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| | At the 2009 Oscars, the Academy nominated "Milk", a [[gay pride]] film, for the Best Picture Oscar. When [[Sean Penn]] accepted the Best Actor oscar for portraying the title character, he took the opportunity to criticize those who voted to ban gay marriage, and to praise [[Barack Obama]]. Presenter Whoopi Goldberg also took the opportunity to blast Nuns as she described nominee Amy Adams in the Supporting Actress category. | | At the 2009 Oscars, the Academy nominated "Milk", a [[gay pride]] film, for the Best Picture Oscar. When [[Sean Penn]] accepted the Best Actor oscar for portraying the title character, he took the opportunity to criticize those who voted to ban gay marriage, and to praise [[Barack Obama]]. Presenter Whoopi Goldberg also took the opportunity to blast Nuns as she described nominee Amy Adams in the Supporting Actress category. |
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| − | ===Academy Award of Merit===
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| − | ====Current Awards====
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| − | Awards are presented to individuals or collective efforts in up to 25 different categories, with up to five nominations per category;<ref name="about2">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/index2.html|title=About the Academy Awards <small>(page 2)</small>|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref> perhaps the most famous categories being best [[actor]] and [[actress]], best supporting actor and actress, and best picture.
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| − | * Best Picture: 1928 to present
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| − | * Best Director: 1928 to present
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| − | * Best Actor: 1928 to present
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| − | * Best Actress: 1928 to present
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| − | * Best Supporting Actor: 1936 to present
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| − | * Best Supporting Actress: 1936 to present
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| − | * Best Original Screenplay: 1940 to present
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| − | * Best Adapted Screenplay: 1928 to present
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| − | * Best Animated Feature: 2001 to present
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| − | * Best Art Direction: 1928 to present (also called Interior, Set Decoration, or production design)
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| − | * Best Cinematography: 1928 to present
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| − | * Best Costume Design: 1948 to present
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| − | * Best Documentary Feature: 1943 to present
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| − | * Best Documentary Short Subject: 1941 to present
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| − | * Best Film Editing: 1935 to present
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| − | * Best Foreign Language Film: 1947 to present
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| − | * Best Makeup: 1981 to present
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| − | * Best Original Song: 1934 to present
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| − | * Best Original Score: 1934 to present
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| − | * Best Original Musical: 2000 to present
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| − | * Best Animated Short Film: 1931 to present
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| − | * Best Live Action Short Film: 1931 to present
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| − | * Best Sound Mixing: 1930 to present
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| − | * Best Sound Editing: 1963 to present
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| − | * Best Visual Effects: 1939 to present
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| − | ==== Retired Awards====
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| − | * Best Assistant Director: 1933 to 1937
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| − | * Best Dance Direction: 1935 to 1937
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| − | * Best Engineering Effects: 1928 only
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| − | * Best Score—Adaptation or Treatment: 1962 to 1969; 1973
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| − | * Best Original Musical or Comedy Score: 1995 to 1999
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| − | * Best Short Film—Color: 1936 and 1937
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| − | * Best Short Film—Live Action—2 Reels: 1936 to 1956
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| − | * Best Short Film—Novelty: 1932 to 1935
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| − | * Best Original Story: 1928 to 1956
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| − | * Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production: 1928 only
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| − | * Best Writing, Title Writing: 1928 only
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| − | ====Newest Awards====
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| − | The newest awards to be added to the list of available awards from the Academy are the awards for:
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| − | * Best Animated Feature: added in 2001
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| − | * Best Original Musical: added in 2000
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| − | * Best Makeup: added in 1981
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| − | ====Proposed Awards====
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| − | The Board of Governors meets each year and considers other new categories. To date, the following proposed awards have not been approved:
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| − | * Best Casting: rejected in 1999
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| − | * Best Stunt Coordination: rejected in 1999; rejected in 2005[22]
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| − | * Best Title Design: rejected in 1999
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| − | ====Special Awards====
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| − | These awards are voted on by special committees, rather than by the Academy membership as a whole, but the actor/actress voted to receive the special award can turn down the offer.
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| − | ** Current Awards
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| − | **Academy Honorary Award: 1928 to present
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| − | **Academy Special Achievement Award:
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| − | **Academy Award, Scientific or Technical: 1931 to present (at three levels of awards)
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| − | **The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: 1938 to present
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| − | **The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award:
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| − | **Gordon E. Sawyer Award:
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| − | =====Retired Special Awards=====
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| − | **Academy Juvenile Award: 1934 to 1960
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |