42nd Academy Awards by receiving nine nominations without one for Best Picture. This was the last time until the 68th Academy Awards wherein none of the four acting winners had appeared in Best Picture nominees, as well as the first time where every acting nomination, as well as every major nominated film, was in color. This was the first Academy Award ceremony intended to be broadcast via satellite worldwide, but according to Klaus Lehmann, a foreign sales executive of the ABC television network, in addition to Canada and Mexico (broadcasting the event since 1953, but only live since 1964), only two South American
9th Irish Film & Television Awards 9th Irish Film & Television Awards The 9th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on Saturday 11 February 2012 at the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD). It was hosted by Irish actor Simon Delaney. The Show was broadcast on RTÉ One Television on the night. The ceremony, hosted by the Academy on Saturday 11 February reached a record audience of 1.143 Million viewers* on RTÉ One, clocking up the highest number of Irish viewers to watch the Awards show. Among the winners at the Irish Film & Television Awards was Michael Fassbender, who picked up the Best Actor IFTA for