Christopher Walken’s Brother Watched Him Win His Oscar Award From The Bubble Room On Captiva
Christopher Walken Oscar Award Winner The Oscar Awards were held over the weekend and we saw many actors and actresses walk away with the most coveted award of all movie…
Christopher Walken Oscar Award Winner
The Oscar Awards were held over the weekend and we saw many actors and actresses walk away with the most coveted award of all movie awards.
Ironically enough, it was today that I found out that Oscar Winner Christopher Walken has ties to Southwest Florida, dating back to the 1970's.
Walken's family had a home on the island before his parent's passing.
And his brother was on Captiva, at The Bubble Room, watching the awards show when Walken won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in 'Deer Hunter' in 1979, according to a blog written by Karen Bell & The Bell Team. His costar, Robert DeNiro, was up for the Oscar for 'Deer Hunter' that same year, as lead actor, but lost out to John Voight for his performance in 'Coming Home'. A huge celebration broke out following his win.
circa 1980: American actor Christopher Walken, who won an Oscar for his intense performance in 'The Deer Hunter'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
How cool is this??? Walken beat out actors Bruce Dern, Jack Warden, John Hurt and Richard Farmsworth, according to IMDB.
Christopher Walken would go on to score another Oscar nod in 2002. This time, for his role in 'Catch Me If You Can', alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.
Ultimately, he didn't win, and the Oscar award went to Chris Cooper for his Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the movie 'Adaptation'.
2023 Oscars Winners List
The 95th Oscars takes place at 8 pm ET this Sunday, March 12 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood with host Jimmy Kimmel. This will be Kimmel’s third time hosting, having hosted the Oscars in both 2017 and 2018. Oscar-winners Jessica Chastain, Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur, Questlove and Riz Ahmed will also return to the Oscars stage as presenters.
They will be joined by the likes of presenters Halle Bailey, Antonio Banderas, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Blunt, Jennifer Connelly, Andrew Garfield, Hugh Grant, Danai Gurira, Salma Hayek Pinault, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B. Jordan, Nicole Kidman, Jonathan Majors, Melissa McCarthy, Janelle Monáe, Florence Pugh, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Paul Dano, Cara Delevingne, Harrison Ford, Kate Hudson, Mindy Kaling, Eva Longoria, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Elizabeth Olsen, Pedro Pascal and John Travolta.
Performances will include Sofia Carson and Diane Warren with "Applause" from Tell It Like a Woman. Rihanna will perform "Lift Me Up" from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava will perform "Naatu Naatu" from RRR. David Byrne, Son Lux and Stephanie Hsu will perform "This Is A Life" from Everything Everywhere All at Once. Meanwhile, Lenny Kravitz will deliver the "In Memoriam" performance.
See the full list of winners, which we will be updating live during the awards show, below:
Actress In A Supporting Role
Angela Bassett -- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau -- The Whale
Kerry Condon -- The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis -- Everything Everywhere All At Once -- WINNER
Stephanie Hsu -- Everything Everywhere All At Once
Original Score
All Quiet On The Western Front -- WINNER
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fablemans
Actor In A Supporting Role
Brendan Gleeson -- The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry -- Causeway
Judd Hirsh --The Fablemans
Barry Keoghan -- The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan -- Everything Everywhere All Once -- WINNER
Original Song
"Applause"
"Hold My Hand"
"Lift Me Up"
"Naatu Naatu" -- WINNER
"This Is A Life"
Actor In A Leading Role
Austin Butler -- Elvis
Colin Farrell -- The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser -- The Whale -- WINNER
Paul Mescal -- Aftersun
Bill Nighy -- Living
Actress In A Leading Role
Cate Blanchett -- Tar
Ana de Armas -- Blonde
Andrea Riseborough --- To Leslie
Michelle Williams -- The Fablemans
Michelle Yeoh -- Everything Everywhere All At Once -- WINNER
Original Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once -- WINNER
The Fablemans
Tar
Triangle of Sadness
Adapted Screenplay
All Quiet On The Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking -- WINNER
Best Director
The Banshees of Inisherin -- Martin McDonagh
Everything Everywhere All At Once -- Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert -- WINNER
The Fablemans -- Steven Spielberg
Tar -- Todd Field
Triangle of Sadness -- Ruben Ostlund
Best Picture
All Quiet On The Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once -- WINNER
The Fablemans
Tar
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Christopher Walken's Brother Watched Him Win His Oscar Award From The Bubble Room On Captiva
