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Glenn Close Now Has an Unwanted Oscar Streak

No living actor has more nominations without a win; she's at 7

(Newser) - Seventh time's the charm? Glenn Close might hope so following an Oscar nod Tuesday for her role in The Wife. It brings Close's total to seven nominations, the most of any living actor who hasn't actually won an Oscar, reports the Los Angeles Times . The 71-year-old—who...

Peter O'Toole Dead at 81
 Peter O'Toole 
 Dead at 81 
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Dec 15, 2013 12:20 PM CST

Peter O'Toole Dead at 81

'Lawrence of Arabia' star retired from acting in 2012

(Newser) - Actor Peter O'Toole , the legend of stage and screen perhaps best known for Lawrence of Arabia, has died at the age of 81, his agent confirms to the BBC . The Brit was nominated eight times for an Oscar but was win-less in his lifetime , though he did begrudgingly accept...

Peter O'Toole Retires From Acting

Has lost 'heart for it' at age 79

(Newser) - Just a few weeks shy of his 80th birthday, Peter O'Toole says he's done acting. "It's time for me to chuck in the sponge," he announced today. "To retire from stage and screen. The heart for it has gone out of me; it won'...

10 Shocking Oscar-less Actors

Really, no love for Cary Grant?

(Newser) - You'd think legendary actor Cary Grant would have won at least one Oscar, right? Wrong: Though he was nominated twice, Grant never took home the prize. Gear up for Oscar night with The Stir's list of 10 actors who, surprisingly, never won an Oscar:
  • Bette Midler: She has, however, "
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