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Although it may be a shock that big names like Glenn Close ,, Ian McKellen , And Angela Bassett I have never brought back to the house an oscar , even more surprising are some of the stars that have this coveted statuette on their shelves. Some of these victories can be unexpected because you know the best star in a different field, while others seem less likely because of the type of art that celebrity does. Of a rapper who was denounced by members of the Congress to an actor who plays one of the most scandalous characters of the Sitcom with cult success Community , here are eight stars that you probably did not realize having won the Oscars.

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When "losing", from the semi-automatic film 8 miles , became the first hip-hop song to win an Oscars for the best original song in 2003, Eminem , which also played in a loose version of its life story, was not found. The artist (real name: Marshall Mathers) had stayed at home, leaving the collaborator Luis Resto Accept the price of presenter Barbara Streisand. Seventeen years later, Eminem interpreted the 2020 Oscar song and explained Its absence prior to Variety . "At the time, I never even thought that I had a chance to win, and we had just played" Lose "on the grammys with the roots a few weeks before the Oscars, so we don't think that It was a good idea, "he said. "And also, at that time, the young person did not really look like a show like that would understand me." AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

In 2018, the late Kobe Bryant movie Dear basketball won the best animated short film at the Oscars. The film is based on The poem that the emblematic player wrote After announcing her retirement from the NBA in 2015 and presented music by the composer John Williams . "As basketball players, we are supposed to be silent and dribble," said Bryant in his speech, referring to the host of Fox News Laura Ingraham Comments criticizing the players who made political statements, according Illustrated sports . "I'm glad we did a little more than that."

Almost as surprising as Bob Dylan Victory at Nobel Prize (He won in the category of literature in 2016 "for having created new poetic expressions within the great tradition of American song") is the bard of the Oscars of Minnesota in 2001. The singer-songwriter -Preretre received the Academy Prize for the Best Original Song for "Things Have Changed" of 2000 Michael Douglas movie Marvellous . The trophy made him just the second person (alongside the playwright George Bernard Shaw ) to hold both a Nobel Prize and an Oscars.

Half of the musical Flight of the Conchords, Bret McKenzie won an Oscar in 2012 for the song "Man or Muppet" of the 2011 film, MUPPETS . The New Zealander had also been musical supervisor of the film, composing four of his five songs, a role he resumed in the suite of 2014 Most sought after . Among the many McKenzie thanked in his acceptance speech, there was the late Jim Henson .

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While you can recognize him as the actor who played Dean Craig Pelton on Community From 2009 to 2015, Jim Rash is also part of a scripting duo with writing partner, Nat Faxton (also an actor). The two co-wrote the scenario for 2011 George Clooney movie The descendants , which was nominated for five Oscars and won the Academy for the best suitable scenario. (The pair has also co-written and co-directed the film of maturity 2013 The path, he returned .)

I do not remember the moment when the doctor won an Oscar for It's a magnificent life ? The year was in 1995, and it was for the short film Franz Kafka is a wonderful life , specifically. Long before playing in The thickness of it or walked in the Tardis on Doctor Who , Scottish actor Peter Capaldi won the Academy Prize for the best short film (live action) for writing and making the melodramatic piece with With and me actor (and occasional Doctor Who Guest-Star) Richard E. Grant .

Oprah Winfrey was nominated for the best support actress for her 1986 performance Violet color and saw 2009 Precious: based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire , that she has co -produced two prizes. In 2011, Winfrey obtained one of his own when she was rewarded Jean Hersholt humanitarian prize , an honorary Oscar for the philanthropic work which put him alongside his colleagues winner Audrey Hepburn ,, Quincy Jones , And Paul Newman .

When the English singer-songwriter Sam Smith won the Academy 2016 Academy Prize for the best original song for James Bond's ballad "Writing's on the wall" Spectrum (2015), they made the headlines - and not only to have upset an expected victory for Lady Gaga . In their speech of acceptance, Smith wrongly quoted a quote from Ian McKellen about the lack of better winners of openly gay actors, declaring that they were perhaps the first openly gay man to win an Oscar. (Smith began to identify publicly as non -binary in 2019). While the Oscars Milk scriptwriter Dustin Lance Noir had a few things to say about this , McKellen simply declared the facts and Félicité Smith on Twitter , according Weekly entertainment .