Did you see a movie last year that you thought worthy of an Oscar or a performance that should be nominated for that golden statuette handed out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?
BTW the statuette is supposed to be a knight holding a crusader’s sword. He stands on a film reel with five spokes that represents actors, directors, producers, writers and technicians.
Maybe the movie or performance you liked is among the list of Oscar nominees announced this morning by the Academy.
Top three categories
Best Motion Picture nominations: Black Panther, BlackkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Favorite, Green Book, Roma, A Star is Born and Vice.
Best leading actor: Christian Bale (“Vice”), Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”), Willem Dafoe (“At Eternity’s Gate”), Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) and Viggo Mortensen (Green Book”)
Best leading actress: Yalitza Aparicio “Roma,” Glenn Close (“The Wife”), Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”), Lady Gaga (“A Star Is Born”) and Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”)
For the complete list visit www.oscar.com.
What you might want to put on your calendar
The 91st Oscar Awards will be Feb. 24, 2019 at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood and televised on the ABC Network. (Voting takes place from Feb. 12 through Feb. 19.)
Ten trivia facts
You might want to know these if holding an Oscar Party or just to impress your friends:
- Number of eligible feature motion pictures … 347
- Countries submitting foreign language films… 87
- Number of voting members (as of 12-21-18)…7,902
- S. audience for 90th Oscars…26.54 million
- Number of Oscar statuettes given at 90th Oscars…48
- Oscar statuette height…13 ½ inches
- Oscar statuette weight…8 ½ pounds
- Longest Oscars telecast…4 hrs., 23 min. in 2002
- Shortest Oscars telecast…1 hr. 40 min. in 1959
- Most often Oscar host… Bob Hope with 19
Jodie Jacobs