Four interesting story about "Oscar award"
After actors and actresses win Oscars, televisionviewers typically look forward to their acceptancespeeches, and this year they will be delivered bysome of the more than 200 nominees who will attendthe 88th Academy Awards ceremony at the DolbyTheatre in Hollywood, California, Sunday. Discoversome fun facts about what performers have saidafter they were awarded the famous gold-platedstatuettes in the past.
1.The oldest person to give an acceptance speech. Christopher Plummer. At the age of 82,Plummer received the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in "Beginners" (2010). Hestarred in the film opposite Ewan McGregor.
2.The youngest person to give an acceptance speech. Tatum O'Neal. The actress took homethe Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role in "Paper Moon" (1973). She was just10 years old.
3.The shortest acceptance speech. Joe Pesci famously uttered five words when he won theBest Supporting Actor Oscar for "Goodfellas" (1990). But he's not the only celebrityenamored of brevity. Another of few words was Alfred Hitchcock when he was presented withthe Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1968. The same year, Patty Duke simply said, "Thankyou," when she won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for "The Miracle Worker."
4.Liza Minnelli has a special place among the winners. She is the first (and only) star who wonan Oscar after both her parents also took home Academy Awards. Minelli won a Best Actress for"Cabaret" (1972); her mother, Judy Garland, received an honorary award in 1939; and herfather, Vincente Minnelli, won as Best Director for "Gigi" (1958).