Some of the most famous characters on the show include Big Bird, Cookie Monster,Oscar the Grouch, and Bert and Ernie.

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In fact,he is one of only a few entertainers ever to have won an Oscar, an Emmy,a Grammy and a Tony award.

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Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein had written the song for the Broadway musical "The Sound of Music."

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Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote the song for the movie "State Fair" in nineteen forty-five.

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That was Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen, and Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush as the speech therapist.

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"I don't think Mommy likes me very much." Two-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep can be seen in August playing the famous cook and cookbook writer Julia Child.

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For example,here is Johnny Cash and Oscar the Grouch singing "Nasty Dan."

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Accepting the Oscar statuette, he said director Quentin Tarantino had led the cast and crew on a voyage of discovery.

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His interest in jazz came from his older brother Ben, as well as the music of Dave Brubeck,Herbie Hancock and Oscar Peterson.

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Thank you." "Up" was named Best Animated Picture, and it also received an Oscar for its original score.

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The singer and actress Barbra Streisand announced the Oscar for Best Director.

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The actress,who was nominated for an Oscar for the 2003 feature film House of Sand and Fog, thanked her family, and the cast and crew of the four-episode series.

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"Raging Bull." "Goodfellas" and the Oscar-winning "The Departed."

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"So I'm sure I'm ecstatic." Oscar winners are selected by roughly 6,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which is made up of actors,directors, producers and others in the movie industry.

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