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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.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/index.html|title=About the Academy Awards|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
==History==
The first awards were presented at a private dinner with an audience of less than 250.<ref name="about2"/> Subsequently the show has been broadcast to the public, since 1953 by [[television]] (and previously by [[radio]]).<ref name="about2"/> 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.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/history01.html|title=History of the Academy Awards|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|language=English|format=HTML}}</ref> The show was broadcast internationally starting in 1969, and currently has viewers from more than 100 countries.<ref name="officialhistory2"/> Since 2002, the awards have been broadcast from the Kodak Theatre.<ref name="history"/>
==Awards==
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.
===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".<ref>{{cite web|title=Search Page|format=HTML|language=English|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearchInput.jsp|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>
==References==
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== See also ==
*[[Hollywood]]
*[[Bollywood]]
==External links==
* [http://www.aggdata.com/awards/oscar List of Academy Award Nominees]
* [http://www.oscars.org/ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
* [http://www.oscars.org/awardsdatabase/index.html The Academy Awards Database]
* [http://movies.aol.com/oscars-academy-awards Oscars Photos] Moviefone.
* [[http://www.oscars.org/mhl/index.html The Margaret Herrick Library]