This year, Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. However, the film's two young stars, Asa Butterfield and Chloe Moretz, received no such recognition.
Despite the snubs for "Hugo," there have been plenty of child actors and actresses over the years who've made the Oscar cut. From Shirley Temple, the youngest Oscar honoree ever at six years old, to 10-year-old winner Tatum O'Neal, the youngest winner ever, sometimes Hollywood's next generation of stars will get recognized for their early achievements.
In honor of this year's Oscars -- airing this Sunday -- let's take a look back at some of the youngest Oscar winners and nominees in Academy Awards history.
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This year, Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. However, the film's two young stars, Asa Butterfield and Chloe Moretz, received no su...
This year, Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. However, the film's two young stars, Asa Butterfield and Chloe Moretz, received no su...
From Gwenyth Paltrow to Marion Cotillard to Natalie Portman, recent conventional wisdom might lead you to believe that the predominantly old, white and male Academy...
One time I was a guest in a nice restaurant owned by a relative that also served liquor. The waiter at our table asked me what I wanted to drink--and I said "just a soft drink." So he starts chuckling and said in a loud voice--"Oh, so you want a Shirley Temple!"
kennlrs: One time I was a guest in a nice restaurant
Well, thanks. Makes me feel better after being blasted as a Mormon. The relative who owned the fancy restaurant in California told me one time that as a married woman with one child she was driving home late at night from her part-time job in a tire factory. The highway patrol stopped her and started questioning her why she was driving a nice car around late at night (as if she might have stolen it). I don't know just what happened but she never got over the experience and told me about it years later.
kennlrs: to teddyray1 Well, thanks. Makes me feel better after being
"In 1931, 'Skippy' star Jackie Cooper was up against actors much older than him -- and he's not even the youngest nominee."
Hello editors - this is BAD English! Why put bad English in a headline? To perpetuate its use? To show your ignorance? "..much older than he" or "..much older than himself" would be preferrable.
kathl: "In 1931, 'Skippy' star Jackie Cooper was up against actors
I saw Haley Joel Osment's performance in THE SIXTH SENSE and Michael Caine's performance in CIDERHOUSE RULES...Michael won but Haley should have. I love Michael Caine because he is a phenomenal actor but in this case, the wrong person won.
msymsed: I saw Haley Joel Osment's performance in THE SIXTH SENSE
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