.
THEAWARDS ARE COMING IN FOR
2016.
EVER WON HOW MANY
MINNESOTANS WON?
THE OSCAR GOES TO JESSICA
LANGE IN BLUE SKY.
JESSICA LANGE HAS SIX
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
WINNING TWICE, FIRST IN 1982
FORTOOTSIE AND BLUE SKY, SHE IS
NOT THE ONLY NORTHERN
MINNESOTAN TO WIN AN OSCAR.
♪ SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
♪ JUDY GARLAND WON FOR WIZARD
OF OSBORNE IN GRAND RAPIDS HER
CHILDHOOD HOME AND MUSEUM ARE A
POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION.
IT IS CLOSE.
THE DIRECTOR GEORGE ROY
HILL WAS BORN IN MINNEAPOLIS,
HIS FATHER OWNER OF THE TRIBUNE
NEWSPAPER.
HILL ATTENDED BLAKE SCHOOLS
BEFORE HEADING OFF AND
DIRECTING PAUL NEWMAN AND
ROBERT REDFORD TWICE IN BUTCH
CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
AND WINNING THE OSCAR.
HE GREW UP IN SAINT CLOUD
MINNESOTA HE WON THE 1970
ACADEMY AWARD FOR THE FILM THEY
SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
QUALIFY, AN ORIGINAL SONG
SCORE, MUST MAINTAIN 5 ORIGINAL
SONGS.
OUR VERY OWN PRINCE RAN
BACK IN 1994, PURPLE RAIN OF
COURSE.
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
í I COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED
THIS IN MY WILDEST DREAMS.
HAS BOB DILLON EVER WON AN
ACADEMY AWARD?
HE HAS ACTED IN THREE MOVIES
INCLUDING THE WESTERN PAT
GARROT AND BILLY THE KID.
THE ORCAS GOES TOO.
WON FOR WRITING MUSIC FOR
THE MOVIE WONDER BOYS.
OH THIS IS AMAZING!
BLOOMINGTON NATIVE PETE DOCTOR
HAS BEEN NOMINATED 8 TIMES FOR
THE AWARD WINNING TWICE FOR
DIRECTING ANIMATED FEATURE.
PIXAR STUDIO UP AND INSIDE OUT.
THE OSCAR GOES TO --
BY FAR THE MINNESOTANS WITH
THE MOST SUCCESS ARE THE KOHEN
BROTHERS.
JOEL AND ETHAN HAVE BEEN
NOMINATED 14 TIMES!
WINNING TOW OSCARS.
ONE FOR FARGO'S SCREAM PLAY AND
THREE FOR NO COUNTRY -- WE ARE
VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOU
LETTING US TONIGHT TO PLAY IN
OUR CORN EOF THE SANDBOX.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOR WCCO THIS MORNING I'M
RESTY.
WHEN YOU PUT UT ALL
TOGETHER WE HAVE A LOT OF
TALENT.
THE MOVIE HAIL CAESAR IS
FOR DESIGN.
THE MOVIE WILL BE DIRECTED
BY GEORGE CLOONEY THE FIFTH
TIME WORKING WITH OUR MINNESOTA
BROTHERS.