* John Forbes Nash, Jr. ( born 1928 ), American mathematician, 1994 Nobel Economics laureate, subject of the book and film titled A Beautiful Mind

In 2001, Crowe's portrayal of mathematician and Nobel Prize winner John F. Nash in the biopic A Beautiful Mind brought him numerous awards, including an BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor category Motion Picture Drama and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.

Crowe received three consecutive best actor Oscar nominations, for The Insider, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind.

Crowe won the best actor award for A Beautiful Mind at the 2002 BAFTA award ceremony, as well as the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for the same performance.

All three films were also nominated for best picture, and both Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind won the award.

In 2005, he re-teamed with A Beautiful Mind director Ron Howard for Cinderella Man.

His life has been the subject of the 2001 Academy Award-winning film A Beautiful Mind ( film ) | A Beautiful Mind.

* Oscar winners: Gladiator ( 2000 ), A Beautiful Mind ( 2001 ), Chicago ( 2002 ), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( 2003 ), Million Dollar Baby ( 2004 ), Crash ( 2005 ), The Departed ( 2006 ), No Country for Old Men ( 2007 ), Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), The Hurt Locker ( 2009 )

* March 24 – The 74th Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, are held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California with the film A Beautiful Mind winning Best Picture.

According to the book A Beautiful Mind, John Nash ( one of the game's inventors ) advocated 14 × 14 as the optimal size.

However, according to Sylvia Nasar's biography of John Forbes Nash A Beautiful Mind, the game was referred to as " Nash " or " John " after its apparent creator.

A Beautiful Mind may refer to:

* A Beautiful Mind ( book ), about the life of John Forbes Nash, Jr.

** A Beautiful Mind ( film ), the film adaptation of the same title

*** A Beautiful Mind ( soundtrack ), the associated soundtrack album

* A Beautiful Mind .... of a Gladiator, film parody

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These include A Clockwork Orange, The Snake Pit, Quantum Leap ( TV series ), Stargate, Frances, Requiem for a Dream, the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey as well as the movie adaptation, Melrose Place, A Beautiful Mind, The Caretaker, The Best of Youth, House ; The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Shine, The Beverly Hillbillies ( film ), the film version of Girl, Interrupted, Insanitarium, Changeling, Ciao!

His films include the Academy Award-winning Cocoon, Apollo 13, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and A Beautiful Mind.

He has since directed a number of high-visibility films, including Splash, Cocoon, Willow, Parenthood, Backdraft, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind ( for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director ), Cinderella Man, The Da Vinci Code, and Angels & Demons.

Howard and Brian Grazer at a Tribeca Film Festival panel on A Beautiful Mind ( film ) | A Beautiful Mind

An all-star version of " America the Beautiful " performed by country singers Trace Adkins, Billy Dean, Vince Gill, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Toby Keith, Brenda Lee, Lonestar, Martina McBride, Jamie O ' Neal, Kenny Rogers and Keith Urban reached number 58 in July 2001.

* Lynn Sherr's 2001 book America the Beautiful discusses the origins of the song and the backgrounds of its authors in depth.

After supporting roles in the television series ER ( 1996 ) and films such as Wag the Dog ( 1997 ), Small Soldiers ( 1998 ) and The Virgin Suicides ( 1999 ), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy dramas, starring in Drop Dead Gorgeous ( 1999 ), Bring It On ( 2000 ), Get Over It and Crazy / Beautiful ( both 2001 ).

In 1999 their second album, Beautiful Sharks was nominated for one ARIA Award while in 2001 their third album, Echolalia was nominated for six ARIA Awards and went on to double platinum sales.

Films shot in Bayonne include the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind, scenes of which were filmed at the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, and the 2008 Mickey Rourke drama The Wrestler, which was partially filmed in at the Color & Cuts Salon and the former Dolphin Gym, both of which are on Broadway in Bayonne.

In 2001, Estrada landed a role on the daytime drama, The Bold and the Beautiful as Eduardo Dominguez.

In 2001, Graham was named by People Magazine as one of the " 50 Most Beautiful People ".

Denzel Washington won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2001, notably beating out Russell Crowe's performance as John Nash for A Beautiful Mind, and the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain in 2002 for his performance in Training Day, and Ethan Hawke was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2001 for the film.

She was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People twice, first in 1994, and again in 2001.

This would happen again when the group U2 would win for the years 2001 ( Beautiful Day ) and 2002 ( Walk On ), the only occurrence of a band winning the award two consecutive years with records from the same album.

He has gone on to appear in a wide variety of films, including A Beautiful Mind ( 2001 ), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World ( 2003 ), Dogville ( 2003 ), and the adaptation of the novel The Da Vinci Code ( 2006 ).

He also penned the 2001 film My Beautiful Son, starring Paul Reiser, Julie Walters, and Olympia Dukakis.

* " Beautiful ", a song by Audio Adrenaline from their 2001 album Lift

* " Beautiful ", a song by HIM from their 2001 album Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights

* " Beautiful ", a song by Sevendust from their 2001 album Animosity

* Beautiful Garbage ( 2001 )

Colin Hay, singer from the Australian band Men at Work, refers to lapsang souchong in his song " Beautiful World " from his 2001 album Going Somewhere.

In 2001, Ron Howard's award winning movie A Beautiful Mind was partly filmed at Fairleigh Dickinson's College at Florham.

* McNab, Nan, Body Bizarre Body Beautiful, Fireside, 2001.

Wyle was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People magazine in 2001.