Oscars through the years
This Sunday with be the 87th Academy Awards better known as the Oscars. The awards are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and are voted on by their members. Through the years there have been many memorable moments on Oscar night as represented by these images.
- Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor hold the Oscars they won for best actor and actress at the Academy Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, Ca., on April 17, 1962. Elizabeth won for her part in Butterfield 8, and Burt won for Elmer Gantry. (AP Photo)
- Lupita Nyong’o arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
- Jennifer Lawrence stumbles as she walks on stage to accept the award for best actress in a leading role for “Silver Linings Playbook” during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
- Miyoshi Umeki, the first Japanese to win an Academy Award, thanks the Academy members, at the RKO, Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Ca., on March 26, 1958. Actor Anthony Quinn, right, presented her with the Oscar. (AP Photo)
- This image released by Ellen DeGeneres shows actors, front row from left, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Ellen DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper, Peter Nyongo Jr. and, second row, from left, Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyongo and Angelina Jolie as they pose for a "selfie" portrait on a cell phone during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ellen DeGeneres)
- Fans in bleachers watch guests arriving in their cars for the 35th Academy Awards at the Civic Auditorium, in Santa Monica, Ca., on April 8, 1963. (AP Photo)
- Diahann Carroll presenting an Oscar to Nelson Riddle during the 47th annual academy awards ceremony at the Music center in Los Angeles on April 9, 1975. (AP Photo)
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Oscar host Billy Crystal dons a Hannibal the Cannibal mask, left, in the audience with Anthony Hopkins at the 64th Annual Academy Awards Monday, March 30, 1992 in Los Angeles. Hopkins is nominated for Actor in a leading role for his portrayal of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in “The Silence of the Lambs.”
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- Actor and comedian Robin Williams hams it up at the 61st Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Calif., March 29, 1989. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
- Angelina Jolie, left, and Brad Pitt arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)
- Billy Crystal, host of the 64th Annual Academy Awards, sings on stage Monday, March 30, 1992 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Craig Fujii)
- Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, center, performs during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
- A surprised Bob Hope, right, singer Diahann Carroll and actor Macdonald Carey can’t find the microphones during the presentation for best achievement in short subjects Wednesday, April 10, 1968 at the 40th Academy Awards ceremonies in Santa Monica, Calif. The podium with the microphones suddenly were lowered into height so the ceremonies could continue. (AP Photo)
- Gabriel Axel awakens in his Beverly Hilton Hotel room, April 12, 1988, the winner of an Oscar for best foreign language film during yesterday’s 60th Academy Awards. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
- Brad Pitt, left, and Ellen DeGeneres, right, pass out pizza in the audience during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)
- Actor Christoph Waltz accepts the award for best actor in a supporting role for “Django Unchained” during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
- Oscar-winning actress Joanne Woodward is embraced by her husband, actor Paul Newman, backstage at the 30th Academy Award presentations in Hollywood, Calif., March 26, 1958. Woodward won best actress for her role in the motion picture The Three Faces of Eve. (AP Photo)
- Billy Crystal, host of the Academy Awards, rides off stage on a horse the end of the show on Monday night, March 26, 1991 in Los Angeles. The western “Dances with Wolves” collected seven Oscars, including best picture. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
- Cher shows off both her Oscar and Bob Mackie black-sequined gown after winning the award for best actress for her role as the superstitious young widow of “Moonstruck” at the 60th Annual Academy Awards, April 12, 1988 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)
- Pink performs during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)
- Billy Crystal pauses for a picture showing nine fingers for the number of times he’s hosted the show after the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
- Best actress Meryl Streep, left, for “The Iron Lady” and best actor Jean Dujardin for “The Artist” pose with their awards during the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
- Actress Angelina Jolie arrives before the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
- Members of the cast of “Bridesmaids” Rose Byrne and Melissa McCarthy drink a toast to Martin Scorsese as they present an award during the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
- Zach Galifianakis and Will Ferrell present an award during the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
- Jennifer Lopez, left, and Cameron Diaz present an award during the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
- Show hosts Anne Hathaway, left, and James Franco are seen during the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
- Ben Stiller in makeup as a character from the movie “Avatar” during the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
- Host Alec Baldwin, right, and Steve Martin are seen on stage at the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
- Singer Bjork, wearing a Marjan Pejoski swan gown, arrives at the 73rd annual Academy Awards Sunday, March 25, 2001, in Los Angeles. Bjork is nominated for best song for “I’ve Seen it All” from the film “Dancer in the Dark.” (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield)
- FILE – In this March 21, 1999 file photo, Gwyneth Paltrow accepts the Oscar for best actress for her role in “Shakespeare in Love,” during the 71st Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, file)
- Host Whoopi Goldberg appears as Queen Elizabeth during the 71st Annual Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center, Sunday, March 21, 1999. The costume, from the private collection of Bob Mackey, sold at auction for $22,800 by Christies Auction House, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005, in New York. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)
- Director and actor Roberto Benigni jumps on the back of some chairs in excitement after winning the Oscar for best foreign language film for “Life is Beautiful,” during the 71st Annual Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center, Sunday, March 21, 1999. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)
- Robin Williams hugs presenter Mira Sorvino after he won Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Good Will Hunting” at the 70th Academy Awards in Los Angeles Monday, March 23, 1998. (AP Photo/Susan Sterner)
- James Cameron reacts saying “I’m king of the world” after accepting the Best Director Oscar for “Titanic” at the 70th Academy Awards in Los Angeles Monday, March 23, 1998. “Titanic” also won for Best Picture.(AP Photo/Susan Sterner)
- Mel Gibson holds his two Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture for the film “Braveheart” backstage at the 68th Annual Academy Awards March 25, 1996, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holds the envelope a little too high for Jackie Chan as they present an award at the 68th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Monday, March 25, 1996. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)
- Actress Susan Sarandon smiles for photographers backstage after winning the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading role for “Dead Man Walking” at the 68th Academy Awards at the Music Center in Los Angeles, Monday, March 25, 1996. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
- Singer Eddie Fisher, center, poses with actress Elizabeth Taylor at the Academy Awards presentation, April 1961. (AP Photo)
- Beyonce, in red, performs during the 81st Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
- Actress Faye Dunaway, right, wins the best actress award at the Academy Awards show in Los Angeles, March 28, 1977. With her is presenter of the Oscar, actress Louise Fletcher, a previous winner. (AP Photo)
- Morgan Freeman, left, walks off stage with Rachel Weisz, who won the best supporting actress for “The Constant Gardener” at the 78th Academy Awards Sunday, March 5, 2006, in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
- Anjelica Huston accepts an Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in "Prizzi’s Honor" at the Academy Awards ceremony March 24, 1986 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
- Martin Landau raises his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in “Ed Wood” on Monday, March 27, 1995 in Los Angeles during 67th Annual Academy Awards. Standing to the right of Landau is presenter Ana Paquin, last year’s Best Supporting Actress for her role in “The Piano.” (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield)
- Anna Paquin poses with her best supporting actress Oscar for her performance in “The Piano” at the 66th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Ca., Monday, March 21, 1994. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
- Elizabeth Taylor displays the Jean Hersholt Award she received at the 65th annual Academy Awards at night on Monday, March 30, 1993 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
- Actor Clint Eastwood, left, and Gene Hackman hold their Oscars backstage at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Monday, March 30, 1993. Eastwood won directing the best film for the move “Unforgiven” and Hackman won best supporting actor for the same film. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
- Jodie Foster poses backstage with her Oscar at the 64th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Ca., March 30, 1992. Foster won best actress in a leading role for her performance in “Silence of the Lambs.” (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
- Actor Rob Lowe croons a tune to Snow White during the opening number for the 61st Academy Awards presentation Wednesday, March 30, 1989 in Los Angeles. The Walt Disney Co. filed suit on Thursday against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science, alleging unauthorized use of the fairy tale character in what it called an unflattering representation. (AP Photo/ Reed Saxon)
- Actress-singer Cher wears a creation by designer Bob Mackie as she poses with actor Don Ameche after presenting him with the Oscar for best supporting actor at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, March 24, 1986. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)
- Director James Brooks, left, gives actress Shirley MacLaine a congratulatory kiss as Jack Nicholson stands by after winning Oscars for their participation in the film, “Terms of Endearment” during Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Monday, April 10, 1984. (AP Photo)
- Comedian Carol Burnett and actor John Travolta are shown at the 55th Academy Awards where they were both presenters, April 11, 1983, in Hollywood. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
- Actor and director Robert Redford hold his best direction Oscar for “Ordinary People” at the 53rd annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Ca., March 31, 1981. The movie marks his directorial debut. (AP Photo)
- Actor Jon Voight , left, smiles with actress Jane Fonda as they both hold their Academy Awards which they received for best actor and actress for their performances in the film “Coming Home” during the 51st Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Monday, April 10, 1979. (AP Photo)
- Christopher Walken accepts his Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance in “The Deer Hunter,” which was presented to him by actress Dyan Cannon, nominee for best supporting actress for her role in “Heaven Can Wait,” at the annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, April 9, 1979. (AP Photo)
- C-3PO, the robot character from the fictional Star Wars universe, is shown in front of a giant Oscar at the 50th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, April 3, 1978. (AP Photo)
- Louise Fletcher uses sign language on the stage Monday, March 29, 1976 in Los Angeles as she thanked her parents for their help in winning the Academy Award Oscar she received for her role in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. The role won her the statuette as best actress of 1975, for the role of a severe nurse in Sental hospital. (AP Photo)
- Ingrid Bergman holds the Oscar her third-she won in Los Angeles on April 9, 1975 as best supporting actress of the year, for her role in Murder on the Orient Express. She won two best-actress Oscars years ago, for Gaslight and for Anastasia. With her are Oscar “presenters” actress Peter Falk and Katharine Ross. (AP Photo)
- Singing actor Gene Kelly does a dance routine with an umbrella during the Academy Awards show in Los Angeles, April 8, 1975. (AP Photo)
- Singer-Actress Diana Ross arrives at the 45th Academy Awards Show, March 27, 1973. She was nominated for Best Actress in “Lady Sings the Blues.” Diana is shown with her husband, Robert Ellis (Long hair and mustache). (AP Photo)
- Liza Minnelli, holds her Oscar for “Actress in a Leading Role,” as she poses with Joel Grey,at right, who won for “Actor in a Supporting Role,” both appearing in film, “Cabaret,” at the 45th Academy Awards show on March 27, 1973 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
- A woman in Native American Indian dress, who indentified herself as Sacheen Littlefeather, tells the audience at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles March 27, 1973, that Marlon Brando was declining to accept his Oscar as best actor for his role in “The Godfather.” Littlefeather said Brando was protesting “the treatment of the American Indian in motion pictures and on televison, and because of the recent events at Wounded Knee.” (AP Photo)
- Gene Hackman named “best actor” for his role in “The French Connection”; Jane Fonda named “best actress” for “Klute” seen at the Academy Awards, March 27, 1971 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
- Isaac Hayes, left and Joel Gray at the Academy Awards, March 27, 1971 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. Hayes won the Oscar for best song. (AP Photo)
- Actress Goldie Hawn announces that George C. Scott had won the Academy Award for best actor for his role in “Patton,” at ceremonies at the Los Angeles Music Center in Hollywood, Los Angeles on April 15, 1971. Scott, who scorned the Academy Awards as contrived and degrading, said he would send the Oscar back if it was sent to him. The Academy said the statuette will be held for him if he wants it. (AP Photo)
- Oscar winners for “The West Side Story,” George Chakiris, left, Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise and Rita Morena, pose at the Academy Awards in Santa Monica on April 9, 1962. Chakiris won best supporting actor; Robbins won best director; Wise won as co-director with Robbins and as producer of best picture; and Moreno won best supporting actress. (AP Photo)
- Stan Laurel holds Academy Awards Oscar presented to him for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy on July 11, 1961. (AP Photo/Don Brinn)
- Oscar winners, from left, Peter Ustinov, Shirley Jones, Elizabeth Taylor and Burt Lancaster pose at the 1960 Academy Awards presentations in Santa Monica, Ca., United States on April 17, 1961. Ustinov won best supporting actor for his role in “Spartacus”; Jones won best supporting actress for “Elmer Gantry”; Taylor won best actress for “Butterfield 8”; and Lancaster won best actor for “Elmer Gantry.” (AP Photo)
- Actor Marlon Brando defends his statuette in a mock tussle with comedian Bob Hope, during the 27th annual Academy Awards show at Pantages Theater in Hollywood, Calif., March 30, 1955. Brando won best actor for his performance in “On the Waterfront.” (AP Photo)
- Actor Adrien Brody suprises presenter Halle Berry with a kiss after he won the Oscar for best actor for his work in The Pianist at the 75th annual Academy Awards Sunday, March 23, 2003, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
- Host Whoopi Goldberg gives her opening monologue at the 74th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 24, 2002, in Los Angeles. It is the fourth time the Oscar-winning actress has hosted the event. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
- Best actress Halle Berry and best actor Denzel Washington pose for photographers with their Oscar trophies during the 74th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 24, 2002 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
- Oscar nominee Melanie Griffith, right, and Don Johnson respond to fans as they arrive at the Shrine Civic Auditorium for the 61st annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Ca., on March 29, 1989. Griffith is nominated in the best actress category for “Working Girl.” (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
- Actress Sally Field accepts her Academy Award for best actress in the film “Places in the Heart” at the Oscar ceremonies in Los Angeles March 26, 1985. “I can’t deny the fact you like me, ” she said in her acceptance speech, “Right now, you like me.” (AP Photo/Files)
- Actor Robert De Niro and actress Sissy Spacek pose with their respective Oscars at the 53rd annual Academy Awards show in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 31, 1981. De Niro won best actor for his performance in “Raging Bull,” Spacek was awarded best actress for her portrayal of a Country and Western singer in “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” (AP Photo)
- Actress Jane Fonda presents the Oscar for best actor in a leading role to Dustin Hoffman for his performance in the motion picture “Kramer vs. Kramer,” at the 52nd annual Academy Awards show in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 14, 1980. (AP Photo)
- Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, left, makes a suprise appearance on the Academy Awards show, staging a sparring with Sylvester Stallone, actor and screenwriter of the boxing drama “Rocky,” on March 28, 1977, in Los Angeles, California. (AP Photo)
- Actor Jack Nicholson accepts his Oscar statuette at the 48th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Ca. on March 29, 1976. Nicholson won the best actor award for his performance in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” (AP Photo)
- South Park creators Trey Parker, left, in a Jennifer Lopez look-alike outfit, and Matt Stone, right, arrive with Marc Shaiman, center, writer of the Oscar-nominated song “Blame Canada” at the 72nd Annual Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Sunday, March 26, 2000. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
- Oscar nominees Jose Ferrer and Gloria Swanson cross their fingers as they wait for news from Hollywood, where the Academy Awards are held, backstage at the Fulton Theater in New York City on March 29, 1951. Swanson is nominated for best actress for her role in “Sunset Boulevard.” Ferrer is nominated for best actor for his role in “Cyrano de Bergerac,” and won the award. Swanson and Ferrer are starring in the Broadway play “Twentieth Century,” directed by Ferrer. (AP Photo)
- Actor-comedian Dean Martin, left, and his wife, Jeanne, are shown with actor-comedian Jerry Lewis, far right, and his wife, singer Patti, as they arrive at the Academy Awards presentations at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, Ca., March 29, 1951. (AP Photo)
- Humphrey Bogart accepts his Oscar at the 1951 Academy Awards presentation at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Ca., March 20, 1952. Bogart won best actor for his role in “The African Queen.” Standing at right is actress and presenter Greer Garson. At far left, in background, is a member of the auditing firm which counted the ballots. (AP Photo)
- Actor Jack Palance does one-handed pushups on stage at the 64th Annual Academy Awards Monday, March 30, 1992 in Los Angeles after winning an Oscar for Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in “City Slickers.” (AP Photo/Craig Fujii)
- Oscar winners and presenters pose backstage at the 1951 Academy Awards held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Ca., March 20, 1952. From left to right are, Bette Davis, who accepted Kim Hunter’s Oscar for best supporting actress in “A Streetcar Named Desire”; George Sanders, presenter; Karl Malden, named best supporting actor in “A Streetcar Named Desire”; Greer Garson, who accepted Vivien Leigh’s best actresss award for “A Streetcar Named Desire”; Humphrey Bogart, best actor for “The African Queen”; and presenter Ronald Colman. (AP Photo)
- Actress Audrey Hepburn poses with her Oscar statuette at the annual Academy Awards presentations in New York, on March 24, 1954. Hepburn was awarded best actress for her only first movie starring role, the portrayal of a free-spirited Princess in the motion picture “Roman Holiday.” (AP Photo)
- Grace Kelly accepts the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in “The Country Girl,” at the Academy Awards, March 30, 1955. (AP Photo)
- Oscar-winner Marlon Brando poses with his statuette at the 27th Annual Academy Awards at Pantages Theater in Hollywood, Ca. on March 30, 1955. Brando won best actor of the year for his portrayal in “On the Waterfront.” (AP Photo)
- Actor Tab Hunter, left, and actress Natalie Wood arrive at the 1955 Annual Academy Awards presentations at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Ca., on March 21, 1956. Wood is nominated for her role in “Rebel Without a Cause” for actress in a supporting role. (AP Photo)
- This is an April 1959 photo of actors backstage at the Academy Awards ceremony. From left: Susan Hayward, David Niven, Ingrid Bergman, and Maurice Chevalier. (AP Photo)
- Actress Annette Funicello, right, and former child film star Shirley Temple, left, are seen holding a miniature Oscar statuette at the annual Academy Awards presentations, in Los Angeles, Calif., in April 1961. (AP Photo)
- Anne Bancroft, right, is presented the Oscar award from Joan Crawford in front of the audience at the Martin Beck Theater where Bancroft is starring in “Mother Courage and Her Children,” in New York City on May 6, 1963. Bancroft, who was unable to attend the Academy Awards ceremony, won the Best Actress award for her portrayal of Annie Sullivan in the film adaptation of the play “The Miracle Worker.” (AP Photo)
- Julie Andrews, holding her Oscar statuette, poses with Audrey Hepburn backstage at the 37th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, Ca., April 5, 1965. Andrews won for her role as Mary Poppins in “Mary Poppins.” Standing at far right is actor Sidney Poitier. (AP Photo)
- Actor Warren Beatty, right, and his sister, actress Shirley MacLaine, arrive for the Academy Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., April 18, 1966. (AP Photo)
- British actress Julie Christie is posing with the Oscar she was won for her performance in the movie “Darling,” on April 18, 1966, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo)
- Oscar nominee Liza Minnelli arrives with her father, film director Vincente Minnelli, at the 1969 Academy Awards presentation at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Music Center in Los Angeles, Ca., on April 7, 1970. Minnelli is nominated for her performance in “Sterile Cuckoo.” (AP Photo)
- Actress Cloris Leachman accepts her Oscar at the 44th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Music Center in Los Angeles, Ca., on April 10, 1972. Leachman won for best supporting actress for her role in “The Last Picture Show.” In the background is presenter and actress Raquel Welch. (AP Photo)
- On February 4, 1974 a streaker performs at the Oscar show. David Niven isn’t quite sure what’s happening behind him as a streaker crosses the stage near the end of the Academy Awards show in Los Angeles. He later identified himself as Robert Opel. (AP Photo)
- Tatum O’Neal holds her Oscar statuette at the 46th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Ca. on April 2, 1974. The 10-year-old won as Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie “Paper Moon.” (AP Photo)
- Francis Ford Coppola holds his Oscar during his acceptance speech as producer-director of the year’s best motion picture, “The Godfather Part II,” at the 47th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Ca., on April 8, 1975. (AP Photo)
- From left, Daniel Day-Lewis, with his award for best actor in a leading role for “Lincoln,” Jennifer Lawrence, with her award for best actress in a leading role for “Silver Linings Playbook,” Anne Hathaway, with her award for best actress in a supporting role for “Les Miserables,” and Christoph Waltz, with his award for best actor in a supporting role for “Django Unchained,” pose during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)