The Oscars

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The Oscars, or Academy Awards, are the popular names for the awards given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The shows have been held since 1929.[1]

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History

The first awards were presented at a private dinner with an audience of less than 250.[2] Subsequently the show has been broadcast to the public, since 1953 by television (and previously by radio).[2] For the first decade the show's results were given to newspapers for publication at 11 p.m. at the night of the awards; this method was ruined when the Los Angeles Times announced the winners far too early, and the results were available to those arriving to the show, and, as a result, the Academy adopted the sealed envelope method, which it still uses today.[3] The show was broadcast internationally starting in 1969, and currently has viewers from more than 100 countries.[4] Since 2002, the awards have been broadcast from the Kodak Theatre.[3]

Awards

Awards are presented to individuals or collective efforts in up to 25 different categories, with up to five nominations per category;[2] perhaps the most famous categories being best actor and actress, best supporting actor and actress, and best picture.

List of Awards

  • Best Picture
  • Actress in a Leading Role
  • Actor in a Leading Role
  • Actress
  • Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Animated Feature Film
  • Cinematography
  • Art Direction
  • Costume Design
  • Directing
  • Feature Documentary
  • Short Subject Documentary
  • Film Editing
  • Foreign Language Film
  • Makeup
  • Musical Score
  • Musical Song
  • Short Animated Film
  • Short Live-Action Film
  • Sound
  • Sound Editing
  • Visual Effects
  • Writing

There have also been other various awards, some current, including "Honorary Award", and some Archaic, such as "Assistant Director".[5]


References

  1. ↑ About the Academy Awards (English) (HTML). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 About the Academy Awards (page 2) (English) (HTML). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 History of the Academy Awards (English) (HTML). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named officialhistory2
  5. ↑ Search Page (English) (HTML). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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