What movies were nominated for Oscars in 2008?
What movies were nominated for Oscars in 2008?
The winners were announced during the award ceremony of February 24, 2008. Best Director winners Joel and Ethan Coen became the second pair of directors to win the award for the same film….Films with multiple nominations and awards.
| Nominations | Film |
|---|---|
| 8 | No Country for Old Men |
| There Will Be Blood | |
| 7 | Atonement |
| Michael Clayton |
Who was the first NBA player to win an Oscar?
O’Neal and Curry follow in the footsteps of Kobe Bryant, who became the first NBA player to win an Oscar in 2018 for Best Animated Short Film with “Dear Basketball.”
Who accepted Heath Ledger’s award?
Accepting the Oscar on Ledger’s behalf were his father Kim Ledger, his mother Sally Ledger Bell and his sister Kate Ledger.
Did Hurt Locker win Best Picture?
“The Hurt Locker” earned six Oscars at the 82nd annual Academy Awards Sunday night, taking home the biggest prize — best picture — as well as honors for its director, original screenplay, sound editing, sound mixing and film editing.
Has shaq won an Oscar?
Stephen Curry and Shaquille O’Neal can add another award to their respective trophy cases. On Sunday, Curry and O’Neal both won an Oscar as executive producers on the short subject documentary “The Queen of Basketball.”
How many NBA players have won Oscars?
Durant and Conley join the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant as the only NBA players to ever win an Academy Award. Bryant won the 2018 Oscar for best animated short film for his work “Dear Basketball,” which was an ode to the sport Bryant played professionally for over 20 years.
Who was nominated for Best Picture in 2009?
Best Picture
- Slumdog Millionaire. Christian Colson, Producer.
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
- Frost/Nixon. Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers.
- Milk. Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers.
- The Reader.
