10 Super Surprising Academy Award Winners

From Bret McKenzie and Jim Rash this year to Three 6 Mafia and Billy Bob Thornton, here are some head-scratchers...

By Natalie Finn Feb 28, 2012 2:47 AMTags
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Sir Laurence Olivier, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Three 6 Mafia...

Marveling over the hip-hop trio's 2006 Oscar win for Best Original Song—for "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow—never gets old. "Moon River," "Over the Rainbow," song with "Pimp" in the title...classic!

But Three 6 Mafia (whose win came three years after Eminem shared in the first win for a rap song) isn't the only name that may prompt future generations of movie fans to pause as they brush up on their Academy Awards trivia.

Just the other night, a member of the cult-fave comedic singing duo Flight of the Conchords joined the ranks—and the eye-openers aren't confined to the music categories!