28. To further illustrate how impossible it is to understand what, exactly, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association finds funny, Ghost was nominated for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, meaning Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze were both nominated for best actor and actress in the musical/comedy categories.
Not that there aren't laughs in Ghost, but the intentional ones are mainly due to Goldberg—who did win the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, though ironically the supporting categories are for both drama and comedy—and here's what Ghost was up against for Best Picture: the romantic comedy Greencard (which won), Pretty Woman (which lost!), Home Alone and Dick Tracy.
Too bad that ceremony was ahead of Ricky Gervais' time.
29. Goldberg became the first Black woman to win an Oscar since Gone With the Wind star Hattie McDaniel in 1940, at the 12th Academy Awards. They both won Best Supporting Actress.
Halle Berry would become the first Black woman to win Best Actress in 2002, at the 74th Academy Awards, for Monster's Ball.
30. Goldberg and Swayze remained friends for the rest of his life. Six months before he died of pancreatic cancer on Sept. 14, 2009, Goldberg said on The View that she was amazed by Swayze's strength, and that stopping was not an option for him.
He managed to tough out a full 12-episode season of his A&E FBI drama The Beast, only missing a day and a half of filming over five months
"He's sick, there's no getting around it, but like all of us, we all know at some point we're gonna die, we don't know when," Goldberg said bluntly. "We're not absolutely sure… But as it turns out, there's no expiration date on his ass. He doesn't know when he's going so he's just going forward. He's gone back into training for The Beast 'cause you know, this show he's running and jumping and rolling and doing all kinds of… it's crazy."