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* By the time 2008 rolled around, KateWinslet had been nominated six times and had yet to win an Oscar. What makes people believe that this occurred is that she won Best Actress for ''TheReader,'' even though she won the Golden Globe for Best ''Supporting'' Actress for the same role (Interestingly, she also won Best Lead Actress at the Golden Globes that year, but for ''Revolutionary Road.'')
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* By the time 2008 rolled around, KateWinslet had been nominated six times and had yet to win an Oscar. What makes people believe that this occurred is that she won Best Actress for ''TheReader,'' ''Literature/TheReader,'' even though she won the Golden Globe for Best ''Supporting'' Actress for the same role (Interestingly, she also won Best Lead Actress at the Golden Globes that year, but for ''Revolutionary Road.'')
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** And ditto for the ''{{Nirvana}}'' MTV Unplugged Concert winning a Grammy. The fact that KurtCobain [[DeadArtistsAreBetter had killed himself earlier that year]] probably inspired the decision.
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* On the subject of Golden Age stars, while HumphreyBogart (Bacall's husband) gave his usual quality performance in ''TheAfricanQueen'' opposite fellow screen legend KatharineHepburn, it is pretty much universally agreed that his Oscar for that film was ''actually'' for his work in ''TheMalteseFalcon'', for which he was nominated and lost ten years before.
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* On the subject of Golden Age stars, while HumphreyBogart (Bacall's husband) gave his usual quality performance in ''TheAfricanQueen'' opposite fellow screen legend KatharineHepburn, it is pretty much universally agreed that his Oscar for that film was ''actually'' for his work in ''TheMalteseFalcon'', ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'', for which he was nominated and lost ten years before.
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* {{Metallica}} won a Consolation Grammy after losing Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance to (shockingly) JethroTull the year before. The Grammys finally realized how much Metallica had contributed to heavy metal and decided to give the award for ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Metallica]]''.
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* {{Metallica}} Music/{{Metallica}} won a Consolation Grammy after losing Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance to (shockingly) JethroTull the year before. The Grammys finally realized how much Metallica had contributed to heavy metal and decided to give the award for ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Metallica]]''.
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* Denzel Washington's work in ''TrainingDay'', after losing for ''The Hurricane''. YourMilageMayVary on this one though.
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* Although JamesStewart gave a solid performance in ''ThePhiladelphiaStory'', it's commonly accepted that the Best Actor Oscar we won was really for his career-defining work in ''MrSmithGoesToWashington'' the year before.
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** Another notable example of a "Thank You" rein is when long time {{Jobber}}, [[TheBrooklynRage The Brooklyn Brawler]] beat (by way of a fluke) WWE golden boy Triple H for the Intercontinental championship. The Brawler is one of those guys that makes anyone look great but until that week he'd never even been a title contender.
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** Another notable example of a "Thank You" rein is when long time {{Jobber}}, [[TheBrooklynRage [[BrooklynRage The Brooklyn Brawler]] beat (by way of a fluke) WWE golden boy Triple H for the Intercontinental championship. The Brawler is one of those guys that makes anyone look great but until that week he'd never even been a title contender.
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** Another notable example of a "Thank You" rein is when long time {{Jobber}}, [[TheBrooklynRage The Brooklyn Brawler]] beat (by way of a fluke) WWE golden boy Triple H for the Intercontinental championship. The Brawler is one of those guys that makes anyone look great but until that week he'd never even been a title contender.
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* Then again, Crest Of A Knave winning that award was probably a consolation for overlooking some of Jethro Tull's earlier albums, which are pretty damn amazing. (Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, Heavy Horses, to name a few.)
** And ditto for the ''Nirvana'' MTV Unplugged Concert winning a Grammy. The fact that ''Kurt Cobain'' had killed himself earlier that year probably inspired the decision.
** And ditto for the ''Nirvana'' MTV Unplugged Concert winning a Grammy. The fact that ''Kurt Cobain'' had killed himself earlier that year probably inspired the decision.
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* Then again, Crest ''Crest Of A Knave Knave'' winning that award was probably a consolation for overlooking some of Jethro Tull's earlier albums, which are pretty damn amazing. (Aqualung, (''Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, Heavy Horses, Horses'', to name a few.)
** And ditto for the''Nirvana'' ''{{Nirvana}}'' MTV Unplugged Concert winning a Grammy. The fact that ''Kurt Cobain'' KurtCobain [[DeadArtistsAreBetter had killed himself earlier that year year]] probably inspired the decision.
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Jethro Tull is a great Prog / Pre-Alternative Rock Band that doesn\'t get enough credit, and is generally hated for something that isn\'t their fault.
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** And ditto for the ''Nirvana'' MTV Unplugged Concert winning a Grammy. The fact that ''Kurt Cobain'' had killed himself earlier that year probably inspired the decision.
** And ditto for the ''Nirvana'' MTV Unplugged Concert winning a Grammy. The fact that ''Kurt Cobain'' had killed himself earlier that year probably inspired the decision.
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* John Wayne's Best Actor win in 1969 for ''TrueGrit'' is seen as a consolation for him not winning the award for his work in films like ''The Quiet Man'', ''TheSearchers'' or ''The Sands of Iwo Jima''.
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* Russell Crowe winning for ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' could also be seen as a make-up for his defeat for ''The Insider''.
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* Russell Crowe winning for ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' could also be seen as a make-up for his defeat for ''The Insider''. (and he was a victim of this the following year, as his lauded performance in ''ABeautifulMind'' lost to ''TrainingDay'')
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** It has been stated in some quarters that the Academy decided to treat the trilogy as a single movie released in three episodes, hence the wait for the final episode, as it were. Besides if you had all three films clean up then you've got three years where [[{{Twilight}} nobody else stands a chance of]] picking up anything but scraps like Oscar for Best Clapping And Loading.
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** It has been stated in some quarters that the Academy decided to treat the trilogy as a single movie released in three episodes, hence the wait for the final episode, as it were. Besides if you had all three films clean up then you've got three years where [[{{Twilight}} nobody else stands a chance of]] of picking up anything but scraps like Oscar for Best Clapping And Loading.
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* ElizabethTaylor's 1960 Oscar for ''[=BUtterfield 8=]'', a film that's pretty much forgotten, and she didn't even want to do. She was nominated in 1957 for ''Raintree County'', in 1958 for ''{{Cat on a Hot Tin Roof}}'' and in 1959 for ''Suddenly, Last Summer'', of which the latter two are considered classics. It's widely thought that she won by a vote of sympathy, because of her recent near-fatal illness.
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* ElizabethTaylor's 1960 Oscar for ''[=BUtterfield 8=]'', a film that's pretty much forgotten, and she didn't even want to do. She was nominated in 1957 for ''Raintree County'', in 1958 for ''{{Cat on a Hot Tin Roof}}'' and in 1959 for ''Suddenly, ''[[SuddenlyLastSummer Suddenly, Last Summer'', Summer]]'', of which the latter two are considered classics. It's widely thought that she won by a vote of sympathy, because of her recent near-fatal illness.
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'''Renton''': What about TheUntouchables?\\
'''Renton''': What about TheUntouchables?\\
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'''Renton''': What aboutTheUntouchables?\\''TheUntouchables''?\\
'''Renton''': What about
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* Whilst HumphreyBogart gave his usual quality performance in ''TheAfricanQueen'' opposite fellow screen legend KatharineHepburn, it is pretty much universally agreed that his Oscar for that film was ''actually'' for his work in ''TheMalteseFalcon'', for which he was nominated and lost ten years before.
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* Whilst On the subject of Golden Age stars, while HumphreyBogart (Bacall's husband) gave his usual quality performance in ''TheAfricanQueen'' opposite fellow screen legend KatharineHepburn, it is pretty much universally agreed that his Oscar for that film was ''actually'' for his work in ''TheMalteseFalcon'', for which he was nominated and lost ten years before.
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* AlPacino got Best Actor in 1992 for ''Scent of a Woman'', despite him ''deserving'' the award back in 1972 for ''TheGodfather'', or in 1974 for ''The Godfather Part II''. This in turn displaced DenzelWashington for ''Malcolm X'' (he later got his own consolation award-see below).
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* AlPacino got Best Actor in 1992 for ''Scent ''{{Scent of a Woman'', Woman}}'', despite him ''deserving'' the award back in 1972 for ''TheGodfather'', or in 1974 for ''The Godfather Part II''. This in turn displaced DenzelWashington for ''Malcolm X'' (he later got his own consolation award-see below).
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* Henry Fonda's one and only Best Actor oscar for ''On Golden Pond,'' the last movie he ever made.
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* James Baskett, the lead actor of ''SongOfTheSouth'', was given an "Honorary Oscar" at that year's Academy Award because at the time, an African American wasn't going to be nominated for a lead role.
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* John Wayne's Best Actor win in 1969 for ''TrueGrit'' is seen as a consolation for him not winning the award for his work in films like ''The Quiet Man'' or ''The Sands of Iwo Jima''.
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* Aversion: In 1996, it was thought of as certain that legendary Golden Age of Hollywood star Lauren Bacall, who had never been ''nominated'' for an Oscar before, would win the Best Supporting Actress award for the poorly-reviewed Barbra Streisand vehicle ''The Mirror Has Two Faces''. When she '''didn't''' win, instead losing to Juliette Binoche for ''TheEnglishPatient'' (which swept that year's awards), it was a huge shock. (Bacall would receive an honorary Oscar in 2009.)
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* Aversion: In 1996, it was thought of as certain that legendary Golden Age of Hollywood star Lauren Bacall, LaurenBacall, who had never been ''nominated'' for an Oscar before, would win the Best Supporting Actress award for the poorly-reviewed Barbra Streisand vehicle ''The Mirror Has Two Faces''. When she '''didn't''' win, instead losing to Juliette Binoche for ''TheEnglishPatient'' (which swept that year's awards), it was a huge shock. (Bacall would receive an honorary Oscar in 2009.)
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* AlPacino got Best Actor in 1992 for ''Scent of a Woman'', despite him ''deserving'' the award back in 1972 for ''TheGodfather'', or in 1974 for ''The Godfather Part II''. This in turn displaced Denzel Washington for ''Malcolm X'' (he later got his own consolation award-see below).
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* Al Pacino got Best Actor in 1992 for ''Scent of a Woman'', despite him ''deserving'' the award back in 1972 for ''TheGodfather'', or in 1974 for ''The Godfather Part II''. This in turn displaced Denzel Washington for ''Malcolm X'' (he later got his own consolation award-see below).
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* Al Pacino AlPacino got Best Actor in 1992 for ''Scent of a Woman'', despite him ''deserving'' the award back in 1972 for ''TheGodfather'', or in 1974 for ''The Godfather Part II''. This in turn displaced Denzel Washington for ''Malcolm X'' (he later got his own consolation award-see below).
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* Possibly the most famous (or infamous) is that AlfredHitchcock never won an Oscar as a director (though ''{{Rebecca}}'' won Best Picture). The Academy gave him a life achievement award, which he deserved anyway, but mostly as an apology for never giving him an award for ''{{Vertigo}}'', ''{{Psycho}}'', ''NorthByNorthwest'', ''TheBirds'', ''{{Rope}}'', ''[[StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder Strangers on a Train]]'', ''TheManWhoKnewTooMuch'', ''To Catch A Thief'', ''DialMForMurder'', ''RearWindow'', ''Marnie''...
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* Possibly the most famous (or infamous) is that AlfredHitchcock never won an Oscar as a director (though ''{{Rebecca}}'' won Best Picture). The Academy gave him a life achievement award, which he deserved anyway, but mostly as an apology for never giving him an award for ''{{Vertigo}}'', ''{{Psycho}}'', ''NorthByNorthwest'', ''TheBirds'', ''{{Rope}}'', ''[[StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder Strangers on a Train]]'', ''TheManWhoKnewTooMuch'', ''To ''{{To Catch A Thief'', a Thief}}'', ''DialMForMurder'', ''RearWindow'', ''Marnie''...
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** It has been stated in some quarters that the Academy decided to treat the trilogy as a single movie released in three episodes, hence the wait for the final episode, as it were. Besides if you had all three films clean up then you've got three years where [[{{Twilight}} nobody else stands a chance of]] [[MTVMovieAwards picking up anything]] but scraps like Oscar for Best Clapping And Loading.
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* By the time 2008 rolled around, KateWinslet had been nominated six times and had yet to win an Oscar. What makes people believe that this occurred is that she won Best Actress for ''TheReader,'' even though she won the Golden Globe for Best ''Supporting'' Actress for the same role (Interestingly, she also won Best Lead Actress at the Golden Globes that year, but for ''Revolutionary Road.'')
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* Peter O'Toole has been nominated eight times for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, making him the most-nominated actor never to win the award. In 2003, he instead received an Academy Honorary Award for his entire body of work and his lifelong contribution to film. Thanks a lot. Not.
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* Despite being one of the most beloved cartoon characters ever, a Character/BugsBunny cartoon never won the Oscar until 1958's ''Knighty Knight Bugs''. A fine cartoon, but hardly Bugs' finest moment, especially compared to the previous year's ''What's Opera, Doc'', which wasn't even ''submitted'' for nomination. (In fact, Bugs wasn't even a nominee for the previous ''sixteen'' years.)
** Random additional factoid: NONE of Daffy Duck's cartoons have ever been NOMINATED!
** Random additional factoid: NONE of Daffy Duck's cartoons have ever been NOMINATED!
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** Random additional factoid: NONE ofDaffy Duck's DaffyDuck's cartoons have ever been NOMINATED!
** Random additional factoid: NONE of