"I feel as though I'm standing on magic legs in a special effects process shot that is too unbelievable to imagine and far too costly to make a reality." Tom Hanks accepts the Best Actor In a Leading Role Oscar for his iconic performance in the eponymous film 'Forrest Gump.' The film was nominated for 13 Oscars and won 6 at the 67th Academy Awards. Hanks, who had won Best Actor the previous year for 'Philidelphia,' is only one of five actors to have one back-to-back acting Oscars. This list of c

At the 60th Academy Awards, THE LAST EMPEROR (1987) was nominated for nine Oscars and went on to win all nine, including Best Picture—one of the rare times a film ended up with every award for which it was nominated. Of the three Best Picture winners throughout the Academy Awards history that feature mostly Asian casts (PARASITE, 2019; SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, 2008; and THE LAST EMPEROR), none received any acting nominations. Considered through the lens of our Hollywood Chinese film series, guest pr