Iconic Actors Who Never Won an Academy Award

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After a string of lighthearted and comedic roles, Cooper was cast in Silver Linings Playbook, a drama alongside Jennifer Lawrence. This was one of Hollywood's first glimpses of Cooper in a genuinely deep role, and it launched him into taking more serious films. He also played Navy SEAL Chris Kyle in the biopic, American Sniper.

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The More You Know

  • In every scene of Fight Club, there is a Starbucks coffee cup.
  • 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney movies where both parents are present and at least one doesn't die.
  • In Home Alone, Buzz's girlfriend is actually a boy in a wig. The director thought it would be too mean to ask a girl to be in the film this way.
  • The first-ever animated film to be nominated for Best Picture was Beauty and the Beast in 1981
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