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5 hours ago · Alan Menken has the most Oscar wins (8) by an EGOT. Academy Awards: 1990: Best Original Score – The Little Mermaid. 1990: Best Original Song – "Under the Sea" (from The Little Mermaid) 1992: Best Original Score – Beauty and the Beast. 1992: Best Original Song – "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast)
1 day ago · Connery is the first and only Scottish actor to win an Academy Award for acting. 1988 Alec Guinness Little Dorrit: Nominated 1991 Ben Kingsley: Bugsy: Nominated 1992 Jaye Davidson: The Crying Game: Nominated First black British actor to be nominated for an Academy Award. 1993 Ralph Fiennes: Schindler's List: Nominated Pete Postlethwaite: In the ...
5 hours ago · Hugh Michael Jackman AC (born 12 October 1968) [1] is an Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine in the X-Men film series, (2000–2024) a role that earned him the Guinness World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel character". [2] Prominent on both screen and stage ...
5 hours ago · Sacha Noam Baron Cohen ( / ˈsɑːʃə / SAH-shə; Hebrew: סָשָׁה נֹעַם בָּרוֹן כֹּהֵן; born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, actor, screenwriter and film producer. He is best known for his creation and portrayal of the fictional satirical characters Ali G, Borat Sagdiyev, Brüno Gehard, and Admiral General ...
1 day ago · For the "Theme from Shaft," he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1972, making him the third black person, after Hattie McDaniel and Sidney Poitier, to win an Academy Award in any competitive field covered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hayes also won two Grammy Awards for that same year.
5 hours ago · William David Friedkin ( / ˈfriːdkɪn /; August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. [1] [2] Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime thriller film ...
1 day ago · The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation in association with Silver Screen Partners IV and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is loosely based on the 1837 Danish fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen. The film was written and directed by John Musker and ...
