411's 2013 Oscar Trivia
Posted by Leonard Hayhurst on 02.22.2013
Do you know the fact and tidbits of interest this Oscar season?
Every year brings a new slate of trivia for the Academy Awards. It's a mix of firsts, lasts, mosts and leasts. Do you know the trivia below that adds extra flavor to this year's Oscar telecast?
1) Of the 20 acting nominees this year, only four are first time nominees. Who are they?
2) Of the 20 acting nominees only one is a repeat nominee from last year. Who is it?
3) The Silver Linings Playbook has a nominee in each of the four acting categories. What's the last film to score that feat?
4) Name the movie with the most nominations this year to NOT have a best picture nod as well.
5) Oscar host Seth McFarlane is also a nominee in the best original song category for "Everybody Needs a Friend." Who was the last Oscar host to be a nominee in the same year?
6) Amour is nominated for best picture and best foreign film. What was the last movie to score the double nod?
7) Who is the living person with the most Oscar nominations? He's got another this year.
8) Name the only two men to have earned competitive nominations in the best picture, best director, best actor and best screenplay categories. One of them joined the club this year.
9) Two families had members earn Oscar nominations this year making them two of the most storied clans in Academy Award history. Who are they?
2) Jessica Chastain. This year she's up for best actress for Zero Dark Thirty. Last year she got a nod for best supporting actress for The Help.
3) Reds in 1981. Maureen Stapleton won for best supporting actress. Warren Beatty for best actor, Diane Keaton for best actress and Jack Nicholson for best supporting actor lost.
4) Skyfall with five. If it wins any, it'll be the first James Bond movie to take an Oscar since Thunderball in 1967.
5) James Franco was up for best actor for 127 Hours in 2011 when he co-hosted with Anne Hathaway. McFarlane is the only solo host to also be a nominee the same year.
6) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2000.
7) John Williams has 48 nominations. This year he's up for best original score for Lincoln. He still trails Walt Disney for the all time individual nomination lead. The founder of the House of Mouse had 59 Oscar nominations in his lifetime.
8) George Clooney and Warren Beatty. Clooney is a producer on Argo and is part of its best picture nomination.
9) Thomas Newman earned his 11th Oscar nomination this year for his score for Skyfall. His musical family has 87 nominations total. It features Alfred, Lionel, Emil, Thomas, David and Randy.
Roman Coppola is nominated with Paul Thomas Anderson for best original screenplay for Moonrise Kingdom. The Coppola's, which also include Talia Shire and Nicolas Cage along Francis Ford, Sofia and Carmine, have 24 nominations.
10) Eiko Ishioka is nominated in the best costume design category for Mirror Mirror. She died Jan. 21, 2012, of pancreatic cancer.
Tip of the top hat to my friend Shawn Israel for some aide with this article
