Walt Disney was nominated for a total of 59 Oscars, in which he won 26 of them. What a record!
Tatum O’Neal won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1974. She was just 10 years old!
Jessica Tandy won Best Actress for her role as Daisy in Driving Miss Daisy, at the age of 81. She was the oldest woman to win this prestigious award.
Each award statue costs approximately $500 to produce and is made of copper, nickel, silver, and 24-karat gold.
The first female director award was given out in 2010 to Kathryn Bigelow for her ground breaking war thriller ‘The Hurt Locker'.
George C. Scott refused an Oscar and left everyone shocked.
Up until 1940, the names of the winners were given to the media way in advance. However, after a leak in 1940, that completely changed.