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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Academy_AwardsAcademy Awards - Wikipedia

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   History. The first Academy Awards presentation was held on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner function at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, with an audience of about 270 people. The post-awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel. The cost of guest tickets for that night's ceremony was $5 - $89 at 2020 prices. Fifteen statuettes were awarded ...

   • Awarded for: Excellence in the American and International film industry
   • Network: List of broadcasters

   • First awarded: May 16, 1929; 94 years ago
   • Presented by: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

2. www.britannica.com › art › Academy-AwardAcademy Award | Categories, Rules, History, & Facts

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   2 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar. Learn more about the award, its categories, and history.

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   Which awards are modeled after the Academy Awards?

   • The 1953 ceremony was the first one televised. It is the oldest of the four major annual American entertainment awards. Its equivalents – the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music – are modeled after the Academy Awards. The Oscar statuette depicts a knight, rendered in the Art Deco style.

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   Who has won the most Oscars?

   • Sam Spiegel and Saul Zaentz tie for the most wins with three each. As for the time when the Oscar was given to production companies instead, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer holds the record with five wins and 40 nominations. The Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director have been closely linked throughout their history.

   Academy Award for Best Picture - Wikipedia

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   Why is Oscar a nickname?

   • Columnist Sidney Skolsky maintained that he gave the award its nickname to negate pretension. The name has also been attributed to academy librarian Margaret Herrick, who declared that the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar. The true origin of the nickname has never been determined.

   Academy Award | Categories, Rules, History, & Facts | Britannica

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   What's on the Oscar website?

   • The site chronicles each year of the competitive races for many of the major awards categories, as well as major sections of Oscar facts, trivia, statistics, milestones, omissions and snubs, and with selected movie title screens and posters.

   Academy Awards: Oscars - Greatest Films

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_Academy_Award_recordsList of Academy Award records - Wikipedia

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   Most awards or nominations. Most awards won by a single film: 11. Three films have won 11 Academy Awards: Ben-Hur (1959): nominated in 12 of the 15 possible categories. Titanic (1997): nominated in 14 of the 17 possible categories. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): nominated in 11 of the 17 possible categories.

   Year	Film Title Used In Nomination	Original Title	Award Recipient (s)
   2023 (96th)	The Zone of Interest	The Zone of Interest	Jonathan Glazer
   2023 (96th)	Past Lives	Past Lives	Celine Song
   2023 (96th)	Anatomy of a Fall	Anatomie d'une chute	Justine Triet
   2022 (95th)	All Quiet on the Western Front	Im Westen nichts Neues	Malte Grunert

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5. www.npr.org › 990329880 › the-origin-of-the-oscarsThe History of The Oscars Academy Awards : The Indicator from ...

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   Apr 24, 2021 · The Oscars origin story is one of a group of scrappy outsiders, who used the award show to take over the American entertainment industry. At the center of our tale is one man, Louis B. Mayer, a ...

6. www.filmsite.org › oscarsAcademy Awards: Oscars - Greatest Films

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   The Academy Awards®, affectionately known as the Oscars® , are the oldest, best known, most influential, most prestigious, and famous of film awards. The awards (and gold-plated statuettes) have been presented annually (the first awards ceremony was held in May of 1929) by a non-profit professional organization - the Academy of Motion Picture ...

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8. awardsdatabase.oscars.orgHome - Academy Awards Search | Academy of Motion Picture Arts ...

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   The Academy Awards Database contains the official record of past Academy Award winners and nominees. The data is complete through the 2023 (96th) Academy Awards, presented on March 10, 2024. It is very important that you select an appropriate display in which to view your results (see Display Screens for detailed descriptions).

9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Academy_Award_for_Best_PictureAcademy Award for Best Picture - Wikipedia

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   Website. oscar .go .com /nominees /best-picture. The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the ...