1. On March 23, 1857, American inventor Elisha Otis installed his latest invention at E.V.Haughwout & Co., a store at 488 ...

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.

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 ...

Emilio Fernandez, then a well-known Mexican actor and filmmaker, claimed to model for the Oscar statue during his stay in Hollywood in the 1920s, ABC 15 in Arizona reports. Need a break? Play the USA ...

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 ...

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 ...

Blender Drink This is one of the recipes in the seminal cocktail book by Ted Saucier 'Bottom's Up' - this recipe is credited to 'Cedric Gibbons, Hollywood's Leading Scenic Designer'... Cedric was a ...

The Oscar Statuette, officially named the Academy Award of Merit, stands as one of the most iconic symbols of achievement in the entertainment industry but what is the history behi ...

Sure, it’s nice to be nominated, but winning that 8.5-pound golden statue — designed by the great MGM art director Cedric Gibbons and, allegedly, modeled after a nude sketch of the Mexican filmmaker ...

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.