KEVIN COSTNER REFUSES TO SHARE STAGE WITH WHOOPI GOLDBERG AT THE OSCARS, SPARKING MAJOR CONTROVERSY Full story:

felt about it,” Goldberg writes in her book. “I knew I was good in the movie and that it was worthy of a nomination, but I didn’t expect one.”

Ahead of the ceremony, Goldberg received dozens of calls from people assuring her that she would win: “I said to my mother, ‘This is all just very odd. I don’t know how to feel about any of this.’ And she said, ‘Well, the first thing you should remind yourself of is that you may not win. I know people are already saying to you that you’re gonna get it. That may not happen. You may not. So you need to just be glad you got here, the first time out.’”

eventual winner, Geraldine Page. At the time, Goldberg felt especially connected to Page, who she once shared a neighborhood with in New York City and knew for her Broadway acclaim.