Lots of people change their name when they go into the entertainment industry.

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South Africa is gaining fans as celebrities are using social media sites like Twitter to talk about their love for our great country.

Celebs like Will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas), Alicia Keys, Akon and R Kelly all Tweated about South Africa and they promised to be come back. Will.i.am, of the music group Black Eyed Peas, posted pictures of himself and singer Alicia Keys celebrating South Africa’s first goal at the opening match, and enthused: “20 years ago no one would have never (sic) thought the whole world would come to south africa for world cup…this is historic”.

They were among the litany of celebrities who visited South Africa for the tournament, including British Princes William and Harry, hip-hop artist K’Naan, rapper R Kelly, Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones fame and former supermodel Kimora Lee Simmons.

The model gushed to her fans about the Cape Town, posting pictures of the landmark Table Mountain from her room.

On her departure, Kimora promised to come back and stay longer.

“I am very sad 2 b leaving the gorgeous S.Africa! Thank u 2 all 4 ur luv and kindness! We’ll b back very, very soon! Team Fabulosity SA rocks,” she said.

Singer Akon declared his love for the country and the continent by posting mini-videos shot at different locations around South Africa.

“South Africa rocks, this is the place to be,” the star said on Twitter.

“Thank You S. Africa!!,” said R Kelly on his departure.

The distinctly South African vuvuzela, the noisy plastic horn which has become a signature sound at World Cup matches, has become a trending topic on Twitter.

Even world football president Sepp Blatter has a Twitter account where he enthuses about the games and the organisation of the event.

I think this is awesome that the word of mouth marketing of social media is improving the image of Mzansi.

Source: sport24.co.za

Jack Parow was a special guest at this year’s Splashy Fen Music festival.

Here are some pictures that were taken in the Versus tent at Splashy Fen 2010.

For more Jack Parow – Splashy Fen photos visit: Versus -Flickr

The new kid on the block , Afrikaans Rapper , Jack Parow will perform at this year’s Splashy Fen Music Festival.

Jack Parow will be the special guest in the Versus hospitality tent at Splashy Fen this year. Meet and have your photograph taken with the rap star on Friday 2 April from 13:00 – 15:00.

His first big hit was the rap song “Cooler as Ekke” which is a phenomenal success.

The proverbial new kid on the block, or rather the new kid in the caravan park, rapper Jack Parow answered a few questions about his name and claim to fame.

If you weren’t a rapper what would you be?

A bodybuilder with the self-tan… And I would just be flexing.

How did the name Jack Parow originate?

We were really drunk and were watching Pirates of the Caribbean and I said: “Jack Sparrow the pirate of the Caribbean I’m Jack Parow, pirate of the caravan park.” It just stuck.

If you could be any animal what would you be?

I like watching the National Geographic channel and there were these rats; the biggest rodents like ever. They’re cool; I would like to be them.

What does Jack Parow like doing in his spare time?

Drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes and playing games.

Jack Parow will be the special guest in the Versus hospitality tent at Splashy Fen this year. Meet and have your photograph taken with the rap star on Friday 2 April from 13:00 – 15:00.

For more info on the Splashy programme visit: splashyfen.co.za

People insure things that are a crucial part of their income or income potential. Some policies are deemed to be unusual and here are a few unusual policies that the insurance market has handled.

A Dutch wine maker insured his nose for €5m to cover against any incident that could threaten his livelihood.

In 2004, Lloyd’s insured the £27m worth of jewellery worn by the stars at the Oscars.

Lloyd’s has insured the smile of America Ferrera, star of the hit television show Ugly Betty, for £5m.

Other famous body part insurance policies

* £40m David Beckham legs

* £25m Michael Flatley legs

* £4m Ken Dodd’s teeth

* £3.5m Bruce Springsteen’s voice

* £1.15m Heidi Klum’s legs (the pair)

* £500,000 or $1 million Betty Grable’s legs

* £350,000 Dolly Parton’s breasts (the pair)

* £250,000 Egon Ronay’s taste buds

* £200,000 The cricketer Merv Hughes’s handlebar moustache

Source: The Telegraph

Lots of people change their name when they go into the entertainment industry.

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The world keeps coming to an end in the movies. Try to avoid the floods, storms, alien invasions and meteors in this disastrously addictive quiz.

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The world’s most expensive armchair were sold for about R240 million. I bet a Lazyboy is much more comfortable and at a small fraction of the price.

A small brown leather armchair once owned by Yves Saint Laurent has reportedly sold for £19.4 million (about R240 million), making it the most expensive piece of 20th-century design to ever be auctioned.

The armchair, by Irish designer Eileen Gray was only expected to reach around £3 million at Christie’s in Paris. It was bought by specialist Paris art gallery Robert and Cheska Vallois.

The unique piece – known as the “dragons’ armchair because of the ornate sculptures on its sweeping armrests – was created between 1917 and 1919 by Miss Gray.

She moved to London in 1898 to study at the Slade School of Fine Art and she became renowned for the luxurious finish of her lacquered furniture.

Source : luxuo.com

Tonight’s Grand finale of SA’s Got Talent will see a good variety of different acts competing to be the champion.

Do you think this show was a success or do you think that  South Africans in general are not natural performers?

To recap, here are the six finalists you’ll be voting for tonight in the grand finale:

George Avakian, 19              – beatboxer Louwtjie Rothman, 18         – guitar virtuoso Darren Rajbal, 19                 – hip-hop dancer Cleo Filander, 8                    – singer Kalon Badenhorst, 11          – contemporary dancer Willem and Louis vd Merwe  – opera singing brothers

The SA’s Got Talent Grand Finale will air tonight (Thursday) on SABC 2 at 19:30 with the live results show at 21:30.

Read more about these acts on channel24.com

An American widow is selling her husband’s burial spot directly above film legend Marilyn Monroe so that she can pay off her mortgage.

Elsie Poncher has put an advert on eBay to auction off the tomb in Westwood Village Memorial Park, Los Angeles.

“Here is a once in a lifetime and into eternity opportunity to spend your eternal days directly above Marilyn Monroe,” says the advertisement.

“In fact the person occupying the address right now is looking face down on her.”

The burial plot is currently occupied by the late Richard Poncher, described by his widow as an entrepreneur who bought two tombs from baseball player Joe DiMaggio, Monroe’s ex-husband, as the pair were divorcing in 1954.

Monroe died at the age of 36 in 1962. Poncher died at the age of 81 in 1986.

Bidding for the plot

Elsie Poncher said she would move her husband’s remains over one spot into a crypt intended as her final resting place if the sale was successful and she would be cremated instead when the time came.

Bidding for the plot opened at $500 000 and had reached $2.5m by Sunday. No one from eBay was immediately available to comment on the bidding process or to give more details.

Poncher told the Los Angeles Times that she hoped to raise enough money to pay off the $1.6m mortgage on her Beverly Hills home.

“I can’t be more honest than that,” she told the newspaper. “I want to leave it free and clear for my kids.”

The Westwood Village Memorial Park is home to many celebrities, including Dean Martin, James Coburn, Roy Orbison, Truman Capote, Natalie Wood, and, from this year, Farrah Fawcett. Playboy’s Hugh Hefner bought the crypt beside Monroe in 1992.

Source: news24.com

Pretty weird can be the formed if certain celebrities get hitched. Names like Megan Fox Hunt and Yoko Ono Bono are just few. Here are a few weird celebrity new names:

Can you add a few?

If Megan Fox married William Hunt she’d be Megan Fox Hunt

If Queen Latifa married Larry King she’d be Queen King If Bo Derek married Don Ho, she’d be Bo Ho

If Yoko Ono married Sonny Bono, she’d be Yoko Ono Bono.

If Toni Braxton married Michael Jackson she’d be Toni Braxton Jackson

If Dolly Parton married Salvador Dali, she’d be Dolly Dali.

If Ella Fitzgerald married Darth Vader, she’d be Ella Vader.

If Oprah Winfrey married Depak Chopra, she’d be Oprah Chopra.

If Cat Stevens married Snoop Doggy Dogg, he’d be Cat Doggy Dogg.

If Olivia Newton-John married Wayne Newton, then divorced him to marry Elton John, she’d be Olivia Newton-John Newton John.

If Sondra Locke married Elliott Ness, then divorced him to marry Herman Munster, she’d become Sondra Locke Ness Munster.

If Bea Arthur married Sting, she’d be Bea Sting.

If Whoopie Goldberg married Peter Cushing, she’d be Whoopie Cushing If Snoop Doggy Dogg married Winnie the Pooh, he’d be Snoop Doggy Dogg Pooh

Do you know of a few more funny potential celebrity married names?

Source: ebraumsworld.com

Man on man love. It doesn’t have to be sexual. The movie bromance is the stuff of legend, so let’s see how well you know them.

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Ever wonder how much Jennifer Aniston makes in a year? How about Britney Spears? Or Tiger Woods? Check out what these celebs earned according to Parade.com. You may be shocked to find out.

Jennifer Aniston pulled in a cool $27 million.

Singer/actress Beyoncé collected $80 million … while hubby Jay-Z made $82 million.

Taylor Swift is only 15 years old and already has $5.5 million in the bank

Actress/writer Tina Fey made $4.6 million.

Some writers do manage to make money. Writer John Grisham put $25 million in the bank.

Tiger Woods made a grand total of $110 million. Britney Spears pulled in a respectable $2.25 million.

Read more: nydailytimes.com

If Hollywood went bust, what would these A-Listers have to fall back on? We take a sneak peek at the CVs of the rich and the famous

Madonna

Job History: Once just another New York wannabe in her quest for superstardom, the material girl earned a crust squirting jam into doughnuts at Dunkin’ Doughnuts, and judging by the 50-year-old’s bod today, it doesn’t look like she’s been near a doughnut since.

Jennifer Aniston

Job History: Everybody’s favourite Friend Jen turned her hand to many a blue-collared job whilst struggling to break into acting. She worked as a telemarketer, a waitress and a bike messenger before hitting the big time playing Friends‘ Rachel Green, a waitress-turned-fashionista, in a case of art imitating life.

Colin Farrell

Job History: Not quite the bad boy he would have us believe, during Colin’s quest for international stardom, the wannabe not only auditioned to be in Boyzone (!), but also toured his native Ireland teaching line dancing (!!).

Barack Obama

Job History: Long before he became the most powerful man in the world, Barack Obama worked as a humble ice-cream seller in American favourite Baskin-Robbins to help put himself through Harvard Law.

For more Celebrity CVs visit: glamourmagazine.co.uk

Prince Charles has converted his vintage Aston Martin car, given to him on his 21st birthday by Queen Elizabeth II, to run on English wine, a spokesperson said.

The move, part of the prince’s green drive to reduce by 12.5% his carbon footprint up to 2012, was announced in a recent report released on the royal’s activities. And according to the report, the prince, an keen advocate of the environment, has already reduced his carbon emissions by 18%.

Sir Michael Peat, the prince’s chief aide, called the conversion a “symbolic role” saying: “Charles only travelled two or three hundred miles a year in the Aston but he wanted it to be environmentally friendly. It just happened that our bioethanol supplier makes the fuel from surplus English wine.”

The classic 1970 Aston Martin Volante convertible is usually only driven in the summer, having an annual mileage of around 300 miles (480 km).

The prince’s other cars, including Jaguars, Audis and Range Rovers, are entirely powered by cooking oil.

The annual report on the Prince of Wales said: “When their Royal Highnesses are travelling in the UK the aim is to reduce emissions through greater use of cars, trains, and turbo-prop aircraft. In accepting and arranging engagements more consideration is being given to reducing travel distances.”

The prince’s carbon emissions do not include the highly criticized Royal Air Force flights taken by his son Prince William at the British taxpayers’ expense. According to The Guardian newspaper, William flew a military helicopter to his girlfriend’s home, his father’s house, as well as to a stag party in southern England.

The Ministry of Defense said all flights were part of the prince’s training, while admitting that there may have been an element of “naivety” in their planning.

 Source: portalino.it

Take the quiz: The Vernon Koekemoer Quiz

Vernon’s surfed with the sharks and hung out with the A-team. Even Zidane’s headbutt could not faze this muscular marvel.

Watch the video to see more of Vernon’s legendary moments:

First there was David Hasselhoff, then Chuck Norris. Now everyone is talking about Vernon Koekemoer.

Vernon Koekemoer, who sports some rather unusual fashion items, has shot to virtual stardom after a photograph of him at a Boksburg party was posted on the Internet.

Versus, is one of the sponsors at Splashy Fen which is South Africa’s longest-running annual music festival, and will have a hospitality tent near the secondary stage. SA’s muscular marvel, Vernon Koekemoer, will be a special guest in the Versus tent on Friday 10 April. Be sure to participate in the Vernon look-alike competition, and also have your picture taken with him.

Meet Vernon Koekmoer

Vernon Koekemoer makes onions cry

Vernon Koekemoer can delete the Recycle Bin.

Ghosts are actually caused by Vernon Koekemoer killing people faster than Death can process them.

Vernon Koekemoer can build a snowman….. out of rain.

Vernon Koekemoer can strangle you with a cordless phone.

Vernon Koekemoer can drown a fish.

When Vernon Koekemoer enters a room, he doesn’t turn the lights on, he turns the dark off.

When Vernon Koekemoer looks in a mirror the mirror shatters, because not even glass is stupid enough to get in between Vernon Koekemoer and Vernon Koekemoer

Brett Favre can throw a football over 50 yards, Vernon Koekemoer can throw Brett Favre even further.

The last digit of p is Vernon Koekemoer. He is the end of all things.

Vernon Koekemoer does not know where you live, but he knows where you will die.

Bullets dodge Vernon Koekemoer

A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Vernon Koekemoer and that you will be handicapped if you park there.

The Vernon Koekemoer calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd, no one fools Vernon Koekemoer.

If you spell Vernon Koekemoer wrong on Google it doesn’t say, “Did you mean Vernon Koekemoer?” It simply replies, “Run while you still have the chance.”

Vernon Koekemoer can do a wheelie on a unicycle.

Once a cobra bit Vernon Koekemoer’ leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.

When Vernon Koekemoer gives you the finger, he’s telling you how many seconds you have left to live.

Vernon Koekemoer can kill two stones with one bird.

Vernon Koekemoer was once on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and was the first to spin. The next 29 minutes of the show consisted of everyone standing around awkwardly, waiting for the wheel to stop.

Leading hand sanitisers claim they can kill 99.9 percent of germs. Vernon Koekemoer kills 100 percent of whatever he wants.

There is no such thing as global warming. Vernon Koekemoer was cold, so he turned the sun up.

Vernon Koekemoer can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night.

Vernon Koekemoer has a deep and abiding respect for human life unless it gets in his way.

It takes Vernon Koekemoer 10 minutes to watch 60 Minutes.

Vernon Koekemoer once shot down a German fighter plane with his finger, by yelling, “Bang!”

In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Vernon Koekemoer could use to kill you, including the room itself.

Behind every successful man, there is a woman. Behind every dead man, there is Vernon Koekemoer.

Vernon Koekemoer destroyed the periodic table, because Vernon Koekemoer only recognises the element of surprise.

Vernon Koekemoer got his drivers licence at the age of 16 Seconds.

With the rising cost of gasoline, Vernon Koekemoer is beginning to worry about his drinking habit.

The square root of Vernon Koekemoer is pain. Do not try to square Vernon Koekemoer, the result is death.

When you say “no one’s perfect”, Vernon Koekemoer takes this as a personal insult.

Source: thetimes.co.za

Like a hormonal teen, Cameron Diaz is haunted by her skin.

Eva Longoria without make-up is a far cry from her usually glamourous self

She may have a body that most 20-somethings only dream of having, but take away her make-up and 50 year old Madonna looks pale and pasty…

Red-nosed and puffy, it’s definitely not a look that Hollywood hottie J Lo is proud of.

 Don’t look so angry, Rihanna, it’s not our fault you forgot your blusher at home!

What do you think of celebrities without their make-up? Still think they’re beautiful?

To view more visit:  women24.com

When reflecting back on the Oscars,  it’s some of the incredible speeches that come to mind. And here are some favourites :

Meryl Streep was extremely gracious when accepting her Best Actress award for Sophie’s Choice in 1981 … “I have a lot of people to thank and I’m going to be one of those people that tries to mention a lot of names, because I know just two seconds ago my mother and father went berserk and I’d like to give some other mothers and fathers that same opportunity.”

Juliette Binoche was also extremely gracious when she was clearly in shock at her upset win over favourite Lauren Bacall by saying “I’m so surprised! It’s true, I didn’t prepare anything. I thought Lauren was going to get it, and I think she deserves it.”

Mickey Rooney expressed one of the unspoken truths about some people’s stardom, that it can disappear as quickly as it arrives. When he accepted an honorary Oscar in 1982, he said “When I was 19 years old, I was the number one star of the world for two years; when I was 40, nobody wanted me — I couldn’t get a job.”

One of the most touching moments in Oscar history came in the 1977 ceremony, when true sentiment was expressed on the Oscar stage, something we don’t often see coming out of Hollywood. William Holden was out presenting with his dear friend and former co-star Barbara Stanwyck , and he delivered a heartfelt tribute to her, which she had not been expected, and she was visibly moved by it.

He said “Before Barbara and I present this next award, I’d like to say something. 39 years ago this month, we were working on a film together called “Golden Boy”, and it wasn’t going too well because I was going to be replaced. But due to this lovely human being and her interest and understanding, and her professional integrity, and her encouragement, and above all her generosity, I am here tonight.”

All kinds of other acceptance speeches have been extremely moving, including:

Steven Spielberg’s touching tribute to his mother and to the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust when he accepted his Best Director Oscar for Schindler’s List in 1993.

Al Pacino’s Best Actor acceptance speech in 1992, encouraging youngsters to go for their dream.

Louise Fletcher signing for her deaf parents when winning Best Actress in 1975 for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

 Whoopi Golderg’s recent tribute to film critic Gene Siskel, who had recently passed away before the 1998 ceremony.

 Dustin Hoffman explaining his past criticism of the Academy when winning Best Actor for 1979′s Kramer vs. Kramer.

But one of the most memerable speeches was Tom Hanks accepting his first Best Actor prize, for Philadelphia, in 1993. His speech represented the voices silenced by AIDS, which was the main topic of the film he won the Oscar for, and as delivered by Hanks, still remains for one of the most moving acceptance speeches in Oscar history.

Here 1s that memorable speech : “I know that my work in this case is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels. We know their names. They number a thousand for each one of the red ribbons that we wear here tonight. They finally rest in the warm embrace of the gracious creator of us all, a healing embrace that cools their fevers, that clears their skin, and allows their eyes to see the simple, self-evident commonsense truth that is made manifest by the benevolent creator of us all.”

” Iwant to thank…everybody I ever met in my entire life” Maureen Stapleton in 1982

Dianne Wiest in 1987: “Gee, this isn’t like I imagined it would be in the bathtub.”

Robin Williams in 1998: “Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, ‘Wonderful, just have a back-up profession like welding.’”

Short documentary winner Jessica Yu saying: “What a thrill. You know you’ve entered new territory when you realize that your outfit cost more than your film.”

Gwyneth’s cringeworthy acceptance speech in 2003, out-bawling Halle Berry and Nicole Kidman.

Tom Hanks accidentally outing his high school teacher in his Philadelphia speech in 1994.

Marlon Brando protesting about American behaviour by sending a Native American to collect his award in 1973. She was later revealed to be an aspiring actress.

“I am the king of the world” shrieks James Cameron moments after ordering a minute’s silence for the Titanic victims.

Jack Palance doing one-armed pushups when accepting his Oscar for City Slickers in 1991, to prove he could keep up with the young actors of today.

Cuba Gooding Jr in 1997: “Tom Cruise! I love you, brother! I love you, man!…Everybody, I love you. I love you all. Cameron Crowe! James L. Brooks! James L. Brooks, I love you. Everybody who’s involved with this, I love you. I love you. Everybody involved.”

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Robert Downey Jr., with his Best Actor nod for 1992′s “Chaplin,” is one of only two stars who received Oscar nominations for portraying a real-life Oscar nominee. Who’s the other?

Cate Blanchett won a Supporting Actress Oscar for portraying real-life Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn in 2004′s “The Aviator

 Which actress accidentally left her statue in the bathroom after winning her first Oscar?

Meryl Streep forgot her trophy in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion bathroom after her first win for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for “Kramer vs. Kramer” in 1980.

Three films (“Ben Hur,” “Titanic” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”) hold the record for most Oscar wins. Which two films hold the record for most nominations with 14 each?

“Titanic” nabbed 11 trophies out of 14 nominations in 1997, while “All About Eve” won just six of its 14 nominations in 1950.

Who’s the only actor to receive two Oscar acting nominations for the same performance?

Barry Fitzgerald was nominated for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Going My Way.” Oscar voters decided his co-star, Bing Crosby, deserved the Oscar for Lead Actor.

What movie won an Oscar 20 years after it was made?

Charlie Chaplin’s “Limelight,” made in 1952, wasn’t eligible for an Oscar until it was released in Los Angeles in 1972. Chaplin won a statue for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score in 1973. 

Who’s the only actor to receive two posthumous Oscar nominations?

 James Dean received Best Actor nominations for “East of Eden” in 1956 and “Giant” in 1957, both after his September 1955 death

 Who has hosted the most Oscar ceremonies?

Legendary actor and comedian Bob Hope hosted 18 Oscar shows, though he was never nominated himself for an Academy Award.

Seven foreign language films have been Best Picture nominees. How many of those have won the award? 

“Grand Illusion,” “Z,” “The Emigrants,” “Cries and Whispers,” “The Postman,” “Life is Beautiful” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” all received Best Picture nods, but none were winners.

“In the Heat of the Night,” the Sidney Poitier drama about racial tension, won the Best Picture Oscar at a ceremony that was postponed because of what event?

The 1968 Academy Awards ceremony was postponed for two days, until after the funeral of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr

Which actress is the youngest person to receive the most Oscar nominations of any actor before the age of 30?

Kate Winslet

Where was the first Oscar ceremony held?

At the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in 1929. The ceremony lasted just five minutes and tickets to the event cost $10.

Which Oscar telecast featured the infamous Rob Lowe/Snow White song-and-dance number?

Former “West Wing” star Lowe sang “Proud Mary” to Snow White as the opening number for the 1989 Academy Awards telecast

Who received the only Oscar ever fashioned from timber?

Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen received a carved wooden Oscar, presented in honor of his dummy, Charlie McCarthy

In what year did a Los Angeles scrap metal dealer save the Academy Awards when he found dozens of stolen Oscar statues dumped into a supermarket trash bin?

The year was 2000 when 61-year-old Willie Fulgear found 52 of 55 missing Oscars and turned them over to police

Which two stars won Best Actor Oscars for playing the same character?

Marlon Brando won a Best Actor statue for playing Don Vito Corleone in 1972′s “The Godfather.” Robert De Niro won a Best Actor Oscar for playing the younger version of Vito Corleone in 1974′s “The Godfather Part II.”

Which actor said, “I’ve been there seven times and lost. Maybe if I stay away, I’ll win,” right before winning his first Oscar?

Paul Newman, who had been nominated for seven Oscars previously, skipped the 1987 ceremonies, in which he finally nabbed his first statue, a Best Actor trophy for “The Color of Money.” 

Who is the first person in Oscar history to be nominated for directing one movie and acting in another in the same year?

 George Clooney

 What is the Oscar/Academy Award officially named?

The Academy Award of Merit

Who is the only person to win an Oscar and a Nobel Prize?

 George Bernard Shaw

 Who is the only Oscar to win an Oscar?

Oscar Hammerstein II (Best Song: 1941, 1945)

 How much does an Oscar statuette way?

8 1/2 pounds

What was the last black-and-white film to win an Oscar for Best Picture?

“Schindler’s List”

Quotes from Sunday night’s 81st Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:

“You Commie Homo-Loving Sons Of Guns. I did not expect this, and I want it to be very clear that I do know how hard I make it to appreciate me, often, but I am touched by the appreciation.” – Sean Penn, accepting the best actor Oscar for his role in Milk.

“I’d be lying if I said I haven’t made a version of this speech before. I think I was probably eight years old and staring into the bathroom mirror, and this would have been a shampoo bottle.

“Well, it’s not a shampoo bottle now.” – Kate Winslet, holding the Oscar she won as best actress in The Reader.

“My kids are too old to remember this now, but when they were much younger, I swore to them that if this miracle ever happened that I would recede into the character of Tigger from Winnie the Pooh.” – Danny Boyle, jumping up and down, after winning the best director Academy Award for Slumdog Millionaire.

Truly accepted

“This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath’s quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here – his peers within an industry he so loved.” – Heath Ledger’s father, Kim Ledger, accepting the award for best supporting actor on behalf of his son.

“When I was 13 years old my beautiful mother and my father moved me from a conservative Mormon home in San Antonio, Texas, to California, and I heard the story of Harvey Milk and it gave me hope. It gave me the hope to live my life.” – Dustin Black, accepting best original screenplay Oscar.

“It’s not going to be 45 seconds, I can say that right now. Has anybody ever fainted here? Because I might be the first one.” – Penelope Cruz, accepting the best supporting actress award.

“Fifteen career Oscar nominations. That’s a record. I hate to say it but when someone puts up numbers like that, it’s just hard not to think steroids.” – Host Hugh Jackman to Meryl Streep during the opening of the show.

“There are certain places in the universe you never imagine standing. For me, it’s the moon, the South Pole, the Miss World podium and here.” – Simon Beaufoy on-stage after winning best adapted screenplay for Slumdog Millionaire.

“Now listen, I want you to relax tonight. I want you to say whatever is on your mind because you know we have a seven-second delay, but if you win, we switch to a 20-minute delay.” – Host Hugh Jackman to Mickey Rourke during the opening of the show.

“This award touches my heart and the very depth of my soul because of who the award is from and those who will benefit. The humility I feel is staggering, and I know it will stay with me for the rest of my life.” – Jerry Lewis, while accepting an Oscar for humanitarian work.

Source: News24.com

Although the Oscars are deemed to be a serious affair some comic relief is always necessary.

Here is one of my favourite funny Oscar moments.

It’s not easy being green. Just ask some of our purportedly environmentally conscious celebrities like Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio. Despite their best efforts to raise awareness, even they have a hard time leading by example.

See which of your favorite stars have been called out as environmental hypocrites.

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