- 1928
| May 16 | The first Academy Awards are held in Hollywood. | Ref: 2 |
- 1929
| May 16 | The first Academy Awards were presented during a banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. "Wings", Emil Jennings & Janet Gaynor win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1930
| Apr 03 | The 2nd Annual Academy Awards: "The Broadway Melody", Warner Baxterand Mary Pickford. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 05 | All was quiet in the Fiesta Room at Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel this night as the Third Annual Academy Awards were about to be announced. The big winner of the evening, hosted by Conrad Nagel, was All Quiet on the Western Front (Outstanding Production Universal, and Best Director - Lewis Milestone). Best Actor honors went to George Arliss for his performance in Disraeli (a remake of the. | Ref: 4 |
- 1931
| Nov 10 | For the second year in a row, Conrad Nagel hosted the Academy Awards. This year’s gala celebration, the Academy’s fourth, was at the Sala D’Oro Room at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The runaway winner was Cimarron (Outstanding Production RKO Radio; Art Direction - Max Ree; Writing/Adaptation - Howard Estabrook). Best Actor honors went to Lionel Barrymore for his stellar performance in A Free Soul; ditto for Best Actress Marie Dressler in Min and Bill. The Best Directing Award for Skippy went to Norman Taurog, and Best Cinematography accolades were earned by Floyd Crosby for his work on Tabu. The Academy Award for Best Writing/Original Story was presented to John Monk Saunders for his script, The Dawn Patrol. Several Scientific and Technical Awards were also presented for the first time. | Ref: 4 |
- 1932
| Nov 18 | For the first time, a tie occurred for the Best Actor Academy Award. Wallace Beery and Fredric March were only one vote apart so the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ruled it a tie. Both received an Oscar at the Fifth Annual Academy Awards, March for his performance in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Beery for his role in The Champ. | Ref: 4 |
- 1934
| Mar 16 | The 6th celebration of movieland’s achievements, The Academy Awards for the films of 1932 and 1933, was held at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles with humorist/actor/writer Will Rogers as host. The Best Picture and Best Director Frank Lloyd) prizes went to the 1933 flick, Cavalcade produced by Winfield R. Sheehan. The Best Actor was Charles Laughton in The Private Life of Henry VIII, and the Best Actress was Katharine Hepburn in Morning Glory (1933). | Ref: 4 |
| May 18 | Academy Award first called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky). | Ref: 5 |
- 1935
| Feb 27 | The 7th Academy Awards ceremony is held at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel (for the films of 1934). It Happened One Night sweeps the awards, capturing Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Frank Capra), Best Actor (Clark Gable) and Best Actress (Claudette Colbert). | Ref: 4 |
- 1936
| Mar 05 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Mutiny On The Bounty (produced by Irving Thalberg and Albert Lewin) was voted Outstanding Production, as they used to say at the 8th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Academy Awards. Victor McLaglen take the Best Actor prize for The Informer (John Ford won for directing this one). Best Actress was Bette Davis in Dangerous. | Ref: 4 |
- 1937
| Mar 04 | George Jessel hosts the 9th Annual Academy Awards show. Best Picture: The Great Ziegfeld; Actor: Paul Muni (The Story Of Louis Pasteur); Actor in a Supporting Role: Walter Brennan (Come and Get It); Best Actress: Luise Rainer (The Great Ziegfeld); Actress in a Supporting Role: Gale Sondergaard (Anthony Adverse). | Ref: 4 |
- 1939
| Feb 23 | The 11th Academy Awards were celebrated at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles (for the flicks of 1938). Oscars were doled out for You Can’t Take It with You for Best Picture and Best Director (Frank Capra). Capra, who took home his third Best-Director prize, had won for 1934’s It Happened One Night and 1936’s Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. The Best Actor award was claimed for the second year in a row (Captains Courageous) by Spencer Tracy for Boys Town. Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards were presented to Bette Davis and Fay Bainter, respectively, for their performances in Jezebel; while Walter Brennan took home the prized statuette for Best Supporting Actor in Kentucky. These were Davis’ and Brennan’s second Academy Awards; the first for Davis was awarded three years earlier for Dangerous, and Brennan received his first Oscar two years before for Come and Get It. Walt Disney won an honorary Oscar for the film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Mr. Disney actually received one Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones for his work “ ... which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field,” according to press accounts that day. | Ref: 4 |
- 1940
| Feb 29 | 12th Academy Awards: Hattie McDaniel is first African American to win an Academy Award--best supporting actress--for her performance in Gone With The Wind, which won a total of 8 Oscars. Also Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh become first husband and wife to both win Academy Awards. | Ref:77 |
- 1941
| Feb 27 | Searchlights in the sky guided Hollywood’s finest to the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, and the 13th Academy Awards show. The Best Picture (of 1940) "Rebecca", Best Actor was James Stewart for The Philadelphia Story and Best Actress was Ginger Rogers for her performance in Kitty Foyle. | Ref: 4 |
- 1942
| Feb 26 | A big banquet, Biltmore Hotel style, was the setting for Hollywood’s 14th Academy Awards. Dinner guests were addressed by the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt, heard via radio, thanked the film industry for its WWII defense preparedness work. The final course served up Oscars in sealed envelopes (the first time) to John Ford (Best Director, How Green Was My Valley); Gary Cooper (Best Actor, Sergeant York); Joan Fontaine (Best Actress, Suspicion); Mary Astor (Best Supporting Actress, The Great Lie) and Donald Crisp (Best Supporting Actor: How Green Was My Valley. Then all toasted the Best Picture of the Year, How Green Was My Valley. This was the third Best Director statuette presented to John Ford. He received his second, a year earlier for The Grapes of Wrath, and the first for the 1935 film, The Informer. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 02 | 14th Academy Awards: "How Green was My Valley", Gary Cooper & Joan Fontaine win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1943
| Mar 04 | The 15th Academy Awards: Best Picture: Mrs. Miniver (from Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer); William Wyler the Best Director Oscar; Greer Garson the Best Actress statuette; Teresa Wright the Best Actress in a Supporting Role prize, all for Mrs. Miniver. James Cagney was presented the Best Actor Oscar for Yankee Doodle Dandy and Van Heflin was voted Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Johnny Eager. Irving Berlin won the Best Song Oscar for the film, Holiday Inn: White Christmas. | Ref: 4 |
- 1944
| Mar 02 | 16th Academy Awards: "Casablanca", Jennifer Jones & Paul Lukas win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1945
| Mar 15 | 17th Academy Awards: "Going my Way", Bing Cosby & Ingrid Bergman win. The celebration at Grauman's Chineses Theatre is the first to be broadcast on radio on ABC. | Ref: 5 |
- 1946
| Mar 07 | Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard was the site of the 18th Annual Academy Awards celebration. The Best Motion Picture of 1945 was Paramount’s The Lost Weekend, produced by Charles Brackett. It also won for Best Director (Billy Wilder), Best Actor (Ray Milland), and Best Writing of a Screenplay (Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder). The Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role went to James Dunn for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Best Actress was Joan Crawford for her perfomance in Mildred Pierce. The votes for The Best Actress in a Supporting Role prize went to Anne Revere for National Velvet. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 30 | Academy Award was heard on radio for the first time. The first dramatized story was titled, Jezebel and starred actress Bette Davis. | Ref: 4 |
- 1947
| Mar 13 | 19th Academy Awards: "Best Years of Our Lives", Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | First Tony Awards Arthur Miller, David Wayne & Patricia Neal win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 07 | First annual Tony Awards for American theatre presented in New York; named for Antoinette Perry. | Ref: 10 |
- 1948
| Mar 20 | 20th Academy Awards: "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, Loretta Young win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes first British film to win Academy Award for best picture. | Ref: 10 |
| Mar 28 | 2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts wins | Ref: 5 |
- 1949
| Jan 25 | First Emmy Awards NBC's "The Necklace", Shirley Dinsdale & Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | 21st Academy Awards: "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier & Jane Wyman win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | 3rd Tony Awards Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1950
| Jan 27 | 2nd Emmy Awards Ed Wynn Show & Texaco Star Theater win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | 22nd Academy Awards: "All King's Men", Broderick Crawford & Olivia de Havilland win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | 4th Tony Awards Cocktail Party & South Pacific win. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | 2nd Emmy Awards Ed Wynn Show & Texaco Star Theater win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1951
| Jan 23 | 3rd Emmy Awards Alan Young Show, Alan Young & Gertrude Berg. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | 5th Tony Awards: Guys & Dolls & Rose Tattoo win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | 23rd Academy Awards: "All About Eve", Jose Ferrer & Judy Holliday win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1952
| Feb 18 | 4th Emmy Awards Red Skelton, Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | 24th Academy Awards: "American in Paris", Humphrey Bogart & Vivian Leigh win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter & King & I win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1953
| Feb 05 | 5th Emmy Awards I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell & Helen Hayes win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | 25th Academy Awards: "Greatest Show on Earth", Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win (1st time televised). | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | 7th Tony Awards: Crucible & Wonderful Town win | Ref: 5 |
- 1954
| Feb 11 | 6th Emmy Awards I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor & Eve Arden win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | 26th Academy Awards: "From Here to Eternity", William Holden & Audrey Hepburn win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon & Kismet win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1955
| Mar 07 | 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | 9th Tony Awards: Desperate Hours & Pajama Game win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | 27th Academy Awards: "On the Waterfront", Marlon Brando & Grace Kelly win | Ref: 5 |
- 1956
| Mar 17 | 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show & Lucy Ball. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | 28th Academy Awards: "Marty", Ernest Borgnine & Anna Magnani win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 01 | 10th Tony Awards Diary of Anne Frank & Damn Yankees win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1957
| Mar 16 | 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young & Loretta Young. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | 29th Academy Awards: "Around World in 80 Days", Yul Brynner & Ingrid Bergman win | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | 11th Tony Awards Long Days Journey into the Night & My Fair Lady win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1958
| Feb 05 | A year after its founding, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) formed a New York chapter. NARAS is better known as the Grammy Awards organization. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 26 | 30th Academy Awards-"Bridge on the River Kwai", Alec Guinness & Joanne Woodward win | Ref: 2 |
| Apr 13 | 12th Tony Awards Sunrise at Campobello & Music Man win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | 10th Emmy Awards Gunsmoke, Robert Young & Jane Wyatt win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1959
| Mar 06 | 11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | 31st Academy Awards "Gigi", Susan Hayward & David Niven win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | 13th Tony Awards J B & Redhead win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 04 | First Grammy Awards: Perry Como & Ella Fitzgerald win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1960
| Apr 04 | 32nd Academy Awards "Ben-Hur", Charlton Heston & Simone Signoret win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass". | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | 14th Tony Awards Miracle Worker & Fiorello! win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1961
| Apr 12 | 3rd Grammy Awards Theme From a Summer Place wins, Ray Charles wins 4. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 16 | 15th Tony Awards Becket & Bye Bye Birdie win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 17 | 33rd Academy Awards "Apartment", Burt Lancaster & Liz Taylor win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 16 | 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck. | Ref: 5 |
- 1962
| Apr 09 | 34th Academy Awards "West Side Story", Sophia Loren & Max Schell win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | 16th Tony Awards Man For All Seasons & How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | 14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth. | Ref: 5 |
- 1963
| Apr 08 | 35th Academy Awards "Lawrence of Arabia", Anne Bancroft & Gregory Peck win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 28 | 17th Tony Awards Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? & A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Peter, Paul & Mary win their first Grammy (If I Had a Hammer). | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth. | Ref: 5 |
- 1964
| Mar 12 | 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Streisand win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | Sidney Poitier became the first black performer in a leading role to win an Academy Award, for "Lilies of the Field." | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | 36th Academy Awards "Tom Jones", Sidney Poitier & Patricia Neal win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | Sidney Poitier becomes the first black to win an Oscar for best actor. | Ref: 2 |
| May 24 | 18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | 16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore. | Ref: 5 |
- 1965
| Apr 05 | 37th Academy Awards "My Fair Lady", Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews win. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 12 | 17th annual Emmy Awards. | Ref: 5 |
- 1966
| Mar 15 | 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra & Streisand. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 18 | Bob Hope did it again after six years! He both hosted and received an award at the 38th Annual Academy Awards celebration at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles. This time he received a gold medal, the Honorary Award for unique and distinguished service to the film industry and the Academy. Other award recipients included Shelley Winters for her Best Supporting Actress role in A Patch of Blue; Martin Balsam, Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Thousand Clowns. The Best Actor Oscar went to Lee Marvin (Cat Ballou); and Julie Christie picked up the Best Actress Oscar (Darling). The Oscar for the Best Music/Song from a 1965 movie was The Shadow of Your Smile from The Sandpiper (Johnny Mandel-music, Paul Francis Webster-lyrics). It’s a good thing that the Oscars were being broadcast in color this night (the first time) because the Best Director and Best Picture winner was The Sound of Music (Robert Wise, producer and director). We don’t think the hills wouldn’t look very alive in black and white. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 28 | 38th Academy Awards "Sound of Music", Julie Christie & L Marvin win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | 18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore. | Ref: 5 |
- 1967
| Mar 02 | 9th Grammy Awards: Strangers in Night & Michele win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | 21st Tony Awards: Homecoming & Cabaret win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | 39th Academy Awards "Man For All Seasons", E Taylor & P Scofield win. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 04 | Emmy Awards-Monkees win for comedy series. | Ref: 5 |
- 1968
| Mar 09 | 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up & Away, Sergeant Pepper win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | 40th Academy Awards postponed to April 10th due to death of Martin Luther King Jr. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | 40th Academy Awards "Heat of the Night", Rod Steiger & Katharine Hepburn win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | 22nd Tony Awards Rosencranz & Guilderstern & Hallelujah Baby! win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible & Barbara Bain. | Ref: 5 |
- 1969
| Mar 12 | 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | 41st Academy Awards "Oliver", Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn/Barbra Streisand win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | "Oliver", Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn win 51st Academy Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | 23rd Tony Awards Great White Hope & 1776 win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1970
| Mar 11 | 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills & Nash, Peggy Lee win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 07 | 42nd Academy Awards "Midnight Cowboy", John Wayne & Maggie Smith win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | 24th Tony Awards Borstal Boy & Applause win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1971
| Mar 16 | 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth & Company win | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 15 | 43rd Academy Awards "Patton", George C Scott (refused the award) & Glenda Jackson win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton. | Ref: 5 |
- 1972
| Apr 02 | 44th Academy Awards "French Connection", Gene Hackman & Jane Fonda win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | 44th Academy Awards: "French Connection", Gene Hackman ("French Connection"), Jane Fonda are the big winner. (TWA, 1959) | Ref:77 |
| Apr 10 | Once again, the 44th Annual Academy Awards celebration was held at Los Angeles’ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. And, once again, everyone was spellbound waiting to hear who won Best Picture. It wasn’t an easy decision. The nominees were: A Clockwork Orange, Fiddler on the Roof, The Last Picture Show, Nicholas and Alexandra and The French Connection. And the Oscar goes to ... The French Connection, Philip D’Antoni, producer. The Oscar also went to The French Connection for Best Director (William Friedkin); Best Actor (Gene Hackman); Best Writing/Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Ernest Tidyman); and Best Film Editing (Gerald B. Greenberg). All of the other Best Picture nominees (except A Clockwork Orange) also received Oscars: The Last Picture Show won for both supporting actor and actress (Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman respectively); Fiddler on the Roof won for Best Cinematography (Oswald Morris), Best Sound (Gordon K. McCallum, David Hildyard) and Best Music/Scoring Adaptation/Original Song Score (John Williams); Nicholas and Alexandra won the awards for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon) and Best Costume Design (Yvonne Blake, Antonio Castillo). Klute won one out of its two nominations: Best Actress (Jane Fonda) and Shaft won its only nomination: Best Music/Song (Isaac Hayes, Theme from Shaft. Other films from 1971 that received accolades ... but not necessarily Oscars: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; Sunday Bloody Sunday; Carnal Knowledge; Summer of ’42, Bedknobs and Broomsticks; Mary, Queen of Scots; and McCabe & Mrs. Miller. And much applause went to the hosts of the evening’s festivities: Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jack Lemmon. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 23 | 26th Tony Awards Sticks & Bones & 2 Gentlemen of Verona win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton. | Ref: 5 |
- 1973
| Mar 04 | 15th Grammy Awards: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season & Little Night Music win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | 45th Academy Awards: "Godfather", Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians | Ref: 5 |
| May 20 | 25th Emmy Awards: Waltons, All in the Family & Mary Tyler Moore win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
- 1974
| Feb 19 | First American Music Award. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 02 | 16th Grammy Awards: Stevie Wonder got five Grammy Awards for his album, Innervisions and his hit songs, You Are The Sunshine of My Life and Superstition. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 02 | 46th Academy Awards "The Sting", Glenda Jackson & Jack Lemmon win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 21 | 28th Tony Awards River Niger & Raisin win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | 26th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda & Mary Tyler Moore win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 28 | Emmy first Daytime Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
- 1975
| Jan 29 | First Annual Comedy Awards of the Year hosted by Alan King. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 18 | 2nd American Music Award. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | 47th Academy Awards "Godfather II", Ellen Burstyn & Art Carney win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 20 | 29th Tony Awards Equus & The Wiz win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake & Jean Marsh. | Ref: 5 |
- 1976
| Feb 28 | 18th Grammy Awards Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | “And the Oscar goes to...” One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Saul Zaentz, Michael Douglas, producers) selected as the Best Picture of 1975. The Academy Awards were spotlighted -- for the 48th time -- at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Hosts for the gala gala were Goldie Hawn, Gene Kelly, Walter Matthau, George Segal and Robert Shaw. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest also scored the Best Director prize for Milos Forman, the Best Actor honor for Jack Nicholson and the Best Actress Oscar for Louise Fletcher, plus the Oscars for Best Writing to Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben. The Best Supporting Actor nod went to eighty-year-old George Burns for The Sunshine Boys and Best Supporting Actress was Lee Grant in Shampoo. The Best Music/Song winner was Keith Carradine for I’m Easy from Nashville. Other favorite winning and nominated flicks from the year 1975 include: Dog Day Afternoon which won the Oscar for Best Writing/Original Screenplay (Frank Pierson); Jaws which was awarded gold statuettes for Best Sound (Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Mabery, John R. Carter), Best Film Editing (Verna Fields); and Best Music/Original Score (John Williams); The Day of the Locust; Funny Lady; and Tommy. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 18 | 30th Tony Awards Travesties & Chorus Line win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1977
| Feb 19 | 19th Grammy Awards This Masquerade, Starland Vocal Band. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | 49th Academy Awards: "Rocky", Peter Finch & Faye Dunaway win | Ref: 5 |
| May 12 | Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
- 1978
| Jan 16 | 5th American Music Award Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac & Conway Twitty. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | 4th People's Choice Awards Star Wars, Carol Burnett & Bob Hope. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | 20th Grammy Awards Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | 50th Academy Awards "Annie Hall", Rich Dreyfuss & Diane Keaton win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1979
| Jan 10 | Entertainer of the Year Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | 6th American Music Award Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | 36th Golden Globes Midnight Express, Jon Voight & Jane Fonda. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | 21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 11 | Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 13 | 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 15 | 21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 08 | 5th People's Choice Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | 51st Academy Awards "Deer Hunter", Jon Voight & Jane Fonda win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 02 | 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 17 | Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | 36th Golden Globes Midnight Express, Jon Voight & Jane Fonda. | Ref: 5 |
- 1980
| Jan 28 | 37th Golden Globes Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 27 | 22nd Grammy Awards What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet (You Don't Bring Me Flowers). | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | 7th Daytime Emmy Awards presentation Susan Lucci loses for first time. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 14 | 3rd Emmy Sports Awards presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | 52nd Academy Awards "Kramer vs Kramer", Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 01 | 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 07 | 32nd Emmy Awards shown despite boycott. | Ref: 5 |
- 1981
| Jan 30 | 8th American Music Award Kenny Rogers wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | 38th Golden Globes Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | 23rd Grammy Awards Sailing-Christopher Cross, Billy Joel win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 19 | Emmy 8th Daytime Awards: Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | 53rd Academy Awards: "Ordinary People", Robert De Niro, Sissy Spacek win | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 31 | First Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 30 | 16th Academy of Country Music Awards Barbara Mandrell & George Jones win. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 13 | 33rd Emmy Awards (Hill Street Blues big winner). | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 15 | 4th Emmy Sports Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
- 1982
| Jan 25 | 9th American Music Award Kenny Rogers win. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | 24th Grammy Awards Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | 5th Emmy Sports Awards presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | 54th Academy Awards: "Chariots of Fire", Henry Fonda & Katharine Hepburn win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | 17th Academy of Country Music Awards Alabama, Barbara Mandrell win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1983
| Jan 17 | 10th American Music Award Kenny Rogers. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | 40th Golden Globes Gandhi, ET & Tootsie win. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 23 | The rock group, Toto, won 25th Grammy Awards for the hit single, Rosanna, and the album, Toto IV, at the 25th annual ceremonies in Los Angeles. The group received four other awards to tie the 1965 record of six Grammies (Roger Miller). | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 17 | 9th People's Choice Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards Inchon! wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | 55th Academy Awards "Gandhi", Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 09 | 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Willie Nelson win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1984
| Jan 16 | 11th American Music Award Michael Jackson. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | 41th Golden Globes Thornbirds wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 02 | 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 28 | It was Michael Jackson Night at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The gloved one set a record for most wins by taking home eight of the gramophone statuette honors. He broke the previous record of six awards set by Roger Miller in 1965. The reason: the biggest selling album of all time, Thriller, which sold more than 35-million copies around the world soon after its release in 1983. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 15 | 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 08 | 4th Golden Raspberry Awards Lonely Lady wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 09 | 56th Academy Awards "Terms of Endearment", Robert Duvall & Shirley Maclaine win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 14 | 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 14 | First MTV awards-Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd host. | Ref: 5 |
| Oct 08 | Anne Murray won the Country Music Association’s Album of the Year Award this day for A Little Good News. Murray was the first woman to win this award. | Ref: 4 |
- 1985
| Jan 26 | 42nd Golden Globes Amadeus wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | 12th American Music Award. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | 27th Grammy Awards What's Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 14 | 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | The Golden Raspberry Awards were presented to parody the Oscar Awards. The movie, Bolero, won the big award, for John and Bo (I’m a 10!) Derek; winning honors for worst director and worst actress, respectively. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 24 | Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins). | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | 57th Academy Awards: "Amadeus", F Murray Abraham & Sally Field win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 08 | 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 02 | The Huck Finn-based musical Big River earned seven Tony Awards in New York City at the 39th annual awards presentation. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 14 | The first MTV Video Music Awards were presented at Radio City Music Hall in NY City. The Cars won Best Video honors for You Might Think and Michael Jackson won Best Overall Performance and Choreography for his Thriller video. | Ref: 4 |
- 1986
| Jan 24 | 43rd Golden Globes Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | 13th American Music Award Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis & Crystal Gayle. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | We are the World captured four Grammy Awards. The song, featuring more than 40 superstar artists gathered at one time, was awarded the Top Song, Record of the Year, Best Pop Performance and Best Short Video Awards. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 11 | 12th People's Choice Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | The 58th Academy Awards: Out of Africa, William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman), Geraldine Page (The Trip to Bountiful) win. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 23 | 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: Rambo; First Blood Part II wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | 58th Academy Awards: "Out of Africa", William Hurt & Geraldine Page win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 14 | 21st Academy of Country Music Awards George Strait, Alabama, Reba McEntire. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 20 | NBC's The Golden Girls won best comedy honors and CBS's Cagney & Lacey won for top drama at the 38th Emmy Awards held in Pasadena, CA. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 27 | 13th American Music Award Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis & Crystal Gayle. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 27 | 10th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards Young & Restless wins. | Ref: 5 |
- 1987
| Jan 18 | 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards Days of Our Live wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | 14th American Music Award Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie & Alabama. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 31 | 44th Golden Globes Platoon, Marlee Matlin win. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | 29th Grammy Awards Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 15 | 13th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | First Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: Howard the Duck wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | 59th Academy Awards: "Platoon", Paul Newman & Marlee Matlin win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 06 | 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | First American Comedy Award. | Ref: 5 |
- 1988
| Jan 16 | 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards Days of Our Live wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | 45th Golden Globes Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas. | Ref: 5 |
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| Jan 25 | 15th American Music Award Anita Baker, Paul Simon & Whitney Houston. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 02 | 30th Grammy Awards: Graceland, Joshua Tree, Jody Watley win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 13 | 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | 2nd Soul Train Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | 8th Golden Raspberry Awards Leonard Part 6 wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 11 | Cher was sure moonstruck at this the 60th Annual Academy Awards at LA’s Shrine Auditorium. And as well she should have been. After all, she won the Oscar for Best Actress (Moonstruck), over the likes of Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Sally Kirkland, and Holly Hunter. Moonstruck struck gold again as Olympia Dukakis picked up the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and John Patrick Shanley won for Best Writing/Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Almost all of the other awards (9) that evening were won by The Last Emperor (Jeremy Thomas, producer) including Best Picture, and Best Director (Bernardo Bertolucci), except for Michael Douglas who received the Best Actor award for his performance in Wall Street, Sean Connery for his Best Supporting Actor role in The Untouchables, and Dirty Dancing which had the winning Music/Song, (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life (music: Frank Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz, lyrics: Frank Previte). Funny man Chevy Chase hosted the fun-filled event. Note: The Last Emperor won in every category in which it was nominated. | Ref: 4 |
| Apr 26 | First TNN Viewers Choice Awards-Randy Travis wins in 5 categories. | Ref: 5 |
| May 15 | 2nd American Comedy Award: Robin Williams & Tracey Ullman. | Ref: 5 |
- 1989
| Jan 15 | 10th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 35 awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | 46th Golden Globes Rain Man, Working Girl. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | 16th American Music Award Randy Travis & George Michael win. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 22 | 31st Grammy Awards Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | 15th People's Choice Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | 61st Academy Awards: "Rainman", Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster win | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 10 | 24th Academy of Country Music Awards Hank Williams Jr, Alabama win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 12 | 3rd Soul Train Music Awards Anita Baker wins. | Ref: 5 |
| May 23 | 3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | First International Rock Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 29 | Susan Lucci loses the daytime emmy for 10th straight year. | Ref: 5 |
- 1990
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| Jan 15 | 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards Knots Landing wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 22 | 17th American Music Award Milli Vanilli. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 21 | 32nd Grammy Awards Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | 4th American Comedy Awards: When Harry Met Sally. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | 16th People's Choice Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 14 | 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | 62nd Academy Awards: "Driving Miss Daisy", Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | 25th Academy of Country Music Awards Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 28 | 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards | Ref: 5 |
- 1991
| Jan 13 | 12th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 25 awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 16 | 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards Days of Our Live wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 19 | 48th Golden Globes Dances with Wolves. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 28 | 18th American Music Award M C Hammer & Janet Jackson. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 20 | 33rd Grammy Awards Another Day in Paradise, Mariah Carey. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 08 | 17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 09 | 5th American Comedy Awards: Dennis Wolfberg. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 12 | 5th Soul Train Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | 11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane & Ghosts Can't Do It win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | 63rd Academy Awards: "Dance with Wolves", Jeremy Irons & Kathy Bates win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 03 | 12th Emmy Sports Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | 26th Academy of Country Music Awards Garth Brooks wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 09 | 2nd Billboard Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
- 1992
| Jan 10 | 8th Soap Opera Digest Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 12 | 13th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 27 awards. | Ref: 5 |
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| Jan 27 | 19th American Music Award C & C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 25 | 34th Grammy Awards Unforgettable, Marc Cohn win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole & Color Me Badd win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 17 | 18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks & Reba McEntire. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | 6th American Comedy Awards: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 30 | 64th Academy Awards (Silent of the Lambs sweeps with Best Picture, Anthony Hopkins as Best Actor and Jodie Foster as Best Actress) | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 26 | Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 29 | 27th Academy of Country Music Awards Garth Brooks. | Ref: 5 |
| May 31 | 46th Tony Awards: Dancing at Lughnasa & Crazy For You win. | Ref: 5 |
| Nov 27 | 19th American Music Award C & C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 09 | 3rd Billboard Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 12 | 13th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 27 awards. | Ref: 5 |
- 1993
| Jan 17 | 14th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 32 awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 23 | 50th Golden Globes Scent of a Woman, wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 25 | 20th American Music Award Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 24 | 35th Grammy Awards: British rock legend Eric Clapton won six Grammys, including record, album (Unplugged) and song of the year (Tears in Heaven). Clapton wrote Tears in Heaven as a tribute to his infant son, Conor, who died in 1991 when he fell out of a window in Clapton’s 53rd floor New York apartment. | Ref: 4 |
| Feb 26 | 9th Soap Opera Digest Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 28 | 7th American Comedy Award Seinfeld wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 09 | 19th People's Choice Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 09 | 7th Soul Train Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 28 | 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 29 | 65th Academy Awards: "Unforgiven", Al Pacino & Emma Thompson win | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 13 | 14th Emmy Sports Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| May 11 | 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins. | Ref: 5 |
| May 26 | Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation Susan Lucci loses for 14th time. | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 19 | The NBC sitcom "Seinfeld" and the offbeat CBS drama "Picket Fences" each win three trophies at the 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. (XDG, p 4A, 9/19/2003) | Ref: 83 |
| Dec 08 | 4th Billboard Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
- 1994
| Jan 15 | 15th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 22 | 51st Golden Globes Schlinder's List, Steven Spielberg. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 07 | 21st American Music Award Whitney Houston wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | 36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | 8th American Comedy Awards: Carrot Top wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 08 | 20th People's Choice Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 20 | 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 21 | 66th Academy Awards: "Schindler's List", Tom Hanks & Holly Hunter win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 19 | 15th Emmy Sports Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| May 03 | 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins. | Ref: 5 |
| May 25 | Emmy 21st Daytime Award presentation Susan Lucci not nominated. | Ref: 5 |
| Jun 12 | Tony Awards: "Angels In America" wins best play; "Passion" wins best musical. (XDG, p 4A, 6/12/2004) | Ref: 83 |
| Dec 07 | 5th Billboard Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
- 1995
| Jan 14 | 16th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 23 awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 21 | 52th Golden Globes Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange, Brad Pitt. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 30 | 22nd American Music Award Boyz II Men & Ace of Base win. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 17 | 11th Soap Opera Digest Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | 37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Philadelphia, Sheryl Crow. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 05 | 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | 9th American Comedy Awards: Rodney Dangerfield. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 13 | 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 27 | 67th Academy Awards: "Forest Gump", Tom Hanks & Jessica Lange win | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 25 | 16th Emmy Sports Award presentation. | Ref: 5 |
| May 10 | 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins. | Ref: 5 |
| May 19 | Emmy's 22nd Daytime Award presentation Susan Lucci loses for 15th time. | Ref: 5 |
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| Dec 06 | 6th Billboard Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
- 1996
| Jan 21 | 53th Golden Globes Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 29 | 23rd American Music Award Garth Brooks wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 28 | 38th Grammy Awards Jagged Little Pill-Alanis Morisette wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | 10th American Comedy Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 06 | 2nd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | 16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 25 | 68th Academy Awards: "Braveheart", Nicholas Cage & Susan Sarandon win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 26 | The 68th Annual Academy Awards. The Best Picture (of 1995) was Braveheart; the Best Actor was Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas; the Best Actress award went to Susan Sarandon for Dead Man Walking. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 29 | 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 24 | 31st Academy of Country Music Awards Shania Twain wins. | Ref: 5 |
| May 22 | Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation Susan Lucci loses for 16th time | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 04 | 7th Billboard Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 14 | 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards. | Ref: 5 |
- 1997
| Jan 11 | 23rd People's Choice Awards Bill Cosby wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 19 | 54th Golden Globes English Patient, Brenda Blethyn & Geoffrey Rush. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 27 | 24th American Music Award Toni Braxton & Alanis Morissette win. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | 11th American Comedy Award Debbie Reynolds. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 10 | 5th annual ESPY Awards presented. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 26 | 39th Grammy Awards Change the World Babyface, Beck & LeAnn Rimes win. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 01 | 5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 07 | 11th Soul Train Music Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 11 | 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | The 69th Academy Awards: The English Patient, Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush for Shine, Best Actress: Frances McDormand for Fargo. | Ref: 4 |
| Mar 23 | 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 24 | 69th Academy Awards: "The English Patient", Tom Cruise & Frances McDormand win. | Ref: 5 |
| Apr 23 | 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards LeAnn Rines, Brooks & Dunn win. | Ref: 5 |
| May 21 | Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation Susan Lucci loses for 17th time | Ref: 5 |
| Sep 04 | The 14th MTV Video Music Awards show was staged at Radio City Music Hall. Host Chris Rock introduced Madonna, U2, Beck, Jamiroquai, The Wallflowers with Bruce Springsteen & Marilyn Manson. Most memorabel moment: Sting joining Puff Daddy & Faith Evans to perform I’ll Be Missing You. | Ref: 4 |
| Nov 27 | 24th American Music Award Toni Braxton & Alanis Morissette win. | Ref: 5 |
| Dec 08 | 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes & Spice Girls win. | Ref: 5 |
- 1998
| Jan 11 | 24th Annual People's Choice Awards Seinfeld, Tim Allen win. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 18 | 55th Golden Globes Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Jan 26 | 25th American Music Award Spice Girls & Babyface win. | Ref: 5 |
| Feb 09 | 6th annual ESPY Awards. | Ref: 5 |
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| Feb 27 | 14th Soap Opera Digest Awards. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 10 | 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 22 | 18th Golden Raspberry Awards: The Postman wins. | Ref: 5 |
| Mar 23 | 70th Academy Awards: Titanic, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt win | Ref: 5 |
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- 1999
| Feb 24 | Lauryn Hill won five Grammys for her debut solo album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," setting a record for a female artist that has since been tied by Alicia Keys, Norah Jones and Beyonce. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 21 | Everything was beautiful at the 71st Annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. There were beautiful people, gowns, and the beautiful words, ?The Oscar goes to...? Hosting the festivities which had moved from the traditional Monday night to Sunday evening, was comedienne Whoopi Goldberg, who modeled the beautiful, and sometimes bizarre, costumes from the movies nominated in the Best Costume Design category. (And the Oscar went to Sandy Powell for Shakespeare in Love.) A beautiful lady, Gwyneth Paltrow, emotionally accepted the Best Actress Oscar for her role in Shakespeare in Love. It was a beautiful night for the film with 13 nominations and seven wins including the upset win of Best Picture of the 1998 year; Best Supporting Actress (Dame Judi Dench); Best Writing/Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Martin Childs, Jill Quertier); and Best Music/Original Musical or Comedy Score (Stephen Warbeck). This was the first time in nine years that the film that won Best Picture did not win for Best Director. Steven Spielberg was the winning director for Saving Private Ryan (which also won four more of the golden statuettes). It was a beautiful moment when the Best Supporting Actor Oscar was awarded to James Coburn (Affliction), his first Academy Award nomination in over 70 films. But the most beautiful moment/s of the long (Oscar's longest to date) evening was when Sophia Loren said, ?and the Oscar goes to Roberto!? (Best Actor: La Vita ? bella - Roberto Benigni). In plain English, Life is Beautiful. Roberto Benigni was the first actor in a foreign language film to receive an Oscar. Coincidentally, Ms. Loren had been the first actress to be so honored. Benigni had received an Oscar earlier in the evening for Best Foreign Film (Life is Beautiful) when he pirouetted on top of seat backs, hopping and dancing to the stage. Roberto Benigni truly made the evening bella, bella! | Ref: 4 |
| May 21 | Susan Lucci, star of the ABC soap opera "All My Children," won a Daytime Emmy Award for best actress for the first time in the 19th straight year she was nominated. | Ref: 70 |
- 2000
| Feb 23 | Carlos Santana won eight Grammy Awards for his album "Supernatural," tying the record set by Michael Jackson in 1983. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 26 | the 72nd Annual Academy Awards. Best Picture: American Beauty; Best Actor: Kevin Spacey; Best Actress: Boys Don’t Cry. | Ref: 4 |
| Sep 10 | NBC's "The West Wing" won a record nine Emmy awards, including best drama series. | Ref: 70 |
- 2001
| Jun 03 | Mel Brooks' musical comedy "The Producers" won a record 12 Tony Awards. | Ref: 70 |
- 2002
| Mar 24 | Halle Berry ("Monster's Ball") became the first black actress to win an Oscar for a leading role, while Denzel Washington ("Training Day") became the second black to win best actor. | Ref: 70 |
| May 26 | Roman Polanski's film "The Pianist" wins the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. (XDG, p 4A, 5/26/2003) | Ref: 83 |
| Sep 22 | The White House drama "The West Wing" won its third consecutive emmy as best drama series; "Friends" was honored as the best comedy for the first time in its eight years on the air. (XDG, p 4A, 9/22/2003) | Ref: 83 |
- 2003
| Jan 19 | At the Golden Globe Awards, "Chicago" won best musical-comedy and "The Hours" claimed the best drama. (XDG, p 4A, 1/19/2004) | Ref: 83 |
| Feb 23 | Norah Jones won five Grammy Awards for the album "Come Away With Me," tying the record for a female artist held by Lauryn Hill and Alicia Keys, and since tied by Beyonce. | Ref: 70 |
| Mar 09 | The film musical "Chicago" wins top honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, including best ensemble cast, and lead acctress prize for star Rene Zellweger. (XDG, p 4A, 3/09/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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