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Academy Awards Statuette - Oscar

Among several major awards in the entertainment industry the Oscars, or The Academy Awards, is the oldest, best known, most influential, most prestigious, and famous of all film awards. The Oscars is traditionally anticipated, watched and celebrated the most around the World. The excitement starts about several months ahead of time, when ballots are distributed, votes being collected, festivities are being planned, gowns and tuxedos are designed and created, and Oscar statuettes are made. After months and week of waiting, the day of the show finally arrives! The frenzy of cheering fans and spectators around the World bursts around red carpet when diamond decorated stars begin to arrive in limouzines. The excitement of cheering devoted fans, photographers ordering celebrities to turn right, left, give the look over-the-shoulder, interviewers and journalists, radio personalities: the list can go on and on, and on! At last the insanity of the excitement pours into the lavishly decorated Dolby Theater and Extravaganza begins.

How did it all started? I’m going to attempt to unveil some important moments of the Oscar night.

Oscar Awards has been designed to honor every year people related to many aspects of the filmmaking in Hollywood. The ceremony has numerous categories of awards, presented to individuals involved in making film. It all started in 1929 when the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Science for a very first time made decision to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. This presentation took place at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel hosted by Douglas Fairbanks with about 270 guests in attendance. The cost of the ticket was $5 (about $73 in 2018 dollars) The ceremony took merely twenty minutes, and fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other participants in the filmmaking industry of the time, for their works during the 1927–1928 years. At first there was only 12 categories - most outstanding production, most artistic or unique production, and achievement by an actor, by an actress, in dramatic directing, in comedy directing, in cinematography, in art directing, in engineering effects, in original story writing, in adaptation writing, and in title writing. 1930 - The Academy Awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio, and televised for the first time only in 1953 and since 1969 Oscar launched international broadcasting. 1934 - the Best Song category was added to the list, 1936 - best supporting role

Over the years the Academy Awards increased the set of winning categories from 12 to 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette, officially called the "Academy Award of Merit", and commonly referred to by its nickname "Oscar". The award was originally sculpted by George Stanley from a design sketch by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons.

Oscar statuette, made of gold-plated bronze on a black metal base, is 13.5 in (34.3 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.856 kg), and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a crusader's sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes represent the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, and Technicians. The true origin of the statuette’s nickname was never determined and leads to three different sources.

The first Academy Award Best Actor winner in history was Emil Jannings for his performances in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. The first Academy Award Best Actress to receive the Oscar for her performance was Janet Gaynor for three roles in 7th Heaven,

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1957 - the Best Foreign Language Film category was added to the list of awards. Until then, foreign-language films had been honored with the Special Achievement Award.

2002 -The first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was introduced. Since 1973, all Academy Awards ceremonies have ended with the Academy Award for Best Picture. Until 1954, the Oscars were presented mostly on a Thursday evening. From 1955 to 1958, they were presented on a Wednesday. From 1959 until 1998 the Oscars were, with a few exceptions, presented on a Monday night. Only since 1999 have the Awards ceremony taken place on a Sunday (traditionally in March). In 2004, the ceremony was moved even earlier (usually in February) to improve ratings and to be more relevant to the awards 'season'.

Throughout 91-year old history Oscars had gone through significant changes, lost and gain supporters, withstood glories, errors, scandals and political battles, but nonetheless it regained it’s statue of the most prestigious career and money making, the most globally watched show. Over 225 countries were watching Oscars in 2018, and the TV audience in the US was averaging 33 millions. The Show must go on, and it does!