Five scenes that lost actors an Oscar
These scenes snatched defeat from the jaws of victory
Academy Awards Archives: 05/2025
And the winner is… nobody: the only Oscar no one has ever been nominated for
What’s the point, then?
The 10 greatest actors never nominated for an Oscar
How did these ten icons never even nab a nomination?
The Oscars snub that crushed Ben Affleck: “It’s never gonna happen”
This snub hurt Affleck more than he wanted to admit
Jack Nicholson: The Oscar winner paid more than $2.2m per minute of screen time
This eye-watering contract was unprecedented at the time
The Clint Eastwood movie nobody wanted to make: “They weren’t nuts about it”
He proved everyone wrong.
George C Scott: The actor who hated movies so much he turned down an Oscar
This notoriously volatile star even no-showed the Oscars ceremony