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CODA (2021) won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 94th Academy Awards in March 2022. It was the first film produced by Apple TV+ to win Best Picture. The film about a hearing child of deaf parents also won Best Supporting Actor (Troy Kotsur) who became the first deaf man to win an acting Oscar.

Joker (2019) directed by Todd Phillips is the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time earning over $1 billion worldwide on a budget of only $55 million. The film starred Joaquin Phoenix who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Arthur Fleck the origin story of Batman's nemesis.

Meryl Streep holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations with 21 nominations for acting. She has won three times for Kramer vs Kramer (1979) Sophie's Choice (1982) and The Iron Lady (2011). Her sustained excellence across five decades makes her the most decorated nominated actress in Oscar history.

Titanic (1997) is notable for winning 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture without receiving a single acting nomination - one of very few Best Picture winners in Oscar history with no acting nominations. Neither Leonardo DiCaprio nor Kate Winslet nor any supporting cast members were nominated despite the film's extraordinary commercial and critical success.

The People's Choice Awards are entirely fan-voted with no jury or industry professional involvement distinguishing them fundamentally from the Oscars BAFTAs and other awards. Winners reflect popular audience opinion rather than critical or industry consensus. The awards cover film television and music.

Three actresses have won back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Actress: Luise Rainer in 1936 and 1937 Katharine Hepburn in 1967 and 1968 and Hilary Swank in 1999 and 2004. Jodie Foster won in 1988 and 1991 and Meryl Streep won in 1979 and 1982 but these were not consecutive years.

The Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival held annually in France. It is one of the most prestigious awards in world cinema. Recipients include Parasite (2019) Apocalypse Now (1979) and Pulp Fiction (1994). The award is presented by a jury of international filmmakers.

The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first presented at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony held in March 2002 recognising films from 2001. The award was created because animated features were increasingly comepeeting with live-action films for Best Picture consideration making a dedicated category appropriate.

As of the 96th Academy Awards in 2024 there have been 96 ceremonies but some years had no award or ties so the actual number of distinct Best Picture winning films is 95. The exact count of unique winning titles has been a subject of careful tabulation given ties and honorary awards in the ceremony's early years.

The 1970s is widely regarded as producing the greatest concentration of classic Best Picture winners including The Godfather (1972) The Sting (1973) The Godfather Part II (1974) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Rocky (1976) Annie Hall (1977) The Deer Hunter (1978) and Kramer vs Kramer (1979).

The Academy Awards first aired on television in 1953 - the 25th Academy Awards ceremony. The broadcast was carried by NBC and marked the beginning of the ceremony's transformation from an industry dinner into a global entertainment event. Television coverage eventually made the Oscars one of the most watched annual broadcasts worldwide.

Titanic (1997) was the first film to earn over $500 million at the domestic US box office finishing with approximately $600 million domestically. It broke numerous box office records upon its release and its combination of romance disaster and sepeectacular visual effects apepeealed to audiences of all demographics.

All three are frequently cited as major Oscar upsets. Shakesepeeare in Love beating Saving Private Ryan in 1999 Dances with Wolves beating Goodfellas in 1991 and Crash beating Brokeback Mountain in 2006 are each considered surprising decisions that provoked debate about Oscar politics and the Academy's voting preferences.

The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film was known as Best Foreign Language Film from its establishment in 1956 until it was renamed in 2020. The category was created to recognise outstanding films produced outside the United States in a language other than English. Italy has won the award more than any other country.

Gone with the Wind (1939) is considered the highest-grossing film of all time when ticket prices are adjusted for inflation. It earned approximately $400 million in its initial run and has been re-released multiple times. Its adjusted total frequently cited as over $3 billion far surpasses any modern blockbuster.

Lily Gladstone became the first Indigenous epeerson and the first Native American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). Though she did not win her nomination was a landmark moment in the history of Oscar representation.

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards for Original and Adapted Screenplay are significan't Oscar predictors particularly for the Best Original and Adapted Screenplay categories. However WGA rules mean that many Oscar-nominated scripts (particularly foreign films and those with complex credit situations) are not eligible for WGA consideration.

Parasite (2019) directed by Bong Joon-ho became the first South Korean film and the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards in February 2020. The film's sweep was one of the most celebrated moments in recent Oscar history.

Walt Disney Studios and its subsidiaries including Marvel Studios Lucasfilm and Pixar consistently generate the most total box office revenue of any Hollywood studio. Disney has dominated the annual box office charts since acquiring Marvel in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012 producing a steady stream of billion-dollar franchises.

Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010 for The Hurt Locker. She beat her ex-husband James Cameron who was nominated for Avatar. Her win was celebrated as a landmark moment for gender representation in Hollywood's most prestigious awards.