White Christmas (song) created a distinct Christmas chart for seasonal releases. In "Holiday Inn", the composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1942. In the film, Crosby sings "White Christmas" as a duet with actress Marjorie Reynolds, though her voice was dubbed by Martha Mears. This now-familiar scene was not the moviemakers' initial plan. In the script as originally conceived, Reynolds, not Crosby, would sing the song. The song would feature in another Crosby film, the 1954 musical "White Christmas", which became the highest-grossing film of 1954. (Crosby made yet another studio recording of the song, accompanied by Joseph J.
79th Academy Awards nominated for Best Picture and the first time since the 6th Academy Awards where none of the nominees were nominated for Best Screenplay. Best Supporting Actress winner Jennifer Hudson was the fifteenth Oscar acting winner to win for a debut film performance. "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth" became the first song from a documentary film to win Best Original Song. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). The following 19 films received multiple nominations: The following five films received multiple awards: The following individuals presented awards or performed musical