Jeannine Oppewall remembers getting a rather strange call at 5:30 a.m. to congratulate her Oscar nomination in Art Direction Oscar for the film "Seabiscuit." The film was nominated for seven Oscars at the 76th Academy Awards, but did not win.

Music producer Quincy Jones remembers the 43rd Academy Awards when The Beatles won Best Original Song for 'Let it Be' and he had to accept because Paul McCartney and the rest of the group didn't attend the ceremony on April 15, 1971.

Actress Nicole Kidman remembers what it was like to attend her first Academy Award ceremony with Tom Cruise.

John Lasseter, director of Toy Story and chief creative officer of Pixar, remembers winning an honorary Academy Award for working on the first computer animated feature film. He recalls the other awards his film was nominated for and explains why he was proud of the achievement.

Antoine Fuqua, director of popular films like Training Day and Tears of the Sun, discusses the honor of voting on the Academy Award and explains his process for deciding who to vote for.

Screenwriter Cameron Crowe describes the emotional reaction he had when won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for his script Almost Famous on on March 25, 2001.

Sidney Poitier explains that he never thought about winning an Oscar when he emerged himself in the role of Homer Smith in the film, Lilies of the Field, and remembers what it was like when they called his name for Best Actor at the 36th Academy Awards. This was the first Oscar for Best Actor awarded to an African American on April 13, 1964.

On March 19, 1953 Bob Hope's monologue went down in history as the opening for the first ever televised Academy Awards. Memorable wins at the 25th Oscars include Best Picture for Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Greatest Show on Earth,' five awards for 'The Bad and the Beautiful' and an honorary Academy Award for Hope himself.

See Hattie McDaniel’s acceptance speech after winning Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Gone With The Wind at the 12th Academy Awards in 1940. McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award for her role as Mammy.

Russian Igor Kleynor shares his memories of the Miracle on Ice as a 13-year-old expecting the Soviet team to win and recalls his reaction to the Lake Placid game. Team USA beat the Soviet team in an unexpected upset on February 22, 1980 and went on to win the gold medal game against Finland just two days later. Kelynor currently writes for the hockey blog Russian Machine Never Breaks.