Felicity Huffman‘s husband William H Macy asked jewelry designer pal Feleena to create a one-of-a-kind sapphire necklace for his wife to wear to the Oscars last night–telling her the gems match his wife’s eyes.
Oscar winner Jamie Foxx and 2006 nominee Terrence Howard joined forces to host a top secret post-Academy Awards party last night, but the big bash was the one Prince held at his Hollywood home.
At 71, Dame Judi Dench became the oldest Best Actress nominee since Jessica Tandy won for Driving Miss Daisy in 1990, aged 80. Dench was nominated for her role in Mrs Henderson Presents.
George Clooney became the first person to be nominated for acting and directing Oscars, for different movies. He picked up nods for Best Supporting Actor for Syriana and Best Director for Good Night, And Good Luck.
George Clooney is only the the fifth star to be nominated for acting, directing and writing awards in the same year. The other four are Orson Welles (1942), Woody Allen (1978), Warren Beatty (1979 and 1982) and Roberto Benigni (1999).
2006 was the year of the Oscar newcomers–14 of the 20 acting nominees have never been nominated before, the highest number for nine years.
Low budget films dominated this year’s Academy Awards. Only one of the Best Picture nominees, Munich, had a budget over $15 million. The Steven Spielberg film cost a reported $75 million to make.
Having a dress worn by an Oscar winner is worth $25.5 million of free advertising for designers, according to estimates by the Valentino fashion house.
Advertisements for movies are banned during the Academy Award telecast to prevent the appearance of a conflict of interest that might arise if one studio swept the Oscars and also advertised several films during the broadcast.
Charlize Theron was already a big winner at the Oscars before she set a foot on the red carpet–jewelers PearlParadise (corr) created a one-of-a-kind Tahitian pearl necklace for the nominated actress to wear to the Academy Awards.
Oscar nominee Felicity Huffman and Crash star Sandra Bullock‘s Stuart Weitzman shoes were flown first class from Spain so the actresses would be sure to get them in time for last night’s Academy Awards.
The first Academy Awards in 1929 lasted just 15 minutes. The longest ceremony ran for four hours and 18 minutes, in 2002.
Sterling Vineyards produced 600 cases of chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon exclusively for the post-Oscars Governors Ball.
Elton John went high-class Mexican for the menu at his post Oscars party last night–treats for his guests included Maine lobster, goat cheese and caviar quesadillas.
Oscars presenter Naomi Watts was among the celebrities who gave up the chance to ride to the Academy Awards in a limousine in favor of saving the environment with a hybrid Lexus.
Keira Knightley went red for the Oscars–the Academy Awards nominee stunned fans with a strawberry blonde look at the ceremony. She dyed her hair for the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels.
George Clooney took a special lucky charm to the Oscars last night–his uncle George’s cufflinks. They worked for him–Clooney won the night’s Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Syriana.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit directors Nick Park and Steve Box celebrated their Best Animated Feature Oscar win last night by giving their statuettes colorful bow-ties to match their own over-sized accessories.
Ben Stiller presented the Best Visual Effects Oscar dressed in head to toe in a green screen unitard outfit, boasting, “This is blowing (Steven) Spielberg’s mind.”
Nicole Kidman further went public with her Keith Urban romance at the Oscars last night–the country star was her date for the evening.
Celebrated western writer Larry McMurtry stuck true to his cowboy roots by wearing his lucky jeans to the Academy Awards last night. McMurtry won an Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Brokeback Mountain.
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