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50 Oscar Nights
50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins | Dave Karger
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An exclusive look behind the scenes of the Academy Awards as top stars and filmmakers discuss their Oscar wins and tell never-before-told tales of Hollywood's biggest night, in a collection of original interviews with Turner Classic Movies host and entertainment media journalist Dave Karger. For almost a century, movie fans have been riveted by the Academy Awards and the stars who have won Oscars. 50 Oscar Nights takes readers behind the scenes of Hollywoods most storied awards show through new and exclusive interviews with dozens of A-list actors, filmmakers, and craftspeople spanning sixty years of the Oscars. Here these artists reflect on their winning work and recount all the details of how they got ready, how they felt when they heard their name and got up on stage to accept their award, what they wore, how the entire experience impacted their life, and more. Some interviews bring to light fun stories like why Hilary Swank decided to celebrate her Academy Award at the Astro Burger in West Hollywood, or insight into the work as Elton John explains why he was convinced he won his Best Original Song award for the wrong tune. Other interviews illuminate why for some honorees, such as Julia Roberts, John Legend, and Octavia Spencer, the day remains a life highlight to be treasured, while for Marlee Matlin, Mira Sorvino, and Barry Jenkins, complex emotions cloud what most think would be a purely celebratory moment. Filled with more than 150 photos of red-carpet moments, emotional acceptances, and after-party play, 50 Oscar Nights is both a stunning record of cinema glamour and a must-read for any movie lover. Full list of interviewees: Nicole Kidman, Elton John, Jennifer Hudson, Steven Spielberg, Jane Fonda, Barry Jenkins, Halle Berry, J. K. Simmons, Julia Roberts, John Legend, Rita Moreno, Martin Scorsese, Marlee Matlin, Dustin Hoffman, Hannah Beachler, Cameron Crowe, Mira Sorvino, Kevin OConnell, Sally Field, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Eddie Redmayne, Lee Grant, Louis Gossett Jr., Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Jessica Yu, Michael Douglas, Catherine Martin, Francis Ford Coppola, Allison Janney, Mel Brooks, Emma Thompson, Peter Jackson, Marcia Gay Harden, Mark Bridges, Sofia Coppola, Joel Grey, Glen Hansard and Markta Irglov, Olivia Colman, Rob Epstein, Whoopi Goldberg, Alan Menken, Melissa Etheridge, Sissy Spacek, Keith Carradine, Estelle Parsons, Geoffrey Fletcher, Octavia Spencer, Aaron Sorkin, Meryl Streep
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I‘ve seen Toy Story 3, The Help, Les Miserables, Silver Linings Playbook, American Sniper, La La Land, Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody, A Star Is Born, Joker, West Side Story, Elvis, Barbie.

I want to watch The Social Network, The Wolf Of Wall Street, The Martian, The Revenant, Get Out, Little Women, Sound Of Metal, Top Gun: Maverick (but I want to watch Top Gun first), Wicked (I‘ve only seen the musical).

#threelistthursday

dabbe Lots of fab choices on both lists! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
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#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
Here's list #5 covering 2010-2024! LAST ONE! 🤩
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-award-nominations-list-5-2010-2024
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in seeing, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Suggestions for other lists? Comment below! 😍
Tagging some who've played before.

Amor4Libros Thanks for the tag! I got 37!! Faves: Conclave, Roma, Past Lives 😃 2w
Ruthiella Thanks for the tag. I‘ve only seen one of all those films! 🫢 2w
dabbe @Amor4Libros You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩😍🤩 2w
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dabbe @Ruthiella It's like movies fell off the face of the earth when the 2000s started for me as well! What was your one? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩😍🤩 2w
Bookwormjillk 12% I guess I‘m just not a movie person. Loved The Martian though. 2w
Librarybelle Just 17 for me—I‘m really not up to date with modern films. Loved Barbie! And, I really liked Moneyball! 2w
TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 🥰💛🏷 2w
BooksandCoffee4Me 23 for me. My son is a movie reviewer so those that I‘ve seen are ones that he, my other son, and my husband wanted to see. Roma was amazing, as was Tree of Life. 2w
BooksandCoffee4Me Tidbits: I won‘t see Gravity because I have a very real, irrational fear of dying in space after seeing Spacecowboys. And if interested in some unique movie reviews: https://boxd.it/5npPF (edited) 2w
shortsarahrose 41! - hard to pick favorites, but some include True Grit, Zero Dark Thirty, Phantom Thread, and Little Women. In an apparently unpopular opinion, I absolutely hated Tree of Life. 2w
TheLudicReader 🤣 16! 2w
AnnCrystal Thanks for the tag 🤩🎬💝. 2w
melissajayne 61

Faves: Theory of Everything, Jojo Rabbit, Barbie
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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick 21 films. Hugo ❤️ a fave. The bright colors, the story, Jude Law, and early film. Mad Max Fury Road - fun popcorn movie with a flame-throwing guitar! Call Me By Your Name - made me wistful for early 80's Italy. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - made me wistful for the golden age of film. Black Panther - damn good fun! The Holdovers - quiet but so good. The Banshees of Inisherin - love Colin Farrell! Dune - took a gummy & could taste the dry.

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Pogue Eight, I have seen eight. 2w
dabbe @Bookwormjillk You see movies when/if you want to see 'em! 😍 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
dabbe @Librarybelle Two I still need to see! And 🎯 re: modern films! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😍 2w
dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me Ooh, thanks for the link! Added it to my favorites! 🤗 2w
dabbe @shortsarahrose W🤩WZA! You da winna so far! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 😍 2w
dabbe @melissajayne Double W🤩WZA! Now you da winner! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Loved reading your reasons, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
dabbe @Pogue You're in good company. 👊🏻 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
Ruthiella The Decendents was the only one. I think I might have seen it on a plane. 2w
dabbe @Ruthiella Now added to my TBW! 😍 2w
julesG A whopping 17. Unless re-watching counts, then probably 200. 😜 2w
Sparklemn Only 28. Favorites are The Holdover, Past Lives and Little Women. Also Black Panther. A big Nope to Life of Pi. Can‘t remember why I didn‘t like it! 2w
Eggs 🩵💜💙 2w
dabbe @julesG You're in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
dabbe @Sparklemn You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
dabbe @Eggs 💙💚🩵 2w
Amiable 20 for me. 😬 I really liked “Lincoln,” “The Imitation Game,” “The Banshees of Inisheer” and “Jo-Jo Rabbit.” 2w
dabbe @Amiable You kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💙💚💙 2w
SaunteringVaguelyDownwards 25 for me! I like so many of these in different ways - we named our cat Watney after The Martian, and will always leave it on if it's on tv. Promising Young Women is probably the best one on this list that I never want to rewatch; it was powerful but brutal. 2w
dabbe @SaunteringVaguelyDownwards You also kicked my butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚🩵 2w
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#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
Here's list #4 covering 1987-2010! I think we'll all do a lot better on this one! 🤞🏻
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-award-nominations-list-4-1987-2010
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in seeing, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Tagging just a few who've played before. 🤩

Bklover 41! I was surprised at how many I haven‘t seen! Thanks for the tag @dabbe ❤️ 3w
AnnCrystal Thanks for the tag 😉🎬💝. 3w
TheLudicReader 52/100. Some good ones on that list! 3w
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Lesliereadsalot 85/100. Shawshank Redemption! Moonstruck! Cider House Rules! So many great films. 3w
dabbe @Bklover #yahooyou! Love your new pic, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
dabbe @Bklover #yahooyou! Love your new pic, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 😍 3w
dabbe Now I want to know your 3 faves! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵💙🩵 (edited) 3w
dabbe @Lesliereadsalot Wozwa!!! #yourock 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
Bklover I had to fool at the photo- forgot I changed it. That‘s me with my oldest daughter Meghan. 😊❤️ 3w
dabbe @Bklover #solovely 🩵💙🩵 3w
CBee 62/100 👏🏻 3w
shortsarahrose 34 (missed a lot from the late ‘90s) - favorites include There Will be Blood, Black Swan, A Serious Man, Fargo, Up, and Beauty and the Beast (the first film I ever saw in a theater!) 3w
Ruthiella Thanks for the tag. 😊 3w
Librarybelle I got 35/100! I‘m shocked. The movies I typically watch are not critically acclaimed. 😂 Favorites from the list include Fargo, Sense and Sensibility, and Field of Dreams. Oh, and The Shawshank Redemption! 3w
Blueberry 47/100. My favorites include Shawshank Redemption and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. 3w
Sparklemn 57/100. Thanks for the tag! Favorites include Atonement, Juno, and Lost in translation. Kiera Knightly‘s green dress in Atonement is everything! 💚💚💚 (edited) 3w
julesG 56/100, really liked Up, Juno, Beauty & the Beast, The Full Monty,... 3w
thebacklistbook 38/100 much higher than the previous weeks 3w
Amiable Only 35. I‘m just not a big movie person. 🤷🏻‍♀️ “Field of Dreams” is one of my all-time favorites, though. And “Mystic River” was the best adaptation from a book that I‘ve ever seen. 3w
Chrissyreadit 34. I do not watch a lot of… and when i do it‘s often on repeat. 3w
melissajayne 65/100 went to a lot of movies during this period. So many really good movies and ones I like. The Reader, Erin Brockovich, Michael Clayton, Beauty and the Beast, Saving Private Ryan, Capote, Brokeback, etc. 3w
Amor4Libros 53! Faves: Shawshank Redemption, Erin Brockovitch and Jerry Maguire 😊 3w
dabbe @CBee A wowza score! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
dabbe @shortsarahrose Okay, I'm WAY older than you! 🤣 I stopped seeing movies in the 2000s! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
dabbe @Ruthiella YW! 🤗 3w
dabbe @Librarybelle Love your choices! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
dabbe @Blueberry I loved TLOTR movies so much, I had to read the books after! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
dabbe @Sparklemn That dress is a stunner! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💚💚 3w
dabbe @julesG Fab choices! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
dabbe @thebacklistbook #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
dabbe @Amiable You're a big book person! 🤩 I adore FIELD, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
dabbe @Chrissyreadit But you read a lot! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
dabbe @melissajayne The 90s sure had some good ones, didn't they? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
dabbe @Amor4Libros Love your choices! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag!🩵🩷🩵 3w
dabbe @Deblovestoread YW! 🩵💙🩵 3w
tpixie 56% there are many I would like to see include The Hours, The Reader, Benjamin Button— some I can‘t believe I didn‘t see! 3w
dabbe @tpixie IKR? I've added quite a few to my TBW! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
Pogue This is my worst one yet. Many of these I have never heard of. 3w
dabbe @Pogue I know the last one will be mine. 🤣 I pretty much stopped going to the movies after 2010. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙🩵💙 3w
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I clicked the link feeling confident, and I've only watched 23 of these (that I remember). Beauty & the Beast, As Good As It Gets, and Lord of the Rings are my favorites of the bunch, but I remember thinking that Born on the Fourth of July and Saving Private Ryan were both very good. The first 10 minutes of Up made my ugly cry in the bathroom for 20 minutes before I could continue, so there's that.... 3w
dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick #ditto on the ugly cry intro to UP! 😭 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵💙🩵 3w
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It‘s been a hot minute since I‘ve joined in #ThreeListThursday #TLT but since I loves me some movies, I had to join in. Thanks to my Dad, I did well with 88/96!

My top 3 from this list:

1️⃣ The Greatest Show On Earth: great memories watching this with my dad SO MANY TIMES! 🎪

2️⃣ The Silence of the Lambs: just rewatched it a month or so ago. Still just as 😱

3️⃣ The Sound of Music: a favorite of my mom, how can you not sing along?🎶

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DebinHawaii … And I had to pick a 4th favorite. CODA I first watched it a couple years ago & LOVED it. I 😭In a good way! 2mo
dabbe Holy guacamole, Batman! You da winner! 🤩 Love your choices, and what a wonderful thing for you and your father to share. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 2mo
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