Questions and Answers about
Oscars
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in PopWhich rapper joined the Encanto cast performing “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” at the 2022 Oscars?
Answer: Rapper Megan Thee Stallion made a surprise addition to the Encanto cast’s performance of the breakout hit from the movie, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” in the 2022 Oscars, with an original rap verse.
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in FilmsWhich Bond record did Billie Eilish break?
Answer: Billie Eilish, who won the Academy Award for Best Original Song on March 27, 2022, with her brother Finneas, is the youngest recording artist to work on a James Bond theme song. She was 18 when recording “No Time to Die.” In 2013 Adele’s “Skyfall” became the first Bond theme song to win an…
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in FilmsWho is the first woman to win both directing and writing Academy Awards?
Answer: On March 27, 2022, Jane Campion became the first woman to win both directing and writing Academy Awards. She won the Oscar for best original screenplay for 1993’s “The Piano” and best director for the Netflix 2021 Western “The Power of the Dog.”
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in FilmsWhich movie made history for being the first film from a streamer to win a best picture Academy Award?
Answer: “CODA” from Apple TV+ won the Oscar for best picture in 2022, becoming the first film from a streaming service to win Hollywood’s top honor. On the other hand, Netflix won 16 awards in eleven categories over the years but no Best Picture Oscar.
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Who is the first openly LGBTQ actor to win an Oscar?
Answer: Ariana DeBose is the first openly LGBTQ actor to win an Oscar._x000D_
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Who was the first Latina to win an Oscar?
Answer: Rita Moreno won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1962 for her role as Anita in “West Side Story,” making her the first Latina ever to win an Oscar. 60 years later, in 2022, Ariana DeBose became the second Latina and first Afro-Latina actor to win the award – for the same role in…
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in FilmsWhich record did CODA’s Troy Kotsur make at the 2022 Oscars?
Answer: Troy Kotsur joined “CODA” costar Marlee Matlin on March 27, 2022, as the only deaf Oscar winners. He won the best supporting actor award at the Academy Awards for portraying the father of a deaf family with a hearing child. Matlin was the first deaf person to win the prize when she became the…
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Which movies earned the late William Hurt three consecutive best actor Oscar nominations?
Answer: William Hurt won the best-actor Oscar for the 1985 film “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” “Children of a Lesser God” and “Broadcast News” earned him best-actor Oscar nominations in 1983 and 1984, meaning he was nominated for the award in three consecutive years. Hurt died at his home in Portland, Oregon, on March 13,…
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When was the last time the Oscars had a host?
Answer: Jimmy Kimmel was the host of the 2018 Oscars – which have gone hostless ever since Kevin Hart dropped out of the 2019 ceremony, refusing to apologize for jokes considered homophobic._x000D_
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in FilmsWho is the first filmmaker nominated for best director Oscars in six different decades?
Answer: Steven Spielberg, whose “West Side Story” landed seven nominations for the 2022 Academy Awards, is the first filmmaker nominated for best director in six different decades. He also holds the record for most Best Picture nominations – with 11 Oscar-nominated films over the years.
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in FilmsWhich movie leads the 2022 Oscar nominations?
Answer: Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” led nominations to the 94th Academy Awards with 12, including best picture, best director, and recognition for its top actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. The film’s director, Jane Campion, became the first woman to be nominated twice for best director. She earned her…
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Who was the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor?
Answer: Sidney Poitier was the first African American and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field. He died on Jan. 6, 2022, in Los Angeles. He was 94._x000D_
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in FilmsWhich of these songs won the Oscar for best original song for the movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”?
Burt Bacharach and Hal David won the 1969 Academy award for writing Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” B.J. Thomas famously performed the Oscar-winning song._x000D_
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in FilmsWhat’s unique about Promising Young Women?
The film Promising Young Women landed five nominations for the 2021 Academy Awards including the first British woman to be nominated for the director prize in the Oscars.