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A data analysis of speeches at the Oscars
I analysed almost 2,000 Oscar speeches to discover if the claim that Harvey Weinstein was thanked more often than God is true. Plus, we'll find out which Hollywood icon is bigger than both of them.
He did note that Jon had "thanked everybody" and asked for a few seconds of silence in remembrance of the 1,500 men, women, and children who died in connection with Titanic - the ship, not the shoot). Across all years, the most thanked living people have been Steven Spielberg, Harvey Weinstein, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Peter Jackson, Sheila Nevins, and Martin Scorsese. As the long-time head of HBO Documentary Films, she not only shaped the genre but also nurtured countless filmmakers, making her a near-obligatory mention in many acceptance speeches.
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