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2012 – The 2012 Summer Olympics in London were the first Games in which women competed in all sports in the program, [323] and every participating country included female athletes. [324] [325] The U.S. Olympic team had more women than men for the first time — 269 female athletes to 261 men. [325]
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Year Name Film Status Notes 1982: Sarah Monzani Michèle Burke: Quest for Fire: Won First women to win and be nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. 1986: Michèle Burke The Clan of the Cave Bear: Nominated First woman with multiple nominations in this category. Shared with Michael Westmore ...
However, the 93rd Academy Awards cermony in 2021 was an exception to this tradition, instead honoring films that were released from January 1, 2020 to February 28, the following year. [ 5 ] When citing each ceremony, Academy conventions may either list the year(s) of its eligibility period, [ 6 ] or the year in which the ceremony was actually held.
Hattie McDaniel, the first Black actor or actress to win an Academy Award in 1940 for "Gone with the Wind.". Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win an Oscar in 1964 for "Lilies of the Field ...
The Oscars are awarded in 23 categories (soon to be 24, as achievement in casting will be introduced for 2026's 98th Oscars). Members of the corresponding branches determine most of their own ...
For several years, Forbes magazine has published a list of the top 10 earning female athletes, supplementing a similar list of the top 100 earners among athletes regardless of sex or gender. The 2021 list was the first to be based on earnings during the named calendar year; previous lists were based on a fiscal year that ended on June 30 of the ...
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Of the 934 local network affiliate news segments (over 12 hr of broadcasts), 880 were on men's sports (or approximately 11½ hr), 22 segments (or nearly 18 min) were on gender-neutral sports (e.g., a horse race, coverage of the Los Angeles [LA] marathon, and a recreational sports event), and only 32 segments (about 23 min) featured women's ...