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.

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 ...

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 ...

Day Lewis, we run down the biggest record-holders at the Academy Awards. What's better than winning an Oscar? Winning ...

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 studio uses a “lost” art to make the golden man. On Sunday, actors, storytellers, designers, and musicians will turn out in their finest to honor achievements from the past year in film. Across 23 ...