Hollywood has a long history of giving credit where credit is due , be it in the form of an Emmy, a Grammy, or the highly coveted gold Oscar statue.
But every once in a while, mistakes are made that warrant correction — no matter how tedious the grounds may seem. With that being said, have a look below and check out these Hollywood awards that were taken away from celebrities .
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Jason Sudeikis’s received an Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series” thanks to his role in ‘The Last Man on Earth’.
But due to the fact that Jason appeared in 11 out of 18 episodes in Season 2 , the nomination was revoked since he no longer met the criteria for the “Guest Performer” category.
Peter McNicol was nominated and disqualified for the same Emmy as Jason Sudeikis — for the exact same reason.
McNicol was nominated for his work in Veep , but since he appeared in 5 out of 10 episodes that season, his performance no longer fit the category.
Miley Cyrus missed out on the Grammy for “Best Song Written for a Soundtrack”
Miley’s eligibility was disqualified after it was revealed that songwriter, Jessi Alexander, didn’t write the track specifically for Hannah Montana: The Movie . Rather, she had sent it out to a number of country artists.
Henry Winkler’s received an Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series” for his role in ‘The Practice’.
The episode was originally supposed to air in April but didn’t hit the airwaves until June. Therefore, Winkler would up missing the eligibility cutoff.
Patrika Darbo won a Daytime Emmy for “Guest Performer in a Digital Daytime Drama Series” for her work on ‘The Bay’.
It was later revoked due to two critical errors made by the show’s producers . First, she’d previously appeared on the show (thus she was ineligible) and her reel contained footage from multiple episodes.
‘Tuba Atlantic’ was disqualified from Oscar consideration for “Best Live Action Short Film.”
Before the film was nominated in 2012, it was discovered that the short actually aired on Norwegian television , first — thus violating the Academy’s rules for nomination.
Milli Vanilli won “Best New Artist” at the Grammys in 1990 and was stripped of the honor months later.
It was discovered that group members Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan weren’t actually singing on their recordings. This is the first and only time in history that an artist had their grammy taken away.
In 2017, ’13 Hours’ starring John Krasinski received an Oscar nomination for “Best Achievement in Sound Mixing.”
One day before the ceremony was to begin, the nomination was repealed after it was discovered that Greg P. Russell, one of four sound team members, had participated in telephone lobbying .
‘This Is Us’ had its Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Contemporary Costumes” rescinded on a technicality.
In order to qualify, a minimum of 51% of episodes need to take place within the last 25 years. But because costume designer Hala Bahmet’s episode took place in a ’70s flashback , it didn’t count.
Dennis Miller received an Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program” for ‘The Dennis Miller Show’.
Dennis wound up being disqualified for consideration due to the fact that his name appeared in the title of the show — lame.
After ‘The Godfather’ was nominated for the Oscar for “Best Dramatic Score,” it was promptly disqualified.
This was because the film’s composer, Nino Rota, took the film from an old Italian language film that was released in the late ’50s.
Uruguay submitted ‘A Place in the World’ for “Best Foreign Language Film” in 1993, but was removed from consideration at the last minute.
This was because A Place in the World was an Argentinian film, and Uruguay didn’t actually have artistic control. As a result, director Adolfo Aristarain sued the Academy .
The song “Alone Yet Not Alone” from the film of the same name was nominated at the Oscars for “Best Original Song.”
However, the Board of Governors quickly voted to revoke after it was revealed that composer Bruce Broughton, a former board member himself, e-mailed his fellow members to promote the submission .
George C. Scott refused two Academy Award nominations on two separate occasions.
Scott was first nominated for The Hustler and then again for Patton — which he won for. Scott once famously called the Oscars, ” A two-hour meat parade , a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.”
‘Hondo’, starring John Wayne, had its AcademY Award nomination for “Best Motion Picture Story” disqualified.
A man by the name of Louis L’Amour insisted that Hondo was not an original work and was actually based on one of his short stories — ” The Gift of Cochise .”
Dudley Nichols was the first person ever to refuse to his “Best Screenplay” Oscar for ‘The Informer’
The year was 1935 and due to the fact that there was a persisting writers’ strike , Nichols thought that it would be a conflict of interest. He did eventually accept the award three years later.
‘Young Americans’ had their 1969 Oscar for “Best Documentary” rescinded a month after securing the win.
It was revealed that the film had actually played in a theater in 1967, therefore making it ineligible for the 1968 awards season. This is the only film in history to win an Oscar and have it revoked after the ceremony.
‘La La Land’ won “Best Picture” at the 2017 Academy Awards due to a mixup by Warren Beatty.
Presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway accidentally read the wrong name. La La Land enjoyed the win for mere moments before they had to turn the Oscar over to the rightful winner, Moonlight.
Vanessa Williams was the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America in 1984.
Unfortunately, Penthouse published naked photographs of Vanessa , without her permission. She was forced to resign due to the controversy and the crown went to the runner-up.
The Academy feared that Charlie Chaplin would make a clean sweep at the inaugural 1929 award show.
Charlie was nominated for “Best Actor,” “Best Writer,” “Best Director for a Comedy,” and “Outstanding Picture” for his film, The Circus . So in order to prevent him from winning all four major categories , they created a special Honorary Award just for him.
Marlon Brando boycotted the Academy Awards and refused to accept his “Best Actor” Oscar for ‘The Godfather’.
Instead, he sent Sacheen Littlefeather, the president of the National Native American Affirmative Image Committee, as a form of protest against the Academy for its mistreatment of indigenous peoples.
