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- Actress Anne Bancroft won Tony Awards for Two for the Seesaw (1958) and The Miracle Worker (1960). Her husband, Mel Brooks, won three Tonys in 2001 for The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical. He took home medallions for Best Book of a Musical, Best Score, and Best Musical (as a producer).
'Gravity' wins seven Oscars, including best director. It's shaping up to be a big night for Alfonso Curaon's Gravity. The science fiction epic took home seven Academy Awards, including best director and best visual effects (not entirely surprising). Overall, Gravity was nominated for ten Oscars, meaning it lost three â best production design (to The Great Gatsby), best actress (to Cate Blanchett / Blue Jasmine), and big one, best picture (to 12 years a Slave).