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Barbra Streisand and Katharine Hepburn Once Tied for an Oscar: A Look Back


Barbra Streisand and Katharine Hepburn famously tied for best actress at the 1969 Academy Awards, but that wasn’t the only Oscar tie

Imagine if in 2019 relative film newcomer Lady Gaga had tied with beloved veteran Glenn Close — it would have been even crazier than the time Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty announced the wrong Best Picture winner. “My prize is my work.” (Despite earning 12 Best Actress nominations and four wins in her career, she only went to the Academy Awards once in her lifetime, to present an honorary trophy to friend Lawrence Weingarten in 1974.) YouTube (3) Oscar nominations stir up controversy for myriad reasons nearly every year, but there’s one question that pops up again and again: What determines whether a performance is categorized as lead or supporting?

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