10 Hollywood Celebrities Who Lost Their Oscars!

An Oscar Award is a dream come true for anyone associated with making a film. Be it the actors, directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, there always has been a desire in the hearts of these artists- an Oscar win. After a person wins the Academy Award, they are flooded with tons of offers from all over the world. The big-budgeted movie studios want these actors to headline blockbusters films and franchises while legendary filmmakers want them for challenging projects.

You will think that after working so hard to win an Oscar, the winners will be keeping their Oscars safely hidden in a vault. But a lot of celebs have been quite casual with their Oscars and some of them have even lost their Oscars. Yesterday, after Frances McDormand won the Oscar for Best Leading Actress, she briefly lost her Oscar during the after-party and a man was arrested for stealing her Oscar. 

Fun Fact: Did you know that the winners are not the Owners of Oscar and all the Oscars are owned by the Academy, they just loan it to the winners! Here are 10 Hollywood celebs who lost their Oscars:

Angelina Jolie: The actress won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2000 for Girl, Interrupted. She, later on, gave it to her mother and after her mother passed away in 2007, she hasn't seen her Oscar and has no idea where it is.

Jeff Bridges: The actor won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2010. He has since lost his Oscar and has no idea where it is but is hopeful that it will turn up someday. 

Whoopi Goldberg: The actress won the Oscar in 1991 for her role in Ghost. She gave it to the Academy for cleaning it in 2002 and The Academy sent the Oscar to a company in Chicago, which manufactures the Oscar statues. When the package arrived in Chicago, it was empty! It was later found in a dustbin in Ontario, Canada. 

Marlon Brando: The legendary actor won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1955 and wrote in his autobiography that he has no idea what happened to his Oscar and it disappeared with the passage of time. 

Olympia Dukakis: She won the Oscar for her role in Moonstruck in 1988 but her Oscar was stolen from her house. She called the Academy to give her a replacement and the Academy charged her 78 USD for a new Oscar.

Colin Firth: He won the Oscar for Best Actor in 2011 and briefly lost his Oscar during one of the after parties. He forgot his Oscar on a toilet-tank and later in the night, a toilet-attendant gave him his Oscar. 

Margaret O'Brien: She won the Oscar for Best Child Actor in 1945 and she was 7 years old at that time. 10 years later, her Polish made took the Oscar to her home for cleaning as she used to clean it regularly but the maid never came back. Later on, maid's phone was also not working and the Academy gave a replacement to Margaret.

But, in 1995, 2 guys found the Oscar in a flea market and decided to sell it. When the Academy heard of the Oscar auction, they checked and realized it was Margaret's Oscar. The 2 guys never sold the statue and gave the Oscar to Margaret personally. She later said that she'll never give it to a Polish person. 

Bing Crosby: He won the Oscar in 1944 for Going My Way. The Oscar was on display at his alma mater Gonzaga University where it was replaced by a Mickey Mouse statue. No one knew what happened to the oscar but a week later, the oscar was found in the University's chapel and the thief had written a note that he wanted people to have a laugh about it. 

Hattie Mcdaniel: She won the Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress for Gone With The Wind. She donated it to Howard University but the Oscar went missing in the 1960s and no one has seen it since. 

Matt Damon: The actor won the Oscar for writing the screenplay of Good Will Hunting along with his friend Ben Affleck. He has no idea where his Oscar is and he is just sure about that his Oscar was in his New York apartment. His apartment was flooded in 2007 when he was out with his wife and hasn't seen his Oscar since. 

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