Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 February 24

= February 24 =

Miley Cyrus
When will Miley Cyrus release her second non-Hannah Montana album?
 * Wasn't this just asked the other day? Dismas |(talk) 10:48, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm asking this as a separate question now because there was no answer to this question. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.166.182 (talk) 06:28, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The reason you didn't get an answer is probably because nobody knows the answer. The album hasn't been recorded yet as far as I can tell (certainly not as of last December) and it normally takes several months to record, mix, prepare art and marketing, etc.  Release dates for albums aren't fixed years in advance: as well as depending on Cyrus taking time out from TV and movie work to record it (she seems pretty busy right now), release dates for recorded albums often change even at short notice based on marketing decisions: sale figures for her singles, what other albums might compete for the same audience, the availability of Cyrus for promotion, etc.  But I'm sure Miley Cyrus discography will be updated as soon as somebody does know. --Maltelauridsbrigge (talk) 13:28, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * We could give the common Disney "in-joke" answer: It will be released in four or five. Maybe six. --  k a i n a w &trade; 21:48, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Academy Awards
Does anyone know the following fact / statistic? Which individual film director has directed the most Academy Award-winning acting performances? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 06:37, 24 February 2009 (UTC))

Interesting question! After a bit of heavy munging of IMDB data, I find that the answer is William Wyler, with Elia Kazan second. Altogether there are 8 people who have directed 5 or more Oscar-winning acting performances:

--Anonymous, 09:50 UTC, February 24, 2009.
 * William Wyler (13 over 31 years)
 * Jezebel (1938) &mdash; Bette Davis, Fay Bainter
 * The Westerner (1940) &mdash; Walter Brennan
 * Mrs. Miniver (1942) &mdash; Greer Garson, Teresa Wright
 * The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) &mdash; Fredric March, Harold Russell
 * The Heiress (1949) &mdash; Olivia de Havilland
 * Roman Holiday (1953) &mdash; Audrey Hepburn
 * The Big Country (1958) &mdash; Burl Ives
 * Ben-Hur (1959) &mdash; Charlton Heston, Hugh Griffith
 * Funny Girl (1968) &mdash; Barbra Streisand
 * Elia Kazan (9 over 11 years)
 * A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) &mdash; James Dunn
 * Gentleman's Agreement (1947) &mdash; Celeste Holm
 * A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) &mdash; Karl Malden, Kim Hunter, Vivien Leigh
 * Viva Zapata! (1952) &mdash; Anthony Quinn
 * On the Waterfront (1954) &mdash; Eva Marie Saint, Marlon Brando
 * East of Eden (1955) &mdash; Jo Van Fleet
 * Woody Allen (6 over 32 years)
 * Annie Hall (1977) &mdash; Diane Keaton
 * Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) &mdash; Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine
 * Bullets Over Broadway (1994) &mdash; Dianne Wiest
 * Mighty Aphrodite (1995) &mdash; Mira Sorvino
 * Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) &mdash; Penélope Cruz
 * Fred Zinnemann (6 over 26 years)
 * High Noon (1952) &mdash; Gary Cooper
 * From Here to Eternity (1953) &mdash; Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra
 * A Man for All Seasons (1966) &mdash; Paul Scofield
 * Julia (1977) &mdash; Jason Robards, Vanessa Redgrave
 * Clint Eastwood (5 over 13 years)
 * Unforgiven (1992) &mdash; Gene Hackman
 * Mystic River (2003) &mdash; Sean Penn, Tim Robbins
 * Million Dollar Baby (2004) &mdash; Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman
 * John Ford (5 over 21 years)
 * The Informer (1935) &mdash; Victor McLaglen
 * Stagecoach (1939) &mdash; Thomas Mitchell
 * The Grapes of Wrath (1940) &mdash; Jane Darwell
 * How Green Was My Valley (1941) &mdash; Donald Crisp
 * Mister Roberts (1955) &mdash; Jack Lemmon
 * George Cukor (5 over 25 years)
 * The Philadelphia Story (1940) &mdash; James Stewart
 * Gaslight (1944) &mdash; Ingrid Bergman
 * A Double Life (1947) &mdash; Ronald Colman
 * Born Yesterday (1950) &mdash; Judy Holliday
 * My Fair Lady (1964) &mdash; Rex Harrison
 * Martin Scorsese (5 over 31 years)
 * Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) &mdash; Ellen Burstyn
 * Raging Bull (1980) &mdash; Robert De Niro
 * The Color of Money (1986) &mdash; Paul Newman
 * Goodfellas (1990) &mdash; Joe Pesci
 * The Aviator (2004) &mdash; Cate Blanchett
 * Nice work, Anon. Who then was a gentleman? (talk) 18:11, 24 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Wow! You did a ton of work on this!  Thanks, I really do appreciate the information ... and the research / work.  Thank you!   (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 05:53, 2 March 2009 (UTC))