In 1928, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out its first awards. Four black actresses have won the best supporting actress award in the past nine years. (2) Best actor nominee Steve Carell transitioned from comic actor to dramatic actor in “Foxcatcher.” Which of these five comic actors was previously nominated for an Oscar: (A) Jim Carrey. (4) “The Grand Budapest Hotel” received nine nominations, but none of its large and colorful troupe of actors was recognized. When was the last time a film received that many nominations — or more — without a single acting nomination? (5) Long is the list of classic films that failed to win a nomination for best picture. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. (6) Roger Deakins, best cinematography nominee for “Unbroken,” has never won this award despite multiple nominations. (8) “How to Train Your Dragon 2” is the fifth sequel to be nominated for best animated feature. (9) Of the 10 nominations for best screenplay, how many include a writer who is also the film’s director? (10) Alexandre Desplat received two nominations this year for best musical score. There’s a precedent: composer John Williams received two simultaneous nominations on 10 occasions. 11) Best makeup didn’t become a competitive Oscar category until 1981 (and in 2012 was expanded to best makeup/hairstyling. Which makeup artist is the record holder, with seven Oscars? (12) The five nominated directors have only two previous directing nominations among them. When was the last time all five directors were first-time nominees? (13) Robert Duvall, 84, became the oldest supporting actor nominee ever with his nomination for “The Judge.” Which of these films did not garner him a nomination: (A) “To Kill a Mockingbird.” (15) In “The Imitation Game,” Mark Strong plays Maj. Gen. Stewart Menzies, the wartime intelligence official overseeing the decoding project. What film character, seen in more than 20 movies, did Menzies inspire? (16) Name the only two films that were nominated as best picture, and then had two sequels nominated for that award? (17) Supporting actress contender Laura Dern, her mother, Diane Ladd, and her father, Bruce Dern, are all previous Oscar nominees. (18) Several Hollywood dynasties have collected scads of Oscar nominations. (19) Angelina Jolie (“Unbroken”) and Ava Duvernay (“Selma”) were touted as possible nominees for direction. Which of these was previously nominated for direction? (A) Barbra Streisand. (20) Twelve actors from “The Grand Budapest Hotel” have been nominated for an Academy Award: F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton and Tom Wilkinson. Rory Kennedy, director of the documentary feature “Last Days in Vietnam,” is the niece of President John F. Kennedy and daughter of Robert F. Kennedy. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”; Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”; Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash”; Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman”; Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”; and Dan Gilroy, “Nightcrawler.” Edward Guthmann is a Bay Area freelance writer and former San Francisco Chronicle film critic. In 1928, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out its first awards. Four black actresses have won the best supporting actress award in the past nine years. Best actor nominee Steve Carell transitioned from comic actor to dramatic actor in “Foxcatcher.” Which of these five comic actors was previously nominated for an Oscar: (A) Jim Carrey. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” received nine nominations, but none of its large and colorful troupe of actors was recognized. When was the last time a film received that many nominations — or more — without a single acting nomination? Long is the list of classic films that failed to win a nomination for best picture. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Roger Deakins, best cinematography nominee for “Unbroken,” has never won this award despite multiple nominations. “How to Train Your Dragon 2” is the fifth sequel to be nominated for best animated feature. Of the 10 nominations for best screenplay, how many include a writer who is also the film’s director? Alexandre Desplat received two nominations this year for best musical score. There’s a precedent: composer John Williams received two simultaneous nominations on 10 occasions. Best makeup didn’t become a competitive Oscar category until 1981 (and in 2012 was expanded to best makeup/hairstyling). Which makeup artist is the record holder, with seven Oscars? Robert Duvall, 84, became the oldest supporting actor nominee ever with his nomination for “The Judge.” In “The Imitation Game,” Mark Strong plays Maj. Gen. Stewart Menzies, the wartime intelligence official overseeing the decoding project. What film character, seen in more than 20 movies, did Menzies inspire? Name the only two films that were nominated as best picture, and then had two sequels nominated for that award? Supporting actress contender Laura Dern, her mother, Diane Ladd, and her father, Bruce Dern, are all previous Oscar nominees. Twelve actors from “The Grand Budapest Hotel” have been nominated for an Academy Award: F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton and Tom Wilkinson.
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