Academy Award Winners: Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - Part 3 (1980 - 2009)

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Almost everyone loves watching the Academy Awards! Countless individuals have dreamed of hearing their name following the words “And, the Oscar goes to…” Although the odds are against most of us ever winning an Oscar; we all still enjoy cheering-on our favorites! But, how many of us can remember the winners? 

Here is a list of Oscar winners in the Best Picture, Actor and Actress categories from 1980 – 2009. For a list of winners from 1927 – 1949 and 1950 – 1979, see the articles; Academy Award Winners: Best Picture, Actor, and Actress – Parts 1 and 2.

The official name of the Best Picture award has changed several times and has been handed out as follows:

For all you movie trivia buffs:

1) Which of the following movies did not win an Academy Award for Best Picture?

(Answer: See best picture awards for the years 1943; 1955; 1963; and 1939)

2) In what year was there a tie in the Best Actor category? (Answer: See part 3)

3) What was the name of the movie for which Grace Kelly won a Best Actress Award? (Answer: See year 1954)

This list (Part 3) contains the winners for the years 1980 through 2009. 

2000 – 2009

For a majority of Americans, and probably the world, this decade will be remembered for the attacks on the United States by a group of terrorists on September 11, 2001. During the days and weeks after, many pledged to always remember the 2,976 victims (the number does not include the 19 hijackers) whose lives were taken, and the over 6,000 injured.  On that Tuesday morning everything came to a halt, including entertainment. People eventually got back to their lives and the entertainment industry got back to entertainment.  In television news, this was the decade which brought us Survivor (debuted June 6, 2000) and American Idol (Premiered June 11, 2002). These two reality shows set the stage for the onslaught of entertainment programs known as Reality Television.  In movie news, this was the decade when fans of the Harry Potter books were able to see the character come to life in movies. The first installment of the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone opened to sellout crowds on November 16, 2000. The play Wicked, the story, told from the witches’ perspective, about the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz, opened on Broadway. Film and television writers went on strike in late 2007 and continued on the picket lines until early 2008. The movie Twilight, from the best selling romance novels about vampires and wolfs, premieres. Everyone was stunned by the deaths of Heath Ledger and Michael Jackson. Rapper Kanye West ruins Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMA awards and singer Susan Boyle becomes an international sensation after clips of her appearance on Britain’s Got Talent surface on YouTube. In 2009, Oprah Winfrey announced she would be ending her long time talk show in September of 2011.

Academy Awards for the Best Picture, Actor, and Actress awarded to:

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1990 - 1999

The compact disc surpasses cassette tapes as the preferred means for listening to music. The television shows The Simpsons and Seinfeld debut in 1990. Seinfeld’s last episode (airing in 1998) draws an estimated 76 million viewers. Late-night talk show host king, Johnny Carson, hung-up his hosting hat and bid farewell on his final taping of  The Tonight Show. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum opens in Cleveland. Dance band Milli Vanilli’s Best New Artist Grammy award was revoked upon admission of lip-synching on their “Girl You Know Its True” album. An estimated 95 million viewers watch O.J. Simpson and friend, Al Cowlings, in a low-speed chase by the Los Angeles Police Department, after Simpson’s wife and her friend are found murdered. Over a year later, an estimated 150 million watch as O.J. Simpson is found not guilty by a Los Angeles jury. Over 48 million people tune in to watch the first televised interview of Monica Lewinsky by Barbara Walters.

Academy Awards for the Best Picture, Actor, and Actress awarded to:

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1980 - 1989

Former Beatle, John Lennon is shot dead in New York City. MTV debuts featuring music videos twenty-four hours a day. Pac-Man is a hit across the nation. Michael Jackson releases Thriller and sells over 25 million copies, making it the biggest-selling album in history.  The musical Cats opens on Broadway and becomes Broadway’s longest-running play. Over 125 million viewers tune in to watch the final episode of M*A*S*H.  The Cosby Show begins airing on NBC. The Supreme Court rules that taping television shows at home on VCRs does not violate copyright law. The Oprah Winfrey Show begins broadcasting nationally.

Academy Awards for the Best Picture, Actor, and Actress awarded to:

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For a list of winners from 1927 through 1949 and 1950 through 1979, see:

Academy Award Winners: Best Picture, Actor, and Actress – Part 1 (1927 – 1949)

 

Academy Award Winners: Best Picture, Actor, and Actress – Part 2 (1950 – 1979)

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