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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Karger, Dave, author.

Title: 50 Oscar nights: iconic stars & filmmakers on their career-defining wins / Dave Karger.

Other titles: Fifty Oscar nights

Description: First edition. | Philadelphia: Running Press, 2024. |

Includes index. | Summary: “Dave Karger—Turner Classic Movies on-air host, entertainment media darling, and the Oscars expert—offers a one-of-a-kind collection of original interviews with an A-list lineup of Oscar winners discussing the highs, lows, and never-before-told tales of Hollywood’s most storied awards show”—Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023004488 (print) | LCCN 2023004489 (ebook) | ISBN 9780762486328 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780762486335 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Motion picture actors and actresses—Interiews. | Motion picture producers and directors—Interviews. | Film composers—Interviews. | Screenwriters—Interviews. | Motion picture art directors—Interviews. | Costume designers—Interviews. | Award winners—Interviews. | Academy Awards (Motion pictures)—History.

Classification: LCC PN1998.2 .K38 2024 (print) | LCC PN1998.2 (ebook) | DDC 791.43079—dc23/eng/20230413

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023004488

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023004489

ISBNs: 978-0-7624-8632-8 (hardcover); 978-0-7624-8633-5 (ebook)

E3-20240730-JV-PC-COR

CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction

NICOLE KIDMAN

ELTON JOHN

JENNIFER HUDSON

STEVEN SPIELBERG

JANE FONDA

BARRY JENKINS

HALLE BERRY

J. K. SIMMONS

JULIA ROBERTS

JOHN LEGEND

RITA MORENO

MARTIN SCORSESE

MARLEE MATLIN

DUSTIN HOFFMAN

HANNAH BEACHLER

CAMERON CROWE

MIRA SORVINO

KEVIN O’CONNELL

SALLY FIELD

KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ & ROBERT LOPEZ

EDDIE REDMAYNE

LEE GRANT

LOUIS GOSSETT JR.

HILARY SWANK

CLINT EASTWOOD

JESSICA YU

MICHAEL DOUGLAS

CATHERINE MARTIN

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

ALLISON JANNEY

MEL BROOKS

EMMA THOMPSON

PETER JACKSON

MARCIA GAY HARDEN

MARK BRIDGES

SOFIA COPPOLA

JOEL GREY

GLEN HANSARD & MARKÉTA IRGLOVÁ

OLIVIA COLMAN

ROB EPSTEIN

WHOOPI GOLDBERG

ALAN MENKEN

MELISSA ETHERIDGE

SISSY SPACEK

KEITH CARRADINE

ESTELLE PARSONS

GEOFFREY FLETCHER

OCTAVIA SPENCER

AARON SORKIN

MERYL STREEP

Acknowledgments

Discover More

Photo Credits

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