Author : Robert Osborne
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 39,71 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
Entertaining text and star-studded photos present the story of the Academy Awards(, from the beginning in 1927 to the return of the golden age of Hollywood with "Titanic" at the 1998 awards. 700 photos, 60 in color. Movie stills. Original posters.
Author : Robert Osborne
Publisher : Abbeville Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,61 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
ISBN : 9780789211422
This is the only official history of the Academy Awards and an indispensable addition to any movie buff's library. For the film industry, the Academy Awards is the most celebrated and most significant night of the year: everyone longs for the recognition of being nominated to win a little golden statuette. For most of us, however, even a walk down the red carpet is just a dream. This book puts readers into those iconic plush seats for the thrill of the Academy Awards, from the first show in 1928, shortly after the introduction of the talking picture, to this year's eighty-fifth anniversary. With hundreds of photographs and an informative text by Hollywood insider Robert Osborne, this book chronicles the ceremonies themselves, as well as the accomplishments, trends, developments, and events that occurred, both within the Academy and for the film industry as a whole. Osborne comments on each year's most important films and shares the stories behind them.
Author : John Ficarra
Publisher : MAD Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,29 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
ISBN : 9781401203108
"And the winner is...Alfred E. Neuman?" A star-studdedcollection of MAD Magazine's best and worst movie satires, featuring 19Oscar winners and over 30 Oscar nominees, as presented in the inimitable styleof "The Usual Gang of Idiots!
Author : Graydon Carter
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,72 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
ISBN : 9781400042487
This lavish collection of more than 500 black and white photographs - many never seen before - opens the door into the exclusive Oscar parties given over the past 75 years. From the first Academy Awards black-tie dinner-dance in 1929, through the 40s gatherings in Los Angeles' fashionable hotspots to the glittering Vanity Fairy gala in 2004 - this is an astounding photographic history of the ways in which Hollywood has celebrated its most glamorous night. Includes intimate and unposed photos of Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, Nicole Kidman and Alfred Hitchcock.
Author : Danny Peary
Publisher :
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 28,32 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
ISBN : 9780671712396
The author looks at the movies, actors and actresses he feels deserved Oscars but didn't get them. Looking at each year from 1927, Peary lists the nominees and winners of each season and explains why the wrong film or person was frequently honoured.
Author : Jeffrey Moss
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,98 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Monsters
ISBN : 9780593704400
Sesame Street's resident grouch devises several ingenious and humorous schemes to escape from his persistent readers.
Author : Stephen Tapert
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 17,38 MB
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1978808054
Showcasing a dazzling collection of 200 photographs, many of which have never before been seen, this lavishly illustrated book offers a captivating historical, social, and political examination of the first 75 women--from Janet Gaynor to Emma Stone--to have won the coveted and legendary Academy Award for Best Actress.t Actress.
Author : Frederick Gooding
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 30,87 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538123720
Gooding provides a thorough analysis and overview of black people that were nominated for their Hollywood roles, going decade by decade in highly accessible language. The book shows how the Oscars are a litmus test, ultimately reflecting what degree our society has truly embraced diversity within the hallowed confines of our sacred imaginations.
Author : Damien Bona
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 40,86 MB
Release : 2002-02-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0345448006
FINALLY, A SEQUEL AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL! Enlivened by humorous incidents, brewing controversies, and deeply moving personal dramas, Inside Oscar 1995-2000 offers the complete lowdown on six more years of Academy Awards glory . . . from Braveheart in 1995 through Gladiator in 2000, with the Titanic phenomenon and the Saving Private Ryan/Shakespeare in Love feud in between. There is also complete coverage of the awards ceremonies?with delicious anecdotes on the presenters and performers, the producers and egos, the fashion stars and fashion victims. And, of course, a complete list of all the nominees and winners, as well as a list of notable non-nominees. Picking up where the classic Inside Oscar leaves off, this must-have guide treats us to a behind-the-scenes look at one of America?s most beloved annual traditions!
Author : Ben Zauzmer
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,77 MB
Release : 2019-11-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781629334400
What are the hidden biases of Academy Awards voters? Do films that are more popular with audiences win more often? What are the biggest upsets in Oscar history and how can they be explained?
