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I. OSCAR TRIVIA

I I . BEST PICTURE TRIVIA

I I I . BEST ACTOR TRIVIA

IV. BEST ACTRESS TRIVIA

V . BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR TRIVIA

VI. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS TRIVIA

VII . BEST DIRECTOR TRIVIA

VIII .BEST ORIGINAL SONG

IX. L IST OF THE NOMINEES

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I. OSCAR TRIVIA

• The most Oscar wins by a single film is 11 total. It has happened three times: 'Ben-Hur' (1959), 'Titanic' (1997), and most recently, 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'(2003). • Katharine Hepburn has won 4 Best Actress awards, the most of any leading actress. • Daniel Day-Lewis has win 3 Best Actor awards, the most of any leading actor. • Meryl Streep's 18 Oscar nominations are the most of any actor or actress. • Jack Nicholson's 12 Oscar nominations are the most of any actor. • The late Walt Disney currently holds the record for most Oscars with 22. • The 1998 show was viewed by over 55 million people, making it the highest-rated Academy Awards in history.

Past Hosts:

• Bob Hope has hosted the Academy Awards a record 18 times in a span ranging from 1940 - 1978. • Billy Crystal has hosted the Academy Awards 9 times, which is the second most in history. • Whoopi Goldberg has hosted the Academy Awards 4 times, more than any other female in history. • There have been 5 times where the Academy Awards had no assigned host. The most recent time (1989) is considered one of the worst shows in history thanks to a bizarre opening duet featuring Rob Lowe and an actress portraying Snow White.

This year's host is:Ellen DeGeneres

• 56 years old • Born in Metairie, Louisiana. • DeGeneres hosted the 79th Academy Awards in 2007, for which she was nominated for an Emmy. • This will be her second time hosting the Academy Awards. • Ellen's daytime talk show, 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' has earned 45 Daytime Emmys during its 10 seasons. • She becomes the third female to host multiple times: Jane Fonda (2 times) and Whoopi Goldberg (4 times). • Last time Ellen DeGeneres hosted, over 40 million viewers tuned in.

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II. BEST PICTURE TRIVIA

Fun facts:

• 6 of the 9 Best Pictures nominees this year are films based on true stories. • Of the 9 Best Picture nominees this year, 8 were released in the fall & 1 in the winter. • Longest film to ever win Best Picture: 'Gone with the Wind' at 224 minutes (1939). • Shortest film to ever win Best Picture: 'Marty' at 91 minutes (1951). • First Lady Michelle Obama announced last year's winner for Best Picture, an Oscars first. • Biggest budget film to win Best Picture: 'Titanic' in 1997 ($200 million) • Lowest budget film to win Best Picture: 'Rocky' in 1976 ($1.1 million) • Of the last 10 Best Picture Oscar winners, only 4 had also won the Golden Globe for Best Picture. • On average, a Best Picture nomination will earn a film an extra $29.4 million in ticket sales. • On average, winning Best Picture will earn a film an extra $17.9 million in ticket sales.

This year's nominees are:

'American Hustle'

• Based on the true story of con artist-turned FBI informant Mel Weinberg. • Nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Holds a 93% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com • Achieved the rare Best Picture feat of earning nominations in each of the four acting categories. • Earned $133.5 million at the box office. • Stars Academy Award winners Jennifer Lawrence: Best Actress for 'Silver Linings Playbook' (2012) and Christian Bale: Best Supporting Actor, 'The Fighter' (2010). • Filming Location: Boston, Massachusetts

'Captain Phillips'

• Based on the true story of merchant mariner Captain Richard Phillips, who was taken hostage by Somali pirates in a 2009 hijacking. • Holds a 94% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com. • Nominated for 6 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Earned $106.5 million at the box office. • Stars two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks: Best Actor for 'Philadelphia' (1993) and Best Actor for 'Forrest Gump' (1994). • Filming Locations: Malta, Morocco, and Norfolk, Virginia.

'Dallas Buyers Club'

• Based on the true story of Ron Woodroof, a rodeo cowboy diagnosed with HIV who starts a drug-smuggling operation to obtain alternative treatments. • Holds a 93% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com. • Nominated for 6 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Earned $22.5 million at the box office. • Had the lowest budget of all of the Best Picture nominees at $5 million. • Filming Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

'Gravity'

• Holds a 97% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com, the highest of all of the 2014 nominees. • Nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Shortest film of the 2014 nominees at 91 minutes. • Earned $264 million at the box office, the highest grossing of the nominees. • Tied with 'Wolf of Wall Street' for biggest budget among the nominees at $100 million. • Stars Academy Award winners Sandra Bullock: Best Actress for 'The Blind Side' (2010) and George Clooney: Best Supporting Actor, 'Syriana' (2006). • Filming Locations: Lake Powell, Arizona and then Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England.

'Her'

• Nominated for 5 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Holds a 94% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com. • Earned $21.2 million at the box office. • Much of the film was shot in Shanghai to create the look of a futuristic Los Angeles, California. • Director Spike Jonze would lock Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix in a room together for a couple hours every other day to help develop their friendship. • Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California and Shanghai, China.

'Nebraska'

• Nominated for 6 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Holds a 92% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com • 'Nebraska' is only the eighth black and white movie since 1970 to earn a Best Picture nomination. • Earned $13.7 million at the box office, the lowest grossing of the nominees. • The entire film was shot in 35 days. • It is the fourth film that director Alexander Payne has shot in his home state of Nebraska. • Filming Locations: Cities in Nebraska: Lincoln, Hooper, Plainview, and Osmond. Additional filming was done in Billings, Montana.

'Philomena'

• Based on the true story of Philomena Lee, a woman who searches 50 years for her son, who was given up for adoption by the Catholic Church. • Nominated for 4 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Holds a 92% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com. • Earned $27.4 million at the box office. • Stars Academy Award winner Judi Dench: Best Supporting Actress, 'Shakespeare in Love' (1998). • Filming Locations: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and London, England. United States locations include Potomac, Maryland, Washington D.C., and Poolseville, Maryland.

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II. BEST PICTURE TRIVIA

Fun facts:

• 6 of the 9 Best Pictures nominees this year are films based on true stories. • Of the 9 Best Picture nominees this year, 8 were released in the fall & 1 in the winter. • Longest film to ever win Best Picture: 'Gone with the Wind' at 224 minutes (1939). • Shortest film to ever win Best Picture: 'Marty' at 91 minutes (1951). • First Lady Michelle Obama announced last year's winner for Best Picture, an Oscars first. • Biggest budget film to win Best Picture: 'Titanic' in 1997 ($200 million) • Lowest budget film to win Best Picture: 'Rocky' in 1976 ($1.1 million) • Of the last 10 Best Picture Oscar winners, only 4 had also won the Golden Globe for Best Picture. • On average, a Best Picture nomination will earn a film an extra $29.4 million in ticket sales. • On average, winning Best Picture will earn a film an extra $17.9 million in ticket sales.

This year's nominees are:

'American Hustle'

• Based on the true story of con artist-turned FBI informant Mel Weinberg. • Nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Holds a 93% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com • Achieved the rare Best Picture feat of earning nominations in each of the four acting categories. • Earned $133.5 million at the box office. • Stars Academy Award winners Jennifer Lawrence: Best Actress for 'Silver Linings Playbook' (2012) and Christian Bale: Best Supporting Actor, 'The Fighter' (2010). • Filming Location: Boston, Massachusetts

'Captain Phillips'

• Based on the true story of merchant mariner Captain Richard Phillips, who was taken hostage by Somali pirates in a 2009 hijacking. • Holds a 94% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com. • Nominated for 6 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Earned $106.5 million at the box office. • Stars two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks: Best Actor for 'Philadelphia' (1993) and Best Actor for 'Forrest Gump' (1994). • Filming Locations: Malta, Morocco, and Norfolk, Virginia.

'Dallas Buyers Club'

• Based on the true story of Ron Woodroof, a rodeo cowboy diagnosed with HIV who starts a drug-smuggling operation to obtain alternative treatments. • Holds a 93% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com. • Nominated for 6 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Earned $22.5 million at the box office. • Had the lowest budget of all of the Best Picture nominees at $5 million. • Filming Location: New Orleans, Louisiana.

'Gravity'

• Holds a 97% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com, the highest of all of the 2014 nominees. • Nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Shortest film of the 2014 nominees at 91 minutes. • Earned $264 million at the box office, the highest grossing of the nominees. • Tied with 'Wolf of Wall Street' for biggest budget among the nominees at $100 million. • Stars Academy Award winners Sandra Bullock: Best Actress for 'The Blind Side' (2010) and George Clooney: Best Supporting Actor, 'Syriana' (2006). • Filming Locations: Lake Powell, Arizona and then Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England.

'Her'

• Nominated for 5 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Holds a 94% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com. • Earned $21.2 million at the box office. • Much of the film was shot in Shanghai to create the look of a futuristic Los Angeles, California. • Director Spike Jonze would lock Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix in a room together for a couple hours every other day to help develop their friendship. • Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California and Shanghai, China.

'Nebraska'

• Nominated for 6 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Holds a 92% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com • 'Nebraska' is only the eighth black and white movie since 1970 to earn a Best Picture nomination. • Earned $13.7 million at the box office, the lowest grossing of the nominees. • The entire film was shot in 35 days. • It is the fourth film that director Alexander Payne has shot in his home state of Nebraska. • Filming Locations: Cities in Nebraska: Lincoln, Hooper, Plainview, and Osmond. Additional filming was done in Billings, Montana.

'Philomena'

• Based on the true story of Philomena Lee, a woman who searches 50 years for her son, who was given up for adoption by the Catholic Church. • Nominated for 4 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Holds a 92% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com. • Earned $27.4 million at the box office. • Stars Academy Award winner Judi Dench: Best Supporting Actress, 'Shakespeare in Love' (1998). • Filming Locations: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and London, England. United States locations include Potomac, Maryland, Washington D.C., and Poolseville, Maryland.

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'12 Years a Slave'

• Based on the true story of Solomon Northup, the son of a freed slave who was kidnapped by slave-traders. • Nominated for 9 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Holds a 96% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com • Earned $45.9 million at the box office. • On location shooting in Louisiana took place in just 35 days using only one camera. • '12 Years a Slave' is the film debut of Best Supporting Actress nominee, Lupita Nyong'o. • Filming Locations: New Orleans, Louisiana and St. Joseph Plantation, Louisiana.

'The Wolf of Wall Street'

• Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, a former stockbroker convicted of fraud. • Nominated for 5 Oscars, including Best Picture. • Holds a 76% 'fresh' rating on RottenTomatoes.com, the lowest of all the 2014 nominees. • The longest film of the Best Picture nominees at 180 minutes. • The most profanity-laced film in history with 522 uses of the F-word. • Earned $103.9 million at the box office. • Tied with 'Gravity' for biggest budget of this year's nominees at $100 million. • Filming Locations: It was filmed in New York, notably these cities: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Harrison, White Plains, Long Island, Ardsley, and Oyster Bay.

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III. BEST ACTOR TRIVIA

Bruce Dern - 'Nebraska' • Hometown: Chicago, Illinois • Was also nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for 'Coming Home' (1978). • Most known for such psycho/killer roles such as the rustler leader who gunned down John Wayne in 'The Cowboys' (1972). • Claims he has never smoked outside of the movies, or drank alcohol or coffee, due to his commitment to marathon running.

Chiwetel Ejiofor - '12 Years a Slave' • Hometown: Forest Gate, London, England • Currently Lives: Los Angeles, California • First time being nominated for an Oscar. • In 1996, Ejiofor caught the attention of Steven Spielberg who cast him in the critically acclaimed Amistad (1997) alongside Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins. • Awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honors List for his services to drama.

Matthew McConaughey - 'Dallas Buyers Club' • Hometown: Uvalde, Texas • Currently Lives: New Orleans, Louisiana • First time being nominated for an Oscar. • Started out as a law major, but switch to film after discovering Og Mandino's book The Greatest Salesman in the World.' • He began his acting career in 1991, appearing in student films and commercials in Texas and directed short films as Chicano Chariots(1992). • Is a big fan of English rock band, The Cult. On 17 March 2012, at one of The Cult's performances in Austin, Texas, he even went onstage and played bongo drums with them during two songs.

Leonardo DiCaprio - 'The Wolf of Wall Street' • Hometown: Los Angeles, California • Currently Lives: Los Angeles, California & New York City, New York • Has been nominated for four other films. Other films include: 'What’s Eating Gilbert Grape' (1993), 'The Aviator' (2004), and 'Blood Diamond'(2007). • Leo has been nominated for 31 different awards (4 Academy Awards, 3 BAFTA Awards, 6 Critic's Choice Awards, 10 Golden Globe Awards, and 8 Screen Actors Guild Awards) but has only won 2 Golden Globes. The first was for 'The Aviator' in 2005, and the second was for 'The Wolf of Wall Street' in 2014.

Christian Bale - 'American Hustle' • Hometown: Haverfordwest, United Kingdom • Currently Lives: Los Angeles, California • Was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for 'The Fighter' (2010). • Often stars in period films or plays historical figures. • Is an avid fan of video games and cites Super Mario as one of his all-time favorites growing up.

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Amy Adams - 'American Hustle' • Hometown: Vicenza, Italy • Currently Lives: N/A • Was also nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for 3 other films: 'The Master' (2013), 'The Fighter' (2011), 'Doubt' (2009), 'Junebug' (2006). • Worked in a Hooters Restaurant until soon after she turned 18, when they started making her wear the customary outfits. • Favorite Designer: Roland Mouret

Cate Blanchett - 'Blue Jasmine' • Hometown: Melbourne, Australia • Currently Lives: Hunters Hill, Australia • Was also nominated for 5 other films: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role- 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age' (2007) & 'Elizabeth' (1998) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role- 'I’m Not There.'(2007), 'Notes on a Scandal' (2006), 'The Aviator' (2004). • Cate graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992 and, in a little over a year, had won both critical and popular acclaim. • After completing work on the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy in the role of Galadriel, she kept and bronzed her elf ear prosthetics. • Favorite Designers: Nicolas Ghesquiere, Givenchy, Giorgio Armani, Phoebe Philo, Alexander McQueen

Judi Dench - 'Philomena' • Hometown: Heworth, United Kingdom • Currently Lives: N/A • Was nominated for 6 other Oscars: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role- 'Notes on a Scandal' (2006), 'Mrs Henderson Presents'(2005),'Iris' (2001), 'Mrs Brown' (1997) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role- 'Chocolat' (2000), 'Shakespeare in Love' (1998). • A lifelong animal lover, Judi is the proud owner of a racehorse named Smokey Oakey. Also owns a dog, 4 cats, 2 Guinea pigs and some fish. • Known for wearing dress coats on the red carpet and never going overboard.

Sandra Bullock - 'Gravity' • Hometown: Arlington County, Virginia • Currently Lives: Austin, Texas. Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Tybee Island, Georgia • Won an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 'The Blind Side' (2009). • She moved to New York to pursue a career on the stage. This led to acting in television programs and then feature films. • Says she's been 'deathly afraid of flying' since surviving a plane crash in Wyoming in 2000 when her jet missed the runway and it sustained major damage. • She’s currently transitioning into wearing brighter colors on the red carpet.

Meryl Streep - 'August: Osage County'

• Hometown: Summit, New Jersey • Currently Lives: Salisbury, Connecticut • Has been nominated for 17 Oscars and won 3 including: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 'The Iron lady' (2011) and 'Sophie’s Choice' (1982) & Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 'Kramer vs. Kramer'(1972). • Meryl's early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera. She became interested in acting while a student at Vassar and upon graduation she enrolled in the Yale School of Drama. • Claimed to have had a photographic memory when she was younger, which allowed her to memorize her lines after one reading. • Known for wearing gowns with neutral colors.

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Amy Adams - 'American Hustle' • Hometown: Vicenza, Italy • Currently Lives: N/A • Was also nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for 3 other films: 'The Master' (2013), 'The Fighter' (2011), 'Doubt' (2009), 'Junebug' (2006). • Worked in a Hooters Restaurant until soon after she turned 18, when they started making her wear the customary outfits. • Favorite Designer: Roland Mouret

Cate Blanchett - 'Blue Jasmine' • Hometown: Melbourne, Australia • Currently Lives: Hunters Hill, Australia • Was also nominated for 5 other films: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role- 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age' (2007) & 'Elizabeth' (1998) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role- 'I’m Not There.'(2007), 'Notes on a Scandal' (2006), 'The Aviator' (2004). • Cate graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992 and, in a little over a year, had won both critical and popular acclaim. • After completing work on the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy in the role of Galadriel, she kept and bronzed her elf ear prosthetics. • Favorite Designers: Nicolas Ghesquiere, Givenchy, Giorgio Armani, Phoebe Philo, Alexander McQueen

Judi Dench - 'Philomena' • Hometown: Heworth, United Kingdom • Currently Lives: N/A • Was nominated for 6 other Oscars: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role- 'Notes on a Scandal' (2006), 'Mrs Henderson Presents'(2005),'Iris' (2001), 'Mrs Brown' (1997) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role- 'Chocolat' (2000), 'Shakespeare in Love' (1998). • A lifelong animal lover, Judi is the proud owner of a racehorse named Smokey Oakey. Also owns a dog, 4 cats, 2 Guinea pigs and some fish. • Known for wearing dress coats on the red carpet and never going overboard.

Sandra Bullock - 'Gravity' • Hometown: Arlington County, Virginia • Currently Lives: Austin, Texas. Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Tybee Island, Georgia • Won an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 'The Blind Side' (2009). • She moved to New York to pursue a career on the stage. This led to acting in television programs and then feature films. • Says she's been 'deathly afraid of flying' since surviving a plane crash in Wyoming in 2000 when her jet missed the runway and it sustained major damage. • She’s currently transitioning into wearing brighter colors on the red carpet.

Meryl Streep - 'August: Osage County'

• Hometown: Summit, New Jersey • Currently Lives: Salisbury, Connecticut • Has been nominated for 17 Oscars and won 3 including: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 'The Iron lady' (2011) and 'Sophie’s Choice' (1982) & Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 'Kramer vs. Kramer'(1972). • Meryl's early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera. She became interested in acting while a student at Vassar and upon graduation she enrolled in the Yale School of Drama. • Claimed to have had a photographic memory when she was younger, which allowed her to memorize her lines after one reading. • Known for wearing gowns with neutral colors.

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V. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR TRIVIA

Barkhad Abdi - 'Captain Phillips' • Hometown: Mogadishu, Somalia • Currently Lives: Mogadishu, Somalia but planning on moving to Los Angeles • First time being nominated for an Oscar. • Was working as a chauffeur when he was cast in 'Captain Phillips' (2013). He had no previous acting experience or any aspirations to become an actor. • When he was seven years old, his family moved from Somalia to Yemen to escape the civil war. His family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota when he was age 14.

Bradley Cooper - 'American Hustle' • Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Currently Lives: N/A • Was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in 'Silver Linings Playbook' (2012). • Is known to play devious yet charming characters. • Admitted that in the beginning of his career, casting agents tended to peg him as just a 'pretty boy', which made finding meaningful roles challenging.

Jonah Hill - 'The Wolf of Wall Street' • Hometown: Los Angeles, California • Currently Lives: Brentwood, CA • Was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in 'Moneyball' (2011). • He began writing and performing in plays while at college in New York, and managed to get himself introduced to Dustin Hoffman, through whom he got an audition for his first film role in 'I Heart Huckabees' (2004). • Has a tattoo on his left forearm that reads "Nancy Rules". It is a tribute to his grandmother.

Jared Leto - 'Dallas Buyers Club' • Hometown: Bossier City, Louisiana • Currently Lives: Los Angeles, CA • First time nominated for an Oscar. • Leto moved to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career, intending to take acting roles on the side. • Has a band called 30 Seconds to Mars.

Michael Fassbender - '12 Years a Slave' • Hometown: Heidelberg, Germany • Currently Lives: East London • First time nominated for an Oscar. • Often works with Steve McQueen. • Has formed his own production company known as 'Peanut Productions'.

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Jennifer Lawrence - 'American Hustle' • Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky • Currently Lives: Los Angeles, California • Was nominated 2 times for an Oscar including: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role- 'Silver Linings Playbook' (2012) & 'Winter’s Bone'. She won the Oscar for 'Silver Linings Playbook'. • 'Winter’s Bone' was her big break. • Voted by her class as "Most Talkative". • Wears Dior, as she is the "face" of the brand and has an extended three-year contract with them (as of Jan. 2014).

Lupita Nyong'o - '12 Years a Slave' • Hometown: Kenya • Currently Lives: Brooklyn, NY • First time nominated for an Oscar. • She is a graduate of the Yale University School of Drama's Acting program. • It is a Kenyan tradition to name a child after the events of the day, so her parents named her Lupita. She is the second of six children. • Known to wear Gucci, Ralph Lauren, and Stella McCartney.

June Squibb - 'Nebraska' • Hometown: Vandalia, Illinois • Currently Lives: New York City, New York • First time nominated for an Oscar. • Theater actress whose career has ranged from Broadway and Off-Broadway to regional, road trip, cruise ship and USO tour stage work. • Was an only child who always wanted to be an actress, though she still can't explain why… • Favorite Designer: Tadashi Shoji

Julia Roberts - 'August: Osage County' • Hometown: Smyrna, Georgia • Currently Lives: New York • Was nominated 3 other times for an Oscar including: Best Actress in a Leading Role- 'Erin Brockovich' (2000) & 'Pretty Woman' (1990) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role- 'Steel Magnolias' (1989). Won for 'Erin Brockovich'. • Her biggest success was in 'Pretty Woman'. • One of her favorite hobbies is knitting. • Likes to wear Valentino. Her style is very easy and low-key.

Sally Hawkins - 'Blue Jasmine' • Hometown: Dulwich, United Kingdom • First time nomination for an Oscar. • Graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London (1998). • Enjoys painting. • Wears tons of vintage clothing and goes for a pure and natural look.

IX. LIST OF NOMINEES

Best Picture: • “American Hustle" • "Captain Phillips" • "Dallas Buyers Club" • "Gravity” • “Her” • “Nebraska” • “Philomena” • “12 Years a Slave” • “The Wolf of Wall Street”Best Actor: • Christian Bale, “American Hustle” • Bruce Dern, “Nebraska” • Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Wolf of Wall Street” • Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave” • Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”Best Actress: • Amy Adams, “American Hustle” • Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine” • Sandra Bullock, “Gravity” • Judi Dench, “Philomena” • Meryl Streep, “August: Osage County”Supporting Actor: • Barkhad Abdi, “Captain Phillips” • Bradley Cooper, “American Hustle” • Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave” • Jonah Hill, “The Wolf of Wall Street" • Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”Supporting Actress • Sally Hawkins, “Blue Jasmine” • Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle” • Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave" • Julia Roberts, “August: Osage County” • June Squibb, “Nebraska.”Best Directing • David O. Russell, “American Hustle” • Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity” • Alexander Payne, “Nebraska” • Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave” • Martin Scorsese, “The Wolf of Wall Street”Visual Effects • “Gravity” • “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” • “Iron Man 3” • “The Lone Ranger” • “Star Trek Into Darkness”Best original screenplay • "American Hustle" - David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer • "Blue Jasmine" - Woody Allen • "Her" - Spike Jonze • "Nebraska" - Bob Nelson • "Dallas Buyers Club" - Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack

Best adapted screenplay • "12 Years a Slave" - John Ridley • "Before Midnight" - Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater • "The Wolf of Wall Street" - Terence Winter • "Captain Phillips" - Billy Ray • "Philomena" - Steve Coogan and Jeff PopeBest animated feature • "The Wind Rises" • "Frozen" • "Despicable Me 2" • "Ernest & Celestine" • "The Croods"Best foreign feature • "The Hunt" (Denmark) • "The Broken Circle Breakdown" (Belgium) • "The Great Beauty" (Italy) • "Omar" (Palestinian territories) • "The Missing Picture" (Cambodia)Best music (original song) • "Frozen": "Let it Go" - Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez • "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom": "Ordinary Love" - U2, Paul Hewson • "Her": "The Moon Song" - Karen O, Spike Jonze • "Despicable Me 2": "Happy" - Pharrell Williams • "Alone Yet Not Alone": "Alone Yet Not Alone" - Bruce Broughton, Dennis SpiegelBest music (original score) • "Gravity" - Steven Price • "Philomena" - Alexandre Desplat • "The Book Thief " - John Williams • "Saving Mr. Banks" - Thomas Newman • "Her" - William Butler and Owen PallettBest cinematography • "Gravity" - Emmanuel Lubezki • "Inside Llewyn Davis" - Bruno Delbonnel • "Nebraska" - Phedon Papamichael • "Prisoners" - Roger Deakins • "The Grandmaster" - Phillippe Le SourdBest costume design • "The Great Gatsby" - Catherine Martin • "12 Years a Slave" - Patricia Norris • "The Grandmaster" - William Chang Suk Ping • "American Hustle" - Michael Wilkinson • "The Invisible Woman" - Michael O'ConnorBest documentary feature • "The Act of Killing" • "20 Feet From Stardom" • "The Square" • "Cutie and the Boxer" • "Dirty Wars"Best film editing • "Gravity" - Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger • "12 Years a Slave"- Joe Walker • "Captain Phillips" - Christopher Rouse • "American Hustle" - Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten • "Dallas Buyers Club" - John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa

Best makeup and hairstyling • "The Lone Ranger" - Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny • "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" - Stephen Prouty • "Dallas Buyers Club" - Adruitha Lee and Robin MathewsBest production design • "12 Years a Slave" - Adam Stockhausen and Alice Baker • "The Great Gatsby" - Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn • "American Hustle" - Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler • "Gravity" - Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard • "Her" - K.K. Barrett and Gene SerdenaBest sound editing • "Gravity" • "All Is Lost" • "Captain Phillips" • "Lone Survivor" • "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"Best Sound Mixing • “Captain Phillips” • “Gravity” • “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” • “Inside Llewyn Davis” • Lone SurvivorBest short film, live action • "Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)" • "Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)" • "Helium" • "Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)" • "The Voorman Problem"Best short film, animated • "Feral" • "Get a Horse!" • "Mr. Hublot" • "Possessions" • "Room on the Broom"Best documentary short • "CaveDigger" • "Facing Fear" • "Karama Has No Walls" • "The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life" • "Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall"

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VII. BEST DIRECTOR TRIVIA

Fun facts: • John Ford's 4 wins for Best Director are the most in Academy Awards history. • Over the past 10 years, half of the Golden Globe winners for Best Director have gone on to win the Academy Award.

The nominees for this year are:David O. Russell for 'American Hustle' • 55 years old • Born in New York, New York. • This is his third Best Director nomination within a span of just four years, but he's yet to win. • His other Best Director nominations were in 2010 for 'The Fighter' and 2012 for 'Silver Linings Playbook'. • This film reunited Russell with Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, and Robert De Niro, all of who starred in 'Silver Linings Playbook'.

Alfonso Cuarón for 'Gravity' • 52 years old • Born in Mexico City, Mexico. • This is Cuarón's 1st nomination for Best Director. • Cuarón is only the 2nd Mexican director in history to be nominated for the award. • Cuarón is also known for directing 'Y Tu Mamá También' and 'Children of Men'.

Alexander Payne for 'Nebraska' • 52 years old • Born in Omaha, Nebraska. • This is Payne's third nomination for Best Director, but he's yet to win. • His other Best Director nominations were in 2004 for 'Sideways' and 2011 for 'The Descendants'. • Often casts non-actors in his films and for 'Nebraska' he hired local, retired farmers to appear.

Steve McQueen for '12 Years a Slave' • 44 years old, the youngest of this year's Best Director nominees. • Born in London, United Kingdom. • This is McQueen's first nomination for Best Director. • He is just the third black filmmaker to ever receive a Best Director nomination. • McQueen's wife was the one who introduced her husband to Northup's 1853 memoir.

Martin Scorsese for 'The Wolf of Wall Street' • 71 years old, the oldest of this year's Best Director nominees. • Born in Queens, New York • This is Scorsese's 8th nomination for Best Director, more than any living director. • The only nominee this year to have won the Best Director Oscar before. The win was in 2006 with 'The Departed'. • This marks the fifth collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio.





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VIII. BEST ORIGINAL SONGFun facts: • The tradition of performing the nominated songs at the Oscars began in 1946 and included performers like Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore. • The record for most wins in the Best Original Song category is four and four have done it: Alan Menken, Sammy Cahn, Johnny Mercer, & Jimmy Van Heusen. • "My Heart Will Go On" from 'Titanic' (1997), is the only Best Original Song winner to also win a Grammy (Song of the Year) and a Golden Globe (Best Original Song). • In 2013, "Skyfall" sung by Adele, became the only Brit Award winning song to win an Academy Award. • The 1942 winner for Best Original Song, "White Christmas", went on to become one of the biggest selling singles of all time. • In 1936, Dorothy Fields became the first female to win the Best Original Song Oscar. The song was "The Way You Look Tonight" from 'Swing Time'.

This years nominees are:"Happy" from 'Despicable Me 2' • Music and Lyrics by Pharrell Williams. • Williams is 40 years old and was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia. • He is a 7-time Grammy winner, including this year's Producer of the Year. • The music video for "Happy" features guest appearances from Magic Johnson, Steve Carrell, Jimmy Kimmel, Jamie Foxx, Steve Martin, and Miranda Cosgrove. • This is the first Academy Award nomination for Pharrell Williams.

"Let it Go" from 'Frozen' • Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. • Kristen Anderson-Lopez is from Brooklyn, New York. • Robert Lopez is 38 years old and was born in New York City, New York. • Robert Lopez has won 3 Tony Awards from co-creating the musicals 'Book of Mormon' and 'Avenue Q'. • The couple married in 2003 and together, they've written songs for films like 'Finding Nemo' (2003) and 'Winnie the Pooh' (2011). • They have two daughters, Katie and Annie, who both had voice parts in 'Frozen'. • This is the first Academy Award nomination that either of them has received.

"The Moon Song" from 'Her' • Music by Karen O (Karen Lee Orzolek) • Lyrics by Karen O and director Spike Jonze • Karen O is 35 years old and was born in Busan, South Korea, but grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. • She is best known as the vocalist for the New York rock band 'Yeah Yeah Yeahs'. • It is the second time that Karen O has collaborated with Spike Jonze. The first was scoring his 2009 film 'Where the Wild Things Are'. • This is Karen O's first Academy Award nomination.

"Ordinary Love" from 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' • Music and Lyrics by U2 • "Ordinary Love" is the first song by U2 since 2010. • "Ordinary Love" won Best Song at this year's Golden Globes. • U2 had been friends with Nelson Mandela for several years and wrote the song as a personal tribute. • The song was released on November 29, 2013, less than a week before Mandela died. • U2 was founded in Dublin, Ireland and the band includes Bono (53), The Edge (52), Adam Clayton (53), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (52). • This is U2's second Academy Award nomination. Their song "The Hands That Built America" from 'Gangs of New York' was nominated in 2003.





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Jennifer Lawrence - 'American Hustle' • Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky • Currently Lives: Los Angeles, California • Was nominated 2 times for an Oscar including: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role- 'Silver Linings Playbook' (2012) & 'Winter’s Bone'. She won the Oscar for 'Silver Linings Playbook'. • 'Winter’s Bone' was her big break. • Voted by her class as "Most Talkative". • Wears Dior, as she is the "face" of the brand and has an extended three-year contract with them (as of Jan. 2014).

Lupita Nyong'o - '12 Years a Slave' • Hometown: Kenya • Currently Lives: Brooklyn, NY • First time nominated for an Oscar. • She is a graduate of the Yale University School of Drama's Acting program. • It is a Kenyan tradition to name a child after the events of the day, so her parents named her Lupita. She is the second of six children. • Known to wear Gucci, Ralph Lauren, and Stella McCartney.

June Squibb - 'Nebraska' • Hometown: Vandalia, Illinois • Currently Lives: New York City, New York • First time nominated for an Oscar. • Theater actress whose career has ranged from Broadway and Off-Broadway to regional, road trip, cruise ship and USO tour stage work. • Was an only child who always wanted to be an actress, though she still can't explain why… • Favorite Designer: Tadashi Shoji

Julia Roberts - 'August: Osage County' • Hometown: Smyrna, Georgia • Currently Lives: New York • Was nominated 3 other times for an Oscar including: Best Actress in a Leading Role- 'Erin Brockovich' (2000) & 'Pretty Woman' (1990) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role- 'Steel Magnolias' (1989). Won for 'Erin Brockovich'. • Her biggest success was in 'Pretty Woman'. • One of her favorite hobbies is knitting. • Likes to wear Valentino. Her style is very easy and low-key.

Sally Hawkins - 'Blue Jasmine' • Hometown: Dulwich, United Kingdom • First time nomination for an Oscar. • Graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London (1998). • Enjoys painting. • Wears tons of vintage clothing and goes for a pure and natural look.





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Documents

PARTY - Eviteideas.evite.com/media/playbook_oscars.pdf• Of the last 10 Best Picture Oscar winners, only 4 had also won the Golden Globe for Best Picture. • On average, a Best Picture