Oscar spouse near misses: Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh were both Oscar-nominated for 1939 films, but they weren't married until a few months after the awards ceremony. Two pairs were nominated a year or two apart: Streisand/Gould (1968-69) and Kidman/Cruise (2001, 1999). (Thanks to Roz Rogoff of Martinez, Calif.) Related trivia in a future column.

Listening to an NPR broadcast recently, we were surprised to learn that French composer Camille Saint-Saens was quite a polymath. A ...

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