteen - 2000s

Bruce Springsteen - E Street Band

Bruce Springsteen - Current members

Bruce Springsteen - Former members

Bruce Springsteen - Domain dispute

Bruce Springsteen - Samples

Bruce Springsteen - Discography

Bruce Springsteen - Awards and recognition

Academy Award: Encyclopedia - Brad Pitt

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American film actor. He was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma to strict, Southern Baptist parents of mainly English and Irish descent and was raised in Springfield, Missouri. In high school, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student government, and school musicals. He attended the University of Missouri School of Journalism where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He was two credits shy of graduating with a journalism degree before trying his luck in Hollywood.Including:

Brad Pitt - Career

Brad Pitt - Personal life

Brad Pitt - Trivia

Brad Pitt - Filmography

Academy Award: Encyclopedia - Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins on June 8, 1953 in Skewen, Neath) is a Welsh singer. Born into a large working-class family of six children, her father worked as a miner while her mother, an opera fan, shared her love of music with her children. Influenced by the music of Janis Joplin and Tina Turner, as a teen she sang with a group called "Bobby Wayne and the Dixies," following which she formed her own band, calling it Imagination. Adopting different stage names until settling on Bonnie Tyler, for nearly a decade she and her band per ...

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Bonnie Tyler - Discography

Bonnie Tyler - Albums

Bonnie Tyler - Compilations

Bonnie Tyler - Singles

Bonnie Tyler - Soundtracks

Bonnie Tyler - Guest Appearances

Bonnie Tyler - VHS DVD

Academy Award: Encyclopedia - Bob Hoskins

Robert William "Bob" Hoskins (born October 26, 1942) is a British actor best known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters, and for family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, Eddie Valiant). Bob Hoskins - Early life. Born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (of part Roma descent), Bob Hoskins had a number of occupations before going into acting, and made his stage debut in 1969. He hit the big time in 1978 when he starred in Dennis Potter's successful BBC drama serial, Pen ...

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Bob Hoskins - Early life

Bob Hoskins - Career

Academy Award: Encyclopedia - Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet is a 1986 film directed and written by David Lynch. The film begins with the protagonist discovering a severed human ear, which he takes to the police. He begins to investigate the matter himself, and discovers a steamy underworld within his quaint suburban town. Blue Velvet - Synopsis. The film begins with Jeffrey Beaumont, played by Kyle MacLachlan, coming home from college after his father has a stroke. While crossing a field he discovers a human ear and takes it to the police. His cur ...

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Blue Velvet - Synopsis

Blue Velvet - Symbolism

Blue Velvet - History

Blue Velvet - Possible influences

Blue Velvet - Trivia

Academy Award: Encyclopedia - Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has been influential in the technological, commercial, and artistic development of cinema. Despite a history of successful productions, the industry is characterised by an ongoing debate about its identity (including economic and cultural issues) and the influences of American and European cinema. Cinema of the United Kingdom - Overview. Film production in the UK has experienced a number of booms and recessions. Although many factors can be used to measure the success of the industry, the number ...