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Fact #160595

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The 58th Annual Oscars are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. Lionel Richie wins an Oscar for Say You Say Me, in the movie White Nights.

Full article:

Lionel Richie : Oscar night, I was up against Marvin Hamlisch and Phil Collins. Then Gene Kelly - who was presenting the Oscar for Best Original Song Score - said, 'The winner is... Lionel Richie'. I looked at my mother and said, 'Oh God, Lionel Richie won'. I didn't believe it.

She said, 'Get up there before they change their mind'.
(Source : interview with Billy Sloan, Sunday Mail, March 2009)