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1 day ago · Who is the most famous costume designer? Edith Head, arguably the most famous costume designer ever, summed up her work near the end of her career. “What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage,” the eight-time Academy Award winner (and 35-time nominee) for costume design told American Film in 1978.
2 days ago · At the 61st Academy Award ceremony, James Acheson won an Oscar for Best Costume Design for his work on the period drama Dangerous Liaisons. One such design is this gorgeous gown worn by actress ...
3 days ago · The Academy Awards recognized the strength of the adapted story with eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director (Martin Scorsese), and two wins for Best Actor (Robert DeNiro) and Best Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker).
3 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.
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2 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, musicals, short stories, TV series, and other films and film characters.
1 day ago · The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story .
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1 day ago · Knives Out was nominated for multiple awards, among them three Golden Globes, a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA), and an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
