Walt Disney didn't just make animation history - he made Academy Award history. To this day, Disney still holds many Academy ...

And one man was insistent that he was the model for the Oscar. Here's what to know. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Emilio Fernandez says he was the model ...

How did Irish man Cedric Gibbons go from being an electrician in New York to the second most successful Academy Award winner of all time? The top Academy Award winner of all time should come as no ...

One of the most lauded set designers in US film history, Cedric Gibbons went on to win 11 Academy Awards of his own for art direction – a category record that remains unsurpassed to this day.

Art director Cedric Gibbons has 11 Academy Awards. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet appear in the 1997 film "Titanic." CBS via Getty Images The film received 14 nominations. "The Lord of the ...

The statuette dates back to 1928, when “MGM art director Cedric Gibbons designed a statuette of a knight standing on a reel of film gripping a crusader’s sword,” the Academy notes.

From film producer Walt Disney to art director Cedric Gibbons, and films such as Titanic, Ben-Hur and West Side Story, here are the records for the most Oscars won over the course of the Academy's ...

Winning multiple Oscars! Each year, the Academy Awards honors the best in motion pictures, recognizing talent in categories such as acting, writing, directing, costume design, and more. Only a ...

Officially, there was no model for the Oscar. The statuette given to Academy Award winners was designed by Cedric Gibbons, chief art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, according to the Oscars.