Trivia Today - Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Is everyone ready for the Oscars on Sunday? This is the first year that I've seen almost every film nominated in the Best Picture category.

Usually I see one or two, but my boyfriend is really into seeing all of them, so I have accompanied him to quite a few movies in recent weeks!

I think it will make the Oscar viewing experience more enjoyable now that I have an opinion on which film/actor/actress I would like to see win the golden statue!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "I think it's a great honor to win an Oscar but I think if you aim to be rewarded in your life you'll get nowhere. I think that the biggest reward is the work itself and what you get out of it and the connections you make with other people."

HINT: (1981-), actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship, some films include Black Swan, the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and Thor and its sequel Thor: The Dark World.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Veteran 77-year-old actor Bruce Dern's nomination for Nebraska comes 35 years after his first-ever nod (for Coming Home).

At 23, Jennifer Lawrence is the youngest person ever to earn a trio of Oscar nominations: for Winter's Bone, Silver Linings Playbook (she won best actress) and American Hustle.

Meryl Streep adds another notch to her belt as Oscar's most-nominated performer ever. Her best actress nod for August: Osage County marks the 18th time she's up for an Academy Award (her three actual wins came for The Iron Lady, Sophie's Choice and Kramer vs. Kramer).

Woody Allen is Oscar's most-nominated screenwriter, earning his 16th for Blue Jasmine. All have been in the original screenplay category. He is also the category's top winner, with three trophies (Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters, Midnight in Paris).

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa and The Lone Ranger can now forever be described as Oscar nominees (both earned nods in the makeup and hairstyle category).

2013 Oscar nominees Amy Adams (The Master, supporting actress), Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook, lead actor) and Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook, lead actress winner) are all back again in 2014 for their work in American Hustle, but they've all swapped categories (lead actress for Adams and supporting turns for Cooper and Lawrence).

(Courtesy of cbcnews, www.cbc.ca)


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "I think it's a great honor to win an Oscar but I think if you aim to be rewarded in your life you'll get nowhere. I think that the biggest reward is the work itself and what you get out of it and the connections you make with other people."

ANSWER: Natalie Portman.

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