Here are some of the mind blowing facts about Oscar (Academy) Awards,
1. Walt Disney is the overall record holder for Oscar nominations despite category. He was nominated 59 times with 22 wins.
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2. The longest Oscars show took place in 2002 and was hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. The ceremony clocked in at four hours and 23 minutes.
3. Liza Minnelli is the only Oscar winner whose parents (Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli) also won Academy Awards.
4. Titanic (1997) holds the record for the most nominations in one year with 14 Nominations
5. Due to metal shortages during World War II, the Oscar statuettes were made of painted plaster for three years.
6. While accepting his honorary Oscar in 1972, Charlie Chaplin received a 12-minute standing ovation.
7. George Bernard Shaw is the only person to win both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize. Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 and an Oscar for Pygmalion in 1938.
8. The youngest Oscar winner was Tatum O’Neal, who won Best Supporting Actress for “Paper Moon” (1973) when she was only 10 years old. Shirley Temple won the short-lived Juvenile Award at 6 years old.
9. At 82, Christopher Plummer became the oldest person to win an Academy Award. He received the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in “Beginners” (2010) opposite Ewan McGregor.
10. The golden statue is pretty heavy. It’s 3.9 Kg.
