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5 hours ago · James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. He co-created the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons and directed the films Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987), and As Good as It Gets (1997). He received numerous accolades including ...
5 hours ago · oscars .org. The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, musicals, short stories, TV series, and other films and film characters.
5 hours ago · The Huffington Post published a headline to an obituary mistakenly saying that Sidney Potier was the first black actor to win an Academy Award. Actually, that distinction went to Hattie McDaniel 24 years earlier. McDaniel was the first black actor to win an Academy in Award in 1940 for her supporting role in “Gone With The Wind.”
1 day ago · (Wiki shows the date as August 23 but I will take the word of the NYT Obit writers, a marvelous and trustworthy group of writers.) 1983: In Los Angeles, Lynn and Richard Garfield gave birth to actor Andrew Garfield whose “paternal grandparents were from Jewish immigrant families who had moved to London from Eastern Europe (Poland, Russia, and Romania), and whose family surname was originally ...
5 hours ago · The Little Mermaid was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $100 million worldwide and becoming the first Disney film to win an Academy Award for Best Original Score. The film’s iconic soundtrack, featuring songs such as “Under the Sea” and “Part of Your World,” has become a staple of popular culture and remains a fan favorite to this day.
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1 day ago · 366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links. DIRECTED BY: Lindsay C. Vickers FEATURING: Edward Woodward, Jane Merrow, Samantha Weysom, John Judd PLOT: Ian inform…