legacy Oscar
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Legacy Oscar is a term referring to an Academy Award perceived to have been given in recognition of the recipient's performances in prior films, rather than for the performance specifically nominated. The implication is that the winning performance was inferior to the recipient's prior performances and would not have won in its own right.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-03 |title=The Problem with Legacy Oscars |url=https://movieweb.com/the-problems-with-legacy-oscars/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=MovieWeb |language=en}}
Examples
- Best Actor for Paul Newman in The Color of Money (1987){{Cite web |last=Pacheco |first=Diego Pineda |date=2024-03-02 |title=10 Most Notorious Career Wins at the Oscars |url=https://collider.com/oscars-notorious-best-actor-wins/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Collider |language=en}}
- Best Actor for Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman (1993){{Cite web |date=2023-04-30 |title=The 1975 Best Actor Oscar Race Was Incredible, So How Did Art Carney End Up Winning? |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1267262/1975-best-actor-oscar-race-incredible-how-art-carney-winning/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=/Film |language=en-US}}
- Best Actress for Kate Winslet in The Reader (2009)
- Best Actor for Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour (2018){{Cite web |title=A brief history of the "legacy Oscar" and its winners |url=https://lwlies.com/articles/legacy-oscar-winners-jamie-lee-curtis/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=Little White Lies |language=en}}
- Best Actress for Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2022)
- Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2023){{Cite web |date=2023-03-12 |title=We Love Jamie Lee Curtis, But Banshees Of Inisherin Star Kerry Condon Should Have Won An Oscar |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1225577/banshees-of-inisherin-star-kerry-condon-should-have-won-best-supporting-actress/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=/Film |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Marcus Jones,Anne |last2=Jones |first2=Marcus |last3=Thompson |first3=Anne |date=2023-03-10 |title=2023 Oscars: Best Supporting Actress Predictions |url=https://www.indiewire.com/feature/2023-oscars-best-supporting-actress-predictions-1234750080/ |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
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Category:Culture of Hollywood, Los Angeles
Category:Film and video terminology
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