Many Oscar winners display their Oscars in the bathroom

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/4449175/Angelina-Jolie-temporarily-misplaces-Oscar.html

A lot of winners display their statuettes in their lavatories. Ronald Harwood, who picked up an Oscar for his screenplay for The Pianist, says it has nothing to do with modesty. "It's the one room everyone has to visit, sooner or later," he joshed.

Meanwhile it has been reported that Gwyneth Paltrow keeps her award in storage saying: "I don't want that thing in my house. It scares me."

Elizabeth Taylor, Emma Thompson and Susan Sarandon keep their statuettes in the bathroom, while Jack Nicholson uses one of his three awards as a hat stand.

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1. Doubles as a plunger

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. Emmy

My son-in-law won an Emmy and it's in the powder room right off the foyer. It truly is where everyone eventually sees it.

[babylonsister]

3. Sounds like a fine place for it. That powder room. Point of discussion. nt

[samdogmom]

4. If it's in the bathroom, my thought is that it's being displayed but...

...it's not trying to be "braggy"!

I much prefer this position to alternatives like: the one on the "center of the mantle"; or on a table in the entry hall! Give me a break! A bathroom setting is humble. I admire anyone who has selected this venue for their award.

I got a big, national award in college. I have yet to display the "trophy" anywhere in my house (and this was over 30 years ago) because I don't want to seem "braggy". I might try the bathroom venue...I need artwork on the wall in there and this huge silver tray is totally wasted lying at the bottom of my biggest storage cupboard. HMMM...maybe I'll polish it up and hang it on the wall in my powder room.

Thanks for the decorating tip!

[XemaSab]

5. I dreamed I went over to ol' Emma Thompson's house the other night.

She was living with Alan Rickman, but he wasn't home.

Didn't use the loo, didn't see the statue.

[Lorien]

6. I have my "piece" of a Golden Globe best picture award

in a secretary in my dining room. It's fair sized, gold and a little flashy-but no one has ever noticed it, lol!