`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.