today in 1996 - The 68th Annual Academy Awards show was held at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. Actress/comedienne Whoopi Goldberg was the hostess with the mostest this night. The Best Picture (of 1995) was Braveheart (Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr., Bruce Davey, producers). Mel Gibson also won the Oscar for Best Director (Braveheart). The flick won three additional Oscars; however, none were in the Acting categories. The Best Actor was Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas. The Best Actress award went to Susan Sarandon for Dead Man Walking. Best Supporting Actor was Kevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects and Best Supporting Actress was Mira Sorvino for Mighty Aphrodite. The ’toon Pocahontas was a winner in the tunes categories: Best Music/Original Musical or Comedy Score to Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz and Best Music/Song: Alan Menken (music), Stephen Schwartz (lyrics) for Colors of the Wind from the animated film.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:52:44 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015