1. Three films have tied for winning 11 awards, the most ever: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of theKing (2003), Titanic (1997), Ben Hur (1959).
![](/upimg/allimg/130408/01005044C-0.jpg)
2. The youngest ever Oscar winner was Tatum O'Neal, 10, for Paper Moon (1973); the oldest wasChristopher Plummer, 82, for his role in Beginners (2011). In 2013, two actresses made history as theyoungest and oldest nominees ever named in the category: Quvenzhané Wallis, 9, for Beasts of theSouthern Wild, and Emmanuelle Riva, 85, for Amour.
![](/upimg/allimg/130408/0100502947-1.jpg)
3. Singer Michael Jackson paid $1.54 million in 1999 to Sotheby’s for David Selznick’s Best Picture Oscar forthe 1939 classic Gone With the Wind.
![](/upimg/allimg/130408/0100505A5-2.jpg)
4. Walt Disney holds the records for both the most Academy Award nominations (59) and Oscars won (26).
![](/upimg/allimg/130408/0100504256-3.jpg)
5. Peter O’Toole holds the record for most Best Actor nominations without ever winning. He's beennominated 8 times.
![](/upimg/allimg/130408/0100505413-4.jpg)
6. At 234 minutes, Gone With The Wind is the longest film ever to win Best Picture.
![](/upimg/allimg/130408/0100505S6-5.jpg)
7. The largest U.S. TV audience was in 1998, when 52.2 million people watched Titanic win best picture.
![](/upimg/allimg/130408/0100501a6-6.jpg)
8. 300 limousines are reserved for each year's show. |