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'''Academy Awards''' are a yearly award festival for [[Hollywood]] movies. There are categories for [[Best Director]], [[Best Screenplay]], [[Best Actor]], and many more. | '''Academy Awards''' are a yearly award festival for [[Hollywood]] movies. There are categories for [[Best Director]], [[Best Screenplay]], [[Best Actor]], and many more. | ||
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The Academy Awards have been awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually in California since 1929. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has, over the years, been controlled by many immoral characters and informal lobby groups, most notably homosexuals and communists. They are popularly known as the Oscars. | The Academy Awards have been awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually in California since 1929. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has, over the years, been controlled by many immoral characters and informal lobby groups, most notably homosexuals and communists. They are popularly known as the Oscars. | ||
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* Academy Juvenile Award: 1934 to 1960 | * Academy Juvenile Award: 1934 to 1960 | ||
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Revision as of 03:49, August 9, 2008
Academy Awards are a yearly award festival for Hollywood movies. There are categories for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and many more.
The Academy Awards have been awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually in California since 1929. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has, over the years, been controlled by many immoral characters and informal lobby groups, most notably homosexuals and communists. They are popularly known as the Oscars.
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Nominations
Today, according to Rules 2 and 3 of the official Academy Awards Rules, a film must open in the previous calendar year, from midnight at the start of January 1 to midnight at the end of December 31, in Los Angeles County, California, to qualify. Rule 2 states that a film must be "feature-length", defined as a minimum of 40 minutes, except for short subject awards and it must exist either on a 35 mm or 70 mm film print or on 24 fps or 48 fps progressive scan digital film print with native resolution not less than 1280x720.
Awards night
The major awards are given out at a live televised ceremony, most commonly in February or March following the relevant calendar year, and six weeks after the announcement of the nominees. Many hollywood elites attend, men dressed in tuxedos and the women dressed in expensive evening gown's. The Awards show was first televised on NBC in 1953, it is the only awards ceremony televised live across the United States excluding Alaska and Hawaii; the Emmys, Golden Globes, and Grammys are broadcast live in the East Coast, but they are on tape delay in the West Coast.
Criticism
The Academy Awards have often been criticized for being overly liberal. Since 2002 movie stars have been seen arriving at the Academy Awards in hybrid vehicles. During the telecast of the 79th Academy Awards in 2007, Leonardo DiCaprio and former vice president Al Gore announced that ecologically intelligent practices had been integrated into the planning and execution of the Oscar presentation and several related events. Many celebrities make political statements in their acceptance speech's. Studios also lobby heavily for their films to be considered, leading to the complaint that nominations and awards may be largely a result of this lobbying rather than the quality of the material.
Awards
Academy Award of Merit
Current Awards
* Best Picture: 1928 to present * Best Director: 1928 to present * Best Actor: 1928 to present * Best Actress: 1928 to present * Best Supporting Actor: 1936 to present * Best Supporting Actress: 1936 to present * Best Original Screenplay: 1940 to present * Best Adapted Screenplay: 1928 to present * Best Animated Feature: 2001 to present * Best Art Direction: 1928 to present (also called Interior, Set Decoration, or production design) * Best Cinematography: 1928 to present * Best Costume Design: 1948 to present * Best Documentary Feature: 1943 to present * Best Documentary Short Subject: 1941 to present * Best Film Editing: 1935 to present * Best Foreign Language Film: 1947 to present * Best Makeup: 1981 to present * Best Original Song: 1934 to present * Best Original Score: 1934 to present * Best Original Musical: 2000 to present * Best Animated Short Film: 1931 to present * Best Live Action Short Film: 1931 to present * Best Sound Mixing: 1930 to present * Best Sound Editing: 1963 to present * Best Visual Effects: 1939 to present Retired Awards
* Best Assistant Director: 1933 to 1937 * Best Dance Direction: 1935 to 1937 * Best Engineering Effects: 1928 only * Best Score—Adaptation or Treatment: * Best Original Musical or Comedy Score: 1995 to 1999 * Best Short Film—Color: 1936 and 1937 * Best Short Film—Live Action—2 Reels: 1936 to 1956 * Best Short Film—Novelty: 1932 to 1935 * Best Original Story: 1928 to 1956 * Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production: 1928 only
Newest Awards
The newest awards to be added to the list of available awards from the Academy are the awards for:
* Best Animated Feature: added in 2001 * Best Original Musical: added in 2000 * Best Makeup: added in 1981
Proposed Awards
The Board of Governors meets each year and considers other new categories. To date, the following proposed awards have not been approved:
* Best Casting: rejected in 1999 * Best Stunt Coordination: rejected in 1999; rejected in 2005[22] * Best Title Design: rejected in 1999 Special Awards
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.
Current Awards
* Academy Honorary Award: 1928 to present * Academy Special Achievement Award: * Academy Award, Scientific or Technical: 1931 to present (at three levels of awards) * The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: 1938 to present * The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: * Gordon E. Sawyer Award: Retired Award
* Academy Juvenile Award: 1934 to 1960
