23704_0385 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Backstage) Reese Witherspoon 02-22-2009 Photo by Ivan Vejar © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0356 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Backstage) Shirley MacLaine 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0349 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Backstage) Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0355 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Backstage) Shirley MacLaine 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0350 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Backstage) Christopher Walken 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0342 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Backstage) Tina Fey 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

9677_0010 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0022 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Geena Davis 1993 © 1993 Jonathan Nourok

9677_0008 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Al Pacino, Best Actor Award winner 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0016 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Al Pacino, Emma Thompson 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0003 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual," Whoopi Goldberg. 1993. © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0012 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Billy Crystal 1993 © 1993 AMPAS /LPI

9677_0007 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Richard Gere and wife Cindy Crawford 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0005 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Al Pacino 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0006 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Clint Eastwood, Best Director & Film Award winner 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0023 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Rob Reiner 1993 © 1993 Jonathan Nourok

9677_0017 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Susan Sarandon with husband Tim Robbins 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0015 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Marisa Tomei (Best Supporting Actor Winner). 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0001 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Elizabeth Taylor Humanitarian Award Winner © 1993 AMPAS/LPI MPTV

9677_0009 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Clint Eastwood 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0018 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Gene Hackman 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0020 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Anthony Hopkins with wife Jenni 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0004 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Jack Nicholson 1993 © 1993 AMPAS / LPI

9677_0019 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Billy Crystal 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0014 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Gene Hackman and Marisa Tomei 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0013 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Jack Palance, award presenter 1993 © 1993 AMPAS/LPI

9677_0021 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Clint Eastwood with his mother Ruth 1993 © 1993 Ampas/LPI

9677_0011 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual," Emma Thompson, Best Actress winner. 1993. © 1993 AMPAS/ LPI

9677_0002 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Elizabeth Taylor Humanitarian Award Winner © 1993 AMPAS/LPI MPTV

7979_0003 "Academy Awards: 28th Annual," Marisa Pavan and Ernest Borgnine. 1956.

7979_0012 "Academy Awards - 28th Annual" Edmond O'Brien, Jo Van Fleet, Jack Lemmon, Eva Marie Saint 1956 **I.V.

7725_0001 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual," Mary McDonnell. 1993. © 1993 Jonathan Nourok

7979_0010 "Academy Awards - 28th Annual" Jack Lemmon, Jo Van Fleet, Grace Kelly, Ernest Borgnine 1956 **I.V.

7979_0005 "Academy Awards: 28th Annual," Ernest Borgnine. 1956.

7719_0002 "Academy Awards: 44th Annual," Robert Downey Jr., 1993. © 1993 Jonathan Nourok

7979_0007 "Academy Awards: 28th Annual," Jerry Lewis. 1956.

7979_0011 "Academy Awards - 28th Annual" Jack Lemmon, Jo Van Fleet, Grace Kelly, Ernest Borgnine 1956 **I.V.

7979_0002 "Academy Awards: 28th Annual," Jo Van Fleet, Jack Lemmon, Grace Kelly, Ernest Borgnine, and Marisa Pavan. 1956.

7979_0009 "Academy Awards - 28th Annual" Jack Lemmon, Jo Van Fleet, Ernest Borgnine 1956 **I.V.

7979_0004 "Academy Awards: 28th Annual," Ernest Borgnine. 1956.

7979_0006 "Academy Awards: 28th Annual " Nominations, Ann Blythe. 1959. Photo by Gerald Smith

7164_0009 Vincente Minnelli 1959 ** I.V.

7726_0001 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Rachel Hunter 1993 © 1993 Jonathan Nourok

7720_0001 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual," Mary Hart. 1993. © 1993 Jonathan Nourok

7722_0001 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Jon Lovitz 1993 © 1993 Jonathan Nourok

7723_0001 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Marisa Tomei 1993 © 1993 Jonathan Nourok

7516_0074 Henry Mancini circa 1960s © 1978 Mario Casilli

6639_0002 Glenda Jackson with her Oscar for "Women in Love" 1971 ** I.V.

6553_0004 Diane Keaton at "The 50th Annual Academy Awards" 1978 © 1978 Gary Lewis

5975_0070 Walt Disney poses with his first Oscar circa 1930s ** I.V.

5975_0061 Walt Disney circa late 1940s ** I.V.

5817_0097 Steven Spielberg with George Lucas and Akira Kurosawa at "The 62nd Annual Academy Awards" 1990 © 1990 Gary Lewis

5724_0110 Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Mark Johnson and Barry Levinson at "The 61st Annual Academy Awards" 1989 © 1989 Gary Lewis

5724_0098 Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman at "The 61st Annual Academy Awards" 1989 © 1989 Gary Lewis

5817_0098 Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes at "The 72nd Annual Academy Awards" 2000 © 2000 Gary Lewis

5817_0101 Steven Spielberg and George Lucas with his Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at "The Academy Awards" 1992 © 1992 Gary Lewis

5817_0096 Steven Spielberg and Goldie Hawn at the Oscars circa 1980s © 1980 Gary Lewis

5817_0099 Steven Spielberg with George Lucas and Akira Kurosawa at "The 62nd Annual Academy Awards" 1990 © 1990 Gary Lewis

5492_0015 "Midnight Cowboy" Jon Voight 1969 UA

5665_0010 Teresa Wright (far right) with (left to right) Van Heflin, Greer Garson and James Cagney as they all hold the Motion Picture Academy's coveted "Oscars" after being awarded top acting honors for 1942 March 8, 1943 / Hollywood, CA

5724_0114 Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise at "The Academy Awards" 1989 © 1989 Gary Lewis

5598_0016 "Academy Awards - 64th Annual" Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland 1991 © 1991 Pablo Grosby

5586_0018 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual," Kathy Bates. 1993. © 1993 Jonathan Nourok

5460_0011 Jack Warner with a special Academy Award given to Warner Brothers for producing "The Jazz Singer" considered the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which revolutionized the industry / May 16, 1929 MPTV

5080_0003 "Academy Awards: 65th Annual" Tom Hanks 1993 © 1993 Jonathan Nourok

4388_0009 "Academy Awards - 25th Annual" Greer Garson, Zsa Zsa Gabor 1953 **I.V.

4387_0003 "Academy Awards - 20th Annual" Elizabeth Taylor, Stanley Donen 1948 **I.V.

4388_0010 "Academy Awards - 25th Annual" Jane Wyman 1953 **I.V.

4387_0002 "Academy Awards - 20th Annual" Elizabeth Taylor, Stanley Donen 1948 **I.V.

4388_0008 "Academy Awards - 25th Annual" Greer Garson 1953 **I.V.

4388_0005 "Academy Awards: 25th Annual" Anthony Quinn with wife Katherine de Mille 3/19/53 **I.V.

4388_0006 "Academy Awards: 25th Annual" C.B. DeMillie, M. Pickford, D. Zanuck 3/19/53 **I.V.

4388_0013 "Academy Awards - 25th Annual" Jane Wyman, Walt Disney, Ray Milland 1953 ** I.V.

4387_0001 "The 20th Annual Academy Awards" Darryl Zanuck, Edmund Gwenn, Loretta Young, Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm 1948

4388_0020 "Academy Awards - 26th Annual" Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Wilding 1953 **I.V.