On February 26, the 89th Oscar Awards ceremony will take place. While the nominees are preparing for one of the main episodes in their lives, we share with you the most interesting details about the upcoming event.
14 nominations for the most prestigious award at the musical La La Land. Earlier so high results were achieved only by two films: "Titanic" and "Everything about Eve".
9 films are nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Film of 2016". Among them: 5 drams, 1 fantastic thriller, 1 western, 1 musical and 1 military historical film.
15 thousand dollars - this is the amount of the fee of the leading ceremony - comedian Jimmy Kimmel. According to him, this is very, very little, because Chris Rock, who was leading last year, received 232 thousand dollars. When Jimmy was asked why he would be paid such a ridiculous amount, he replied:
"Because it's illegal to pay nothing"
32 years old was the director of the movie "La-La-Land" Damien Shazell. If he gets the coveted statuette, he will become the youngest Oscar-winning filmmaker in history!
For a whole 10 years, the brilliant Mel Gibson was banished from the Hollywood get-together for bad behavior and did not make films. But now he is finally forgiven. His triumphant return was marked by a very worthy work "For reasons of conscience", which will fight for the title of the best film.
The 20th time is nominated for Oscar Meryl Streep, which is an absolute record! If this year the star is recognized as the best actress, her collection of gold figurines will increase to four, and Strip, along with Katharine Hepburn, will go down in history as an actress who received a record number of Oscars.
87 million dollars - this is the budget of the movie "Arrival". Thriller became the most expensive of the nominees for the title of the best film.
150 million dollars - these are the budgets of the animated films "Zveropolis" and "Moana"
7 black actors are nominated for an Oscar this year. This has not been 10 years! However, human rights activists were again unhappy, they believe that in addition to blacks, representatives of other national minorities had to fight for the Oscar.
Actor Denzel Washington
Meanwhile, 35% of all nominees belong to ethnic minorities. And this is a real breakthrough, because 2 years in a row the Oscar was "SoWhite" (only for whites).
actress Ruth Negga
3 paintings claiming to be the best movie of the year, talk about racial issues. These are "Fences", "Moonlight" and "Hidden figures".
frame from the movie "Hidden figures"
The youngest actress applying for an Oscar this year will be Emma Stone (she is 28 years old) , and the oldest is Meryl Streep (67 years old).
As for the "boys", the youngest of the contenders is Lucas Hedges (20 years old) , who played the supporting role in the film "Manchester by the Sea", and the oldest is Jeff Bridges ( 67 years old).
The second time, Natalie Portman will attend the ceremony of a pregnant woman (unless, of course, she gives birth until February 26). His first "Oscar" for her role in the movie "Black Swan", she received when she was expecting the first-born.
7 hours 47 minutes - this is the length of the film "O Jay: Made in America", which claims to be the best documentary film. This is the longest film ever to be nominated for an Oscar.
One single non-American pretends to be an Oscar this year. This is the Frenchwoman Isabelle Huppert, who played the main character in the film "She". If Yupper receives a statuette, he will become the third actress in the world to receive an Oscar for his role in the film in a foreign (not English) language. Previously, such an honor was awarded only to Sophia Loren and Marion Cotillard.