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Here’s 59-year Academy Award seat filler Carl Suavo. Or so Tom Hanks says. Can someone check the spelling on that last name, just in case?

New drinking game: Where’s Carl? +4 if you find him. 

Oscar’s Golden Age | GQ Deutschland

Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood (1962)

Oscar Myth Busting: Will going nude get you a Best Actress Oscar? | EW

The myth:

Will showing breast assets win a performer Best Actress?

The origin:

The first real instance of the myth came in 1965, when Julie Christie bared chest and chassis in Darling, leading to the debated belief that if you disrobe on screen, you shall be rewarded with Oscar.

The facts:

From our sample, only 20 ceremonies had nude nominees – and of those, an unclothed actress only won 9 times. That’s less than 50 percent — so consider this myth officially debunked.

So, who are those 9 ladies? 

Kate Winslet (The Reader)
Charlize Theron (Monster)
Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball)
Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) 
Helen Hunt (As Good as It Gets)
Jessica Lange (Blue Sky)
Holly Hunter (The Piano)
Jodie Foster (The Accused)

The 2011 Vanity Fair Oscar Party | Vanity Fair

Emma Stone.

Inside the Academy | Los Angeles Times [story] [graphic]

Spoiler Alert: The Academy is mostly white, male, old and non-winners.

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