Arts and Entertainment Trivia

  • A male ballet dancer is referred to as a 'danseur noble.'
  • Leonardo da Vinci spent twelve years painting the Mona Lisa's lips.
  • Indians go out to the movies 3 billion times a year.
  • In the early days of motion pictures, movies were the people who worked on films.
  • In 1974, Lata Mangeshkar became the First Indian to have performed in the Royal Albert Hall, London.
  • Walt Disney got the idea for Mickey Mouse from watching mice play in a garage, where he was forced to work, because he could not afford to rent an art studio.
  • The traditional act of painting eggs is called Pysanka.
  • The Vatican's Swiss Guard still wears a uniform designed by Michelangelo in the early 16th century.
  • The only X-Rated film to win the Best Picture Oscar was 'Midnight Cowboy' in 1969.
  • The first TV broadcast of the Oscars took place in 1953, hosted by Bob Hope on NBC.
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