The 85th Annual Academy Awards are coming up on Sunday. Here are some little known fun facts about the awards.

Did you know there are three films that have tied for 11 awards? Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Titanic and Ben Hur. By the way, 11 is the most awards ever one by a single film.

The youngest Oscar winner ever was Tatum O’Neal. She won for Paper Moon in 1973 at the age of 10. The oldest was Christopher Plummer who was 82 when he won in 2011 for Beginners. This year, there are two actresses who are making history. Quvenzhane Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild and at the age of nine, she is the youngest nominee ever. Emmanuelle Rivera is making history is the oldest nominee ever at the age of 85 for her role in Amour.

Michael Jackson paid $1.54 million dollars for an Oscar statuette in 1999. The award once belonged to David Selznick. He won Best Picture for Gone With the Wind in 1939. Gone With the Wind, by the way holds the record for longest Best Picture winner. The film is 234 minutes long.

Walt Disney holds the record for most nominations ever at 59. They also hold the record for for Oscars won at 26.

Peter O’Toole holds the record for most Best Actor nominations without ever winning. He’s been nominated eight times.

The record for most viewers for an Oscars telecast was in 1998 when 52.2 million people tuned in to watch Titanic win Best Picture.

Everyone needs to get to the ceremony and no one wants to drive, so every year, 300 limousines are reserved for attendees.

Seth McFarlane of Family Guy is set to host the Oscars. Here are the nominees for the bigger prizes:

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook

Daniel Day Lewis for Lincoln

Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables

Joaquin Phoenix for The Master

Denzel Washington for Flight

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

Alan Arkin for Argo

Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook

Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master

Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln

Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty

Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook

Emmanuelle Rivera for Amour

Quvenzhane Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild

Naomi Watts for The Impossible

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

Amy Adams for The Master

Sally Field for Lincoln

Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables

Helen Hunt for The Sessions

Jacki Waver for Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director:

Michael Haneke for Amour

Ang Lee for Life of Pi

David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook

Steven Spielberg for Lincoln

Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Picture:

Amour

Argo

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

 

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