From Katharine Hepburn to Shirley Temple: A look back at Old Hollywood Oscars and little-known trivia
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The Academy Awards has seen some of Hollywood's greatest stars take home an Oscar statuette. In honor of Oscars 2023, read on for some little-known trivia and a glimpse of nostalgia.
Remembering Katharine Hepburn on her birthday, here in UNDERCURRENT ('46) pic.twitter.com/FmeAM77V8T Meet your third slate of presenters for the 95th Oscars.Tune into ABC to watch the Oscars LIVE on Sunday, March 12th at 8e/5p! #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/pn1RpeJbS1 Harold Russell joined the US Army after the attack on Pearl Harbor and while training paratroopers lost both hands in an accidental explosion. Russell went on to making training films when director William Wyler saw him and cast him for THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES ('46). pic.twitter.com/y9nAIbl3UI Audrey Hepburn after winning the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Princess Ann in 1953's "Roman Holiday." pic.twitter.com/3lPnlwQd9C Sydney Borchers is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital.
The first Oscars ceremony took place on May 16, 1929, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California," according to the Academy's official website, oscars.org. The distribution of the awards reportedly took 15 minutes.
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