| `Midnight Cowboy` is the only X-rated film to win Best Picture. |
| Billy Crystal has hosted the Oscars second to most, 10 behind Mr. Hope. |
| An Oscar for Cinematography in 1935 for his work on `A Midsummer Night`s Dream` as a write-in. 1935 was the last year such votes were permitted. |
| Former actor Ronald Reagan was nominated as the Republican candidate for President at the 1979 Academy Awards. |
| The only Oscar to win an award was Oscar Hammerstein II (for `Best Song` in 1941, 1945). |
| The Best Picture prize to `Out of Africa` (1985) was presented by Billy Wilder, John Huston and Akira Kurosawa. |
| Katharine Hepburn has won the most acting Academy Awards in history, with 4. Walt Disney has the most overall with 24. |
| `Who are you wearing?` is a question only addressed to Oscar nominees or serial killers. |
| Walter Huston and his son John become the first father-and-son team to win Oscars as director of and an actor in `Treasure of Sierra Madre` in 1949. |
| The Oscar statuette was designed by MGM`s art director, Cedric Gibbons, in 1928. The design has remained unchanged, except for getting a higher pedestal in the 1940s. |