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3 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., 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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2 days ago · First Jewish actress to win an Academy Award. Their Own Desire: Lucia Marlett Nominated 1930/1931: A Free Soul: Jan Ashe Nominated 1934: The Barretts of Wimpole Street: Elizabeth Barrett: Nominated 1935: Elisabeth Bergner: Escape Me Never: Gemma Jones Nominated 1936: Luise Rainer: The Great Ziegfeld: Anna Held: Won First Jewish born actress to ...
2 days ago · 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1975th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 975th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1970s decade.
5 days ago · With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?
5 days ago · May 25, 2024 by Ted Hannah. Oscar Wilde, the renowned Victorian playwright, poet, and author, unfortunately passed away in 1900 from meningitis. His physician, Dr. Kyle, attributed the cause of death to cerebral meningitis. Wilde was born in Dublin to parents who were socially aware of the arts and had the intellectual prowess to help form his ...
5 days ago · In 1895, the Marquess of Queensbury left a calling card at Wilde's club and wrote on the back "For Oscar Wilde, posing sodomite". Against the advice of his friends, Wilde sued the Marquess for libel. Unfortunately for Wilde, the Marquess was able to line up several witnesses to prove that Wilde was, indeed, guilty of sodomy and in a subsequent ...
5 days ago · Oscar Wilde > Quotes > Quotable Quote. (?) “You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”. ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray. tags: sin.
