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'''Academy Awards''' (the "Oscars") are a yearly award festival for [[Hollywood]] movies, given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually in California since 1929.

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The '''Academy Awards''' (the "Oscars") are a yearly award festival for [[Hollywood]] movies, given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually in California since 1929. 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>

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~~There are categories for~~ [[~~Best Director~~]]~~, [[Best Screenplay]], [[Best Actor]], and many more.~~

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[[Image:Oscar statuette.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Statue]]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has, over the years, been controlled by many immoral characters and informal lobby groups, most notably [[homosexual]]s and communists.

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==History==

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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. Since 2002, the awards have been broadcast from the Kodak Theatre.<ref name="history"/>

==Nominations==

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===Academy Award of Merit===

====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

* Best Director: 1928 to present

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*Retired Award

**Academy Juvenile Award: 1934 to 1960

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~~[[Category:Awards]][[Category:Culture]]~~

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~~[[Image:Oscar statuette.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Statue]]~~

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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>

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~~==History==~~

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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"/>

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~~==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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~~===List of Awards===~~

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*Best Picture

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*Actress in a Leading Role

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*Actor in a Leading Role

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*Actress

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*Actor in a Supporting Role

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*Animated Feature Film

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*Cinematography

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*Art Direction

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*Costume Design

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*Directing

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*Feature Documentary

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*Short Subject Documentary

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*Film Editing

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*Foreign Language Film

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*Makeup

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*Musical Score

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*Musical Song

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*Short Animated Film

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*Short Live-Action Film

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*Sound

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*Sound Editing

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*Visual Effects

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*Writing

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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>

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==References==

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~~{{reflist}}~~

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== See also ==

*[[Hollywood]]

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* [http://movies.aol.com/oscars-academy-awards Oscars Photos] Moviefone.

* [[http://www.oscars.org/mhl/index.html The Margaret Herrick Library]

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[[Category:Awards]][[Category:Culture]]

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