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The 66th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1993 and took place on March 21, 1994, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Jeff Margolis. Actress Whoopi Goldberg (pictured) hosted the show for the first time. She was the first woman and first African American to host the telecast solo. Schindler's List won seven awards including Best Picture, the first black and white film since 1960's The Apartment to win that award, and Best Director for Steven Spielberg. Other winners were Jurassic Park and The Piano with three awards each, and Philadelphia with two awards. The telecast garnered more than 46 million viewers in the United States.

 

The Academy Award for Best Actor is presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. Currently, nominees are determined by single transferable vote within the actors branch of AMPAS; winners are selected by a plurality vote from the entire body of eligible voting members of the Academy. In the first three years of the awards, actors were nominated as the best in their categories. The system was later replaced by one in which an actor is nominated for a specific performance in a single film. Since its inception, the award has been given to 78 actors. Daniel Day-Lewis (pictured) has received the most awards in this category with three Oscars. Spencer Tracy and Laurence Olivier were nominated on nine occasions, more than any other actor.

 

The 2011 film The Artist received awards and nominations in a variety of categories. Premiering at the 64th Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2011, The Artist is a French romantic comedy–drama film directed by Michel Hazanavicius and filmed in the style of a black and white silent film. It stars Jean Dujardin (pictured) as George Valentin, a silent film star whose career suffers from the rise of the talkies. At the 84th Academy Awards, the film received ten nominations. It went on to win five awards including Best Picture, Best Directing for Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Dujardin. The Artist became only the second silent film in Oscar history to win Best Picture after Wings, the inaugural Best Picture winner. The film earned six nominations at the 69th Golden Globes, winning three awards including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Dujardin. At the 65th British Academy Film Awards, the film received twelve nominations, and won seven awards including Best Film.

 

The 68th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1995 and took place on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Quincy Jones and directed by Jeff Margolis. Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the second time, having previously presided over the 66th ceremony in 1994. Braveheart won five awards including Best Picture, the ninth film to do so without any acting nominations, and Best Director for Mel Gibson (pictured). Other winners included Apollo 13, Pocahontas, Restoration, and The Usual Suspects with two awards each. The telecast garnered almost 45 million viewers in the United States.

 

The 59th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 30, 1987, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories honoring films released in 1986. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. and directed by Marty Pasetta. Actors Chevy Chase, Paul Hogan, and Goldie Hawn co-hosted the show. Hawn hosted the gala for the second time, having previously been a co-host of the 48th ceremony held in 1976. Meanwhile, this was Chase and Hogan's first Oscars hosting stint. Platoon won four awards including Best Picture. Other winners included Hannah and Her Sisters and A Room with a View with three awards, and Aliens with two awards.


 * FL in the Works
 * 50th Academy Awards
 * 1996 Summer Olympics medal table


 * FL in near future
 * 55th Academy Awards
 * 96th Academy Awards
 * List of accolades received by Oppenheimer (film)


 * FL wish list
 * 57th Academy Awards
 * 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards
 * 64th Primetime Emmy Awards
 * List of accolades received by American Beauty
 * List of accolades received by Joker (2019 film)
 * List of accolades received by Parasite


 * FA wish list
 * 2002 World Series
 * 2009 NBA Finals
 * 2010 NBA Finals
 * 2020 NBA Finals
 * 2020 World Series
 * Super Bowl XLII
 * Super Bowl XLVI
 * Super Bowl LVI