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1. Wilde, Oscar -- Oscar Wilde
   Oscar Wilde was born on 16 October 1854 in Dublin. Christened Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wilde, he was the second son of a distinguished Irish Protestant family. His father was an eye surgeon, knighted for his services to medicine in 1864, who ... nurtured an interest in Irish history as a collector of folk tales and customs. His mother, Jane Francesca Elgee (pseudonym “Speranza”), was a poet of the revolutionary “Young Irelanders” in 1848, and, like Oscar, she maintained lifelong support for the campaign for Irish Home Rule. Oscar went to boarding school in 1864, attending Portora Royal School at Enniskillen. From there he returned to Dublin in 1871, reading Classics at Trinity College.
2. Oscar Peterson
   Oscar Peterson is one of the greatest piano players of all time. A pianist with phenomenal technique on the level of his idol, Art Tatum, Peterson's speed, dexterity and ability to swing at any tempo have long been amazing. Very effective in small groups, jam sessions and in accompanying singers, O.P. is at his absolute best when performing unaccompanied solos. His original style does not fall into any specific idiom. Like Erroll Garner and George Shearing, Peterson's distinctive playing formed during the mid- to late-'40s and fell somewhere between swing and bop.
3. Wilde, Oscar
   His wife Constance was forced to flee the country with their children, and to change the family name, though she still hoped that Oscar would renounce his lover and return to his family on his release from prison. However, despite his attempts to comply with his wife's wishes, Wilde was unable to resist temptation. He returned to Bosie, thereby sealing his own fate.
4. Oscar Micheaux
   O[S]car Micheaux is one of the most influential figures in African-American silent cinema. The most prolific filmmaker of the silent period, he remained in the industry longer than any other black director. Micheaux's achievements are remarkable considering the economic and artistic obstacles African-American filmmakers faced—and they were not limited to his producing over twenty-eight films in the silent era or to his financial juggling skills. Micheaux used his filmmaking to openly challenge the racial injustices which African-Americans faced at the beginning of the twentieth century. Lynching, job discrimination, interracial rape, mob violence, and economic exploitation were all explored cinematically by the filmmaker. From his first film The Homesteader (1919), Micheaux addressed sensitive issues which other motion picture producers dared not face.
5. Oscar Wilde
   Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), the author of The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray, has been gaining in popularity and academic respect for his literary achievements. The revival of his 1895 play, An Ideal Husband, on Broadway and in a 1999 film proved very successful. However, the Irish playwright's personal lifestyle, rather than his artistic achievements, still remains the main focus of public attention. Wilde is well-known as the "Apostle of Aestheticism," the Victorian advocate of personal decadence, the fop whose persona defines the very word, the homosexual martyr jailed for the "love that dare not speak its name." Wilde's flamboyance and eccentricity raise even more questions when contrasted to his lifelong fascination and struggle with Catholicism, and to its influence on his work.
6. Oscar Homolka
   Oscar Homolka was an Austrian character actor who worked in the Berlin theater and film world. He was best known for his characterization of spies and villians. He worked first for Max Reinhardt's theater and began his film career in the mid 1920s. In 1935 he emigrated voluntarily to Paris and England, leaving two years later for the United States. His career in Hollywood movies was quite successful; a sampling of his films are listed here:
7. Oscar Micheaux -- Oscar Micheaux Award
   No history of American cinema is complete without the inclusion of Oscar Micheaux whose 44 films from 1918 to 1948 courageously depicted the beauty of African-American society at a time when African Americans were disturbingly typecast as one-dimensional. Cement 3x3" hand painted Walk of Fame Star replica serves as a coaster or paper weight. In Hollywood, the Oscar Micheaux Award is presented annually by the Producers Guild of America.
8. Oscar Peterson -- Oscar Peterson Trio
   Oscar Peterson was a teen sensation on piano in his native Montreal, playing in dance bands and recording in the late 1930s and early 1940s. In the late '40s he began touring the United States and Europe and quickly made a name for himself as a jazz virtuoso, often compared to piano great Art Tatum for his speed and technical skill. Though Peterson usually played in a trio (notably with Ray Brown on bass and Herb Ellis on guitar in the 1950s), he has ... played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie. A recipient of Canada's highest awards and honors, he also has a Lifetime Grammy (1997) and a spot in the International Jazz Hall of Fame.
9. Ellen Degeneres -- Oscars
   "This year Ellen DeGeneres has been chosen to host the Oscars. Does this selection for a host make you more likely to watch the Oscars this year, less likely to watch the Oscars or will it make no difference to you?" Base: All Adults Gender Oscar Viewers Oscar Non-Oscar Total Male Female Watchers Watchers % % % % % More likely 17 10 24 33 5 Less likely 15 17 14 9 20 No difference 67 73 61 58 73 Not sure 1 * 1 - 1 Decline to answer * * * - * Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. *Less than 0.5%; -No response TABLE 5 OSCAR VIEWERSHIP "Are you planning on watching the Oscars this year?" Base: All Adults Gender Generation Echo Baby Boomers Gen X Boomers Matures Total Male Female (18-30) (31-42) (43-61) (62+) % % % % % % % Yes 43 35 52 48 48 43 32 No 54 64 44 51 48 53 64 Not Sure 3 2 4 1 3 3 4 Decline to Answer * - * - - * - Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. * Less than 0.5%; -No response TABLE 6 WHY WATCH THE OSCARS?
10. Wilde, Oscar -- No Importance
    [I]n England, Oscar continued to be a pariah. After being released from prison in May 1897 he spent the last years of his life in France. Oscar was a broken spirit, his most notable work in his final years being The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

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