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In Oscar history, many fine actresses were never given Academy Awards for best actress. A few were eventually given other awards for their contributions to film.

Shah Rukh Khan wins best actor; Chak De named Best Picture but Aishwarya Rai and Bachchan family shut out

Throughout Oscar history, many good actors never received an Award for a deserving performance, although a few were given Honorary Awards for their overall contributions.

The 2009 Oscar winners include "Slumdog Millionaire" for best picture, Kate Winslet for best actress, Sean Penn for best actor and Danny Boyle for best director.

When I Win The Academy Award... It seems unlikely, but if film history has taught us anything, it's that the gates of AMPAS can be stormed.

The envelope please ... here is a compilation of Oscar trivia that film fans can use in blogs, websites or in games for Oscar parties.

2009 and Slumdog Millionaire represented a turning point for Indian artistes at the Oscars. Only two Indians had been honoured in the past with Oscar awards.

A gay politician, a man who ages backwards and a slumdog are all subjects of some of the 2009 Oscar nominees for best picture. Who deserves the statuette on Feb. 22?

The 1950s and 1960s saw several records for film directing set. It was also a period when several directing veterans affirmed their place in movie history.

The American Film Institute named City Lights, a Charlie Chaplin top pick in "The Top Ten Romantic Comedies of All Time. Romance leads ro comedic situations in movies.

In two decades, the last filled with political and social unrest, movies went from dramas and romances to epics and musicals. The Academy Awards reflected these changes.

Several fine actors in Oscar history never received an Oscar for acting, although many were eventually given Academy Honorary Awards for their overall contributions.

The American Film Institute has chosen The Godfather as the number one gangster film of all time. AFI has ranked the top ten, with movies about crime from 1931 to 1994.

The Silence of the Lambs is an unlikely success. An Academy Award winning thriller that is equal parts horror film. Iconic, bleak and perfectly pitched - it's a classic.

If you like intelligent film making, well written, well directed with great acting, no gratuitous violence, sex, or special effects, then no doubt you'll enjoy "Doubt".

Several fine actresses in Oscar history never won Academy Awards as best actress. Some were given Academy Honorary Awards during their careers.

The American Film Institute has designated the Top Ten Mystery Films of All Time. The Alfred Hitchcock mystery thriller, Vertigo, takes the top spot.

This just may be the year actress Kate Winslet takes home an Oscar.

Impressive acting turns from Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart help to support this film's dark and eerie storylines.

Throughout Oscar history, many good directors have never received an Academy Award for their directions. A few received other awards.

In the past decade, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has rewarded an increasing number of actors for playing LGBT characters, and several have won Oscars.

Scarlett Johanssen and Penelope Cruz star in Woody Allen's latest award-winning effort.

Terrible looks from the Academy Awards of 2009 that will go down in history into the Fashion Hall of Horror

Hollywood's biggest night delivered an upset as Marion Cotillard took Best Actress and the expected, Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor. No Country for Old Men a big winner

Although these best films from the late 1980s did not leave as rich a legacy as other decades, the Academy did select some good, if not great, movies.

The 1950s and 1960s Oscar winning actors were a mixture of old and new faces including the first African-American actor to receive an Oscar.

Gaslight is a suspense thriller 1944 about a man who wants to drive his wife insane, starring Charles Boyer as a cruel husband and Ingrid Bergman as the tormented wife.

These Oscar winning best pictures from 1970 to 1974 included a war movie, a buddy-cops film, one featuring an elaborate scam, and the two best gangster movies ever made.

An African-American actress nominated for her role in a musical and a man who was nominated twice as best actor after he had died were among the unusual Oscar highlights.

Several fine directors in Academy Award history never received directing Oscars for their works. Here are a few of them. Some did receive other honors.

Cars wins Best Animated Film at the Annie Awards while Flushed Away took most of the loot. Cars composer Randy Newman also took Best Song for Motion Picture . . .

In ITV's screen adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Dr Who star, Billie Piper takes the lead, as impoverished heroine Fanny Price.

A 1947 expedition from Peru to Polynesia changed all of what we once believed about world exploration.

What happens when Ben Stiller takes a job as a night guard at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City? Go see it...it is worth your time.

Peter Ellenshaw did matte paintings for classic films like Bedknobs & Broomsticks, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Spartacus.

Nick Park, Peter Lord and Dave Sproxton, creators of animated duo Wallace and Gromit, will be honoured in their home city of Bristol.

Award-winning actresses from all over the world and talented American newcomers are set to battle it out from January for the 2010 Best Actress Oscar.

Richard Donner's storming horror thriller about the anti-christ's successful first step toward world domination, is a shocking exploration of good versus evil.

David Hamilton explores what makes this memorable film especially moving and poignant, and how it sometimes can take a film to give us a better look at our own lives.

Bob Fosse's unique style and provocative dances have inspired artists for over 50 years. The mere mention of Fosse brings to mind bowler hats and white gloves.

Best known for his portrayal of Moses in Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 epic, The Ten Commandments, as well as his title role in 1959's Ben-Hur, Heston was a cinematic legend.

Elvis Costello will host in-depth discussions and performances with eclectic mix of music personalities

Although emotionally fragile and eccentric, the sweet-natured actress delighted audiences as Madame Arcati and Miss Marple through her heyday of the 1960s.

Walt Disney's 1946 movie Song of the South may get released onto DVD. The movie was heavily criticized for its portrayal of blacks.

The Venice Film Festival will honour John Lasseter and the entire staff of Disney/Pixar with a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

The third poster for Aardman Studios/DreamWorks Animation's movie Flushed Away adds two new characters to the same concept.

George Miller will direct a sequel to his Oscar-winning animated film, Happy Feet, in a studio in Sydney, Australia. The movie will take 3 years to make.

It's conservative pundits' worst nightmare: Happy Feet hangs onto the top spot for the 3rd week.

Despite a spotty career, Jack Palance leaves as the holder of a unique distinction

Oliver Stone compiles a remarkable case against the accepted version of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and lends credence to the grassy knoll theory.