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Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 11:24AM 
Today's magic number is four. Since we have no brilliant angle on the number four, a random collection of Fab Four situations after the jump...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 10:00AM 
Jimmy Stewart holding the wrong number of fingers up for our exercise!We're so close to the big show. Voting ends TODAY. And then it's all over but the big night (and recapping and contemplating celebratory madness). For today's trivia item with the number 5, a random sampling of men... stepping away from the ladies for a minute. (gasp)
Five time male winners
John Barry (composer, Dances with Wolves, Out of Africa, Born Free, etc)
Johnny Green (composer on lots of musicals)
Fred Hynes (sound on lots of musicals)
Dennis Murren (visual fx: Terminator 2, Innerspace, The Abyss, etc)
Edward Selzer (animated short films: Speedy Gonzalez, Sylvester & Tweety shorts, etc)
Lyle Wheeler (art direction: The King and I, The Robe, The Diary of Anne Frank, etc)
John Williams (composer: Star Wars, Schindler's List, etc)
Francis Ford Coppola (writer/director/producer: The Godfather, etc)
Actoriffic-ness after the jump.
Monday, February 20, 2017 at 8:00AM With 6 days to go until the big show, let's play like we did with 8 days, and look at the Best Picture nominees with that particular number of nominations. Three movies received six nominations this time though they'll facing off less directly and only in the marquee categories at that. Nevertheless, remove the other nominees from the equation for this exercize and tell us who wins in these particular face-offs...
| HACKSAW RIDGE | LION | MANCHESTER |
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| Actor Andrew Garfield |
Actor Casey Affleck |
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| Supporting Actress Nicole Kidman |
Supporting Actress Michelle Williams |
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| Supporting Actor Dev Patel |
Supporting Actor Lucas Hedges |
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MORE AFTER THE JUMP
Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 10:25PM Remember a couple of years ago when that Best Actress Gown graphic was going around? TFE reader Lucio Tirao, who we've profiled before here in a reader spotlight, was frustrated that there wasn't one for Best Supporting Actress so he created it himself!
You can see the whole chart after the jump and click to embiggen for the hi-res image...
Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 11:41AM We're but one week from Hollywood's High Holy Night! With the magic number 7 today let's look at the 7 films which produced matching his & hers Oscars. This is, as you can surmise from the low number, an uncommon occurence! This rare feat requires so many perfect elements to be in place. Just being an iconic movie couple doesn't remotely cut it (notice how Gone With the Wind, Bonnie & Clyde, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf don't appear to cite three quick examples) as it almost always requires two narratives beyond 'loving the film' as well as the absence of a formidable opponent without their own powerhouse narrative in not one but two separate categories.
Here are the 7 films which managed to win both lead acting Oscars...
