Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! - Oscars: Records & Legends

Episode Date: March 15, 2026

Walt Disneys record of twenty-two Academy Awards, including four honorary ones, showcases his companys sustained excellence across various categories. Three films tie for the most Oscars ever with eleven wins each: Ben-Hur, Titanic, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Daniel Day-Lewis leads Best Actor with three wins, while Katharine Hepburn tops Best Actress with four. John Ford won four Best Director Oscars, and Pete Docter leads Best Animated Feature with three Pixar hits. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[e-mail] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [e-mail]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/c7b54e5ecbb9ae0b

The latest entertainment headlines and celebrity stories right here on entertainment and celebrity news today. Walt Disney holds the record for the most Academy Awards with 22 wins, mostly for animated shorts like flowers and trees and Ferdinand the B, Bull, plus four honorary Oscars for milestones such as Mickey Mouse and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. As the Oscars near their 100th year in 2028, these records highlight sustained excellence across categories from acting, too. Technical Crafts. Three films tie for the most Oscars ever, with 11 wins each, Ben Hur from 1959, Titanic from 1997, and The Lord of. The Rings, The Return of the King from 2003, all took home Best Picture 2, with Return of the King sweeping every nomination it had. In acting, Daniel Day Lewis Leeds Best Actor, with three wins for My Left Foot,

There Will Be Blood and Lincoln. Catherine Hepburn tops Best Actress with Four, including a tie for the lion in winter, though she never attended the ceremonies. Walter Brennan set the supporting actor mark with three early wins, unmatched since. John Ford won four Best Director Oscars for films like, The Grapes of Wrath and How Green Was My Valley, none for his famous westerns. Screenplay records split among five, with three each, including Woody Allen for originals and Billy Wilder across both types. P. Doctor Leeds' best animated feature with three Pixar hits, up, inside out, and soul.

Other standouts include Edith Head with eight costume design wins, Rick Baker with seven in makeup, and Alan Mencken with eight total for Disney songs, and scores like Under the Sea. The Daily News Now is made possible with support from our sponsor. You know what is better than earbuds in bed, no earbuds at all. S-O-L-I-Souillow.com.