Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, featured many tunes of Gershwin, and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance sequence built around the An American in Paris symphonic poem ( arranged for the film by Johnny Green ), costing $ 500, 000.

* Best Original Screenplay, 1951 An American in Paris

* Viviana Zelizer Best Paper in Economic Sociology Award ( 2005 – 2006 ), American Sociological Association.

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In 1987, Crowded House won the American MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist for their song " Don't Dream It's Over ", which was also nominated for three other awards.

* The Best American Science Writing 2004 ( editor )

Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre.

Best recognized for his essays and unsigned " Notes and Comment " pieces, he gradually became the most important contributor to The New Yorker at a time when it was arguably the most important American literary magazine.

* Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret ( 1985 )

It won three Academy Awards, including his second for Best Writing ( Adapted Screenplay ) ( with Puzo ), Best Picture and Best Actor ( for Brando ) and a nomination for Best Director and was instrumental in cementing his position as a prominent American film director.

In 2004, she became the first American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, for Lost in Translation.

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Lucas was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Directing and Writing for American Graffiti, and Best Directing and Writing for Star Wars.

An American in Paris won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and, in the same year, Kelly was presented with an honorary Academy Award for his contribution to film musicals and the art of choreography.

* 1951 – Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for An American in Paris

He won several important awards in his career as 2 Grammy Awards, 17 American Music Awards ( including the " Artist of the ' 90s ") and the RIAA Award as Best selling solo albums artist of the Century in the United States.

In 1975, Hawks was awarded an Honorary Academy Award as " a master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema " and, in 1942, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Sergeant York.

The 2002 CD won " Best Pop / Rock Album of the Year " at the 2002 Native American Music Awards.

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His work has appeared in 27 journals and magazines, seven short-story anthologies, and The Best American Essays.

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More recently, a piece on the anthropology of white Indians was selected for " Best American Science Writing ," and another piece about dying languages appeared in " Best American Travel Writing.

The Travel Channel rated Ocean City as the Best Family Beach of 2005.

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She also served as editor for Best American Essays 2005 and Best American Travel Writing 2007.

* Best First-Class Service in the World award at Business Traveller ’ s 20th annual ‘ Best in Business Travel ’ awards

* Best Domestic Airline award for the 1st consecutive year and the 5th time in the past two years at the 18th TTG ( Travel Trade Gazette ) Travel Awards 2007

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* Travel + Leisure Golf – West and Northwest Best Family Trips ( Reader Survey * Award )

It also received two further nominations: Best Cinematography, for Arthur Edeson, and Best Writing Achievement for Abbott, Anderson and Andrews.

* Best Food Writing ( 2002, 2004 )

Chaplin had originally been nominated for Best Production, Best Director in a Comedy Picture, Best Actor and Best Writing ( Original Story ) for The Circus.

* 13th Academy Awards ( 1941 ): Best Actor and Best Writing, nominations, for The Great Dictator.

The film was nominated for five Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Writing in a Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

He co-wrote the script for Patton ( 1970 ), which won him an Academy Award for Best Writing ( Original Screenplay ).

** Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Original Screenplay