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Oscar: 5 interesting facts about cinema's biggest award

The Oscar has arrived! The biggest film awards took place this Sunday,(2) in Los Angeles (USA). How about checking out 5 interesting facts about the event? ⤵️

The most recommended

Meryl Streep is the actress with the most nominations in the acting category, with 21. In the Best Actor category, Jack Nicholson is the most nominated, 12 times.

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Biggest winner in history

Walt Disney is the member of the film industry with the most Oscar awards. He was nominated 59 times and won the statuette 22 times, also receiving four honorary awards from the Academy.

Wrong winner

At the 2017 Oscars, an exchange of envelopes resulted in La La Land was announced as the winner of Best Film, when in fact, the grand champion of the category was Moonlight.

Big five

Three films won the five main Oscar awards (film, director, actor, actress and screenplay): It Happened That Night (1934) Um Estranho no Ninho (1975) and Silence of the innocents (1991)

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Biggest winners in history

Three films share the position of biggest winners in Oscar history, all with 11 statuettes won. Are they: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Titanic (1997) and Ben-Hur (1959)

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