But it's unlikely the Oscars will ever let these dogs have their day. After all, it took years for the Academy's casting branch to successfully campaign for their own category, which will go into effect in 2026. Stunt teams and motion-capture performers are still waiting to get their due.
The doggy Oscars, or the showbiz Crufts – take your pick – take place on Sunday evening in a star- and collar-studded event that concludes on the same day as both of its more established rivals.
Still, there appears to be nothing in the Academy's eligibility rules about whether animals can be nominated. But it's unlikely the Oscars will ever let these dogs have their day.
Of course, no animal has ever won an Academy Award, though legend goes that doggie superstar Rin Tin Tin – of forgotten hits A Dog of the Regiment and Jaws of Steel – technically received the most votes to win the very first Oscar for Best Actor in 1929.
“Messi, who, even though he's a dog, may have given the performance of the year in Anatomy of a Fall,” Kimmel said during his opening monologue. “Messi has an overdose scene, if you've seen it you've known it. It's incredible.”
‘Anatomy of a Fall’ star Messi the dog attends the Oscars 2024 in a bow tie
Was the dog in Anatomy of a Fall drugged?
During a crucial scene, Snoop is catatonic, tongue lolling out in distress after being drugged. Contini noticed his tongue looking that way after a vigorous play session with his beloved ball and immediately knew it would be perfect for that scene.
In the film, Sandra Hüller's novelist Sandra is accused of murdering her husband by pushing him off a balcony. Their son Daniel (Milo Macado-Graner) engages in an experiment that might help exonerate his mother — but it means purposely poisoning Snoop.
No dog has ever been awarded an Oscar, but Uggie, who got his start on the big screen starring alongside Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon in “Water for Elephants,” made a seriously good case for one when he (silently) stole the show from his co-star, Jean Dujardin, in “The Artist.” In fact, this Jack Russell ...
A four-legged star got his Hollywood moment during the opening monologue of the Academy Awards Sunday night. Host Jimmy Kimmel started the Oscars telecast by chiding "Madame Web," Academy voters for the "Barbie" snubs and Robert Downey Jr. He then turned his attention to the dog star of "Anatomy of Fall" -- Messi.
Many photographers dressed in tuxedos called out his name as the popular Border Collie climbed the stairs to the Cannes Film Festival and posed for the cameras.
Mixed breeds and purebreds all make fabulous dog stars, so long as their individual personalities and confidence levels are suited for the work, industry professionals say. A dog doesn't have to be extraordinarily cute to be chosen, either. Average family dogs or those with a unique look can and do succeed.
Oscar cichlids are one of the most popular fish sold at pet stores because of their beautiful colors and unique personality. These “water puppies” are intelligent enough to recognize you as their owner, will come up to the front of the tank to greet you, and can be trained to eat out of your hand.
But it's unlikely the Oscars will ever let these dogs have their day. After all, it took years for the Academy's casting branch to successfully campaign for their own category, which will go into effect in 2026. Stunt teams and motion-capture performers are still waiting to get their due.
In July 2015, a California judge banned Oscar winners or their heirs from putting their statuettes up for sale, stating that they “were never intended to be treated as an article of trade”. So while each statuette costs approximately $400 to produce, their face value is just a dollar.
Award winners must comply with these rules and regulations. Award winners shall not sell or otherwise dispose of the Oscar statuette, nor permit it to be sold or disposed of by operation of law, without first offering to sell it to the Academy for the sum of $1.00.
Uggie, the Jack Russell terrier who became a canine star for his scene-stealing role in the Oscar-winning movie “The Artist,” was euthanized Aug. 7, 2015, after a bout with prostate cancer.
Actor John Travolta and his son Ben adopted a dog. But not just any dog — they chose MacNCheese, the dog Curtis brought on stage. "A MAGICAL ending to the story from last night," Curtis wrote on Instagram, sharing a photo of Travolta and and his son.
Messi — the goodest widdle boy who attended the 2024 Oscars as the most important dog in the room — not only starred in the Academy Award-winning film Anatomy of a Fall, he also closed out the show as the lead actor in Jimmy Kimmel's latest prank against his long-standing frenemy Matt Damon.
Yorkshire Terrier Oscar is often spotted with Justin and his wife of five years Hailey Baldwin Bieber. The pup also recently joined the couple as they dressed up for Halloween alongside their other pet dog, Piggy Lou. Justin Bieber's Yorkshire Terrier, Oscar.
Messi (born 4 April 2016) is a French Border Collie dog actor, known for his role as Snoop in the 2023 film Anatomy of a Fall, for which he won multiple awards, including the Palm Dog Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Messi, the dog who plays Snoop in Anatomy of a Fall, and his trainer Laura Martin joined The Hollywood Reporter to reveal how they brought Snoop's near-death scene to life in the Oscar-nominated film.
