And the winner is . . . .

Ok not me

However

With all the changes in my life - I did some research - and have at a loose count seen about 180 of the movies that have won either or both - Best picture / Best actor male / female and best supporting actor male / female!  Some heaps more to catch up on.

Watched last night Tootsie!! Priceless

 

Meanwhile - some interesting stats to ponder:

 

The Oscars were interesting - for  the absenteeism

 

No Oscar (actors - male or female) winners in any Movies from :

Star Wars / H Potter / James Bond / Bourne / Indiana Jones series /

No Oscars for Dean Martin / Sammy Davis Jr / Elvis P / - (though Frank Sinatra did win for his role in "From here to Eternity" - epic) / Arnold Schwarzenegger  (don't think he ever got nominated) / Bob Hope /  Clint Eastwood (never as an Actor but 4 from Directing etc) / Harrison Ford (nominated for male lead in "Witness" but no win!) / Rock Hudson / Doris Day (nominated for "Pillow Talk" only) / Tony Curtis / Cary Grant / John Wayne (one from True Grit) / Sean Connery (only one as best supporting male actor) / - there would be other  famous names!!!

Spencer Tracey and Tom Hanks the only 2 Actors to  EVER win Back to Back Oscars - in modern times! 

Apart from ---> There were the original first years back in the dark ages  of 1927 with Email Jannings (male) - 2 / Janet Gaynor (female) - 3 winning - from 12 Films made (1927/28), so not a lot of choice back then there.

Noticeable too is the fact they are running out of ideas with lately a lot of Biography films being made - Winston Churchill / Queen / Ford vs Ferrari / Bohemian Rhapsody etc etc

From the blockbuster movies . . . 

• Lord of the Rings (The return of the King) -- (nominated 11 - won 11 - no actors)

• Titanic (nominated 14 - won 11 - no actors)

• The last Emperor (nominated 9 - won 9 - - no actors) 
  

• Braveheart (nominated 10 - won 5 - no actors)

• Schindler's list (nominated 12 - won 7 -- no actors)

• Dances with Wolves (nominated 12 - won 7 -- no actors)

• Out of Africa (nominated 11 -  won 7  -- no actors) 

• Sound of Music (nominated 10 - won 5- no actors)

• Doctor Zhivago (nominated 10 - won 5- no actors)  

• The English Patient (nominated 12 - won 9  -- incl best female support actor only)

• Forrest Gump (nominated 13 - won 6 -- incl best actor only)

• Amadeus (nominated 11 - won 7 -- incl best male actor only)

• Unforgiven (nominated 9 - won 4 -- incl best male support actor only)

• A Passage to India (nominated 11 - won 2 -- incl best female support actor only)

• Terms of Endearment (nominated 11  -won 5 -- incl best female / best male support actor only)

• Gandhi (nominated 11 - won 8 -- incl best male actor only)

• Tootsie (nominated 10 - won 1 -- best female support actor only)

• My Fair Lady (nominated 12 - won 8 - best male actor only)

There are many others like this - big blockbusters - but no actors or only one . . . .

Moral of the story  - stay away from big blockbusters?!

Have fun!