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1 day ago · A Free Soul is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starringNorma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore and Clark Gable.. A Free Soul became famous for Barrymore's climactic courtroom monologue, and he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.
2 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.
5 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.
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3 days ago · List of Academy Award records. Walt Disney, the record-holder for most Academy Awards won (22 Oscars) This list of Academy Award records is current as of the 96th Academy Awards, with the ceremony taking place on March 10, 2024.
3 days ago · July 22, 2024, 9:09 AM ET (AP) Adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s ‘Nickel Boys’ to open New York Film Festival this fall. Pulitzer Prize, any of a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University, New York City, for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. Fellowships are also awarded.
3 days ago · July 24. 1148: Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. The Second Crusade gained nothing for the Christians. The failure of the crusade may help explain “the long period of persecution that included French clergyman giving frequent anti-Semitic sermons.
3 days ago · The award-winning Action To The Word ensemble return, having toured Romeo & Juliet last year, in their visceral performance of this tale of ambition, power and loss. With their unique flare for physical storytelling, Action To The Word’s production of Macbeth , passionately pulls into question the very human condition, asking what people will ...
