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Oscar awards © 2014 wheresjenny.com Vocabulary Statuette : A small statue or figurine, especially one that is smaller than life-size. Depicts : Represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form. Crusader's : A person who campaigns vigorously for political, social, or religious change; a campaigner. Spokes : Each of the bars or wire rods connecting the centre of a wheel to its outer edge.

Oscar awards © 2014 wheresjenny.com The Academy Awards, commonly known as The Oscars, (rebranded as The Oscars in 2013) is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. Winners are awarded the statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is much better known by its nickname Oscar. The Oscars is also the oldest entertainment awards ceremony; its equivalents, the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theatre, and the Grammy Awards for music and recording, are modeled after the Academy Awards. The 86th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The first Academy Awards were presented on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with an audience of about 270 people.

Oscar awards © 2014 wheresjenny.com Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences When the first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, movies were only first developing. At first, the winners were known prior to the ceremony. Results were given in advance to the newspapers for publication at 11 p.m. on the night of the Awards. But in 1940, guests arriving could buy the 8:45 p.m. edition of the LA Times, which announced the winning achievements. As a result, the sealed-envelope system was adopted the next year and remains in use today. The first presentation was the only one without media present, but by the second year enthusiasm for the Awards was so high that a Los Angelos radio station actually did a live, one-hour broadcast.

Oscar awards © 2014 wheresjenny.com History In 1966, the Oscars were first broadcast in color. From 1971 through 1975 the NBC-TV network carried the Awards. ABC has telecast the show since 1976 and is under contract through The awards have moved through venues over the years, but the 74th in 2002, were held at a new Kodak Theatre--- across the street from where the first Oscars were presented at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in 1929.

Oscar awards © 2014 wheresjenny.com Oscar statuette Made of gold-plated britannium on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.85 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. In 1928, MGM's art director Cedric Gibbons, one of the original Academy members, supervised the design of the award trophy by printing the design on a scroll. Sculptor George Stanley sculpted Gibbons's design in clay and Sachin Smith cast the statuette in 92.5 percent tin and 7.5 percent copper and then gold-plated it. The only addition to the Oscar since it was created is a minor streamlining of the base.

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Oscar awards © 2014 wheresjenny.com Questions 1. Who won the best actress Oscar for her role in misery? 2. What was Susan Sarandon’s occupation in dead man walking? 3. Who was given one large Oscar and seven small ones in 1938? 4. Which Whoopi Goldberg film was nominated for 11 Oscars yet won none? 5. Which British actress won two Oscars in the 70?s? 6. Who danced together for the last time at the 1966 Oscar ceremony? 7. Who was the oldest best actress recipient when she won for driving miss daisy? 8. In which city is the sting set?

Oscar awards © 2014 wheresjenny.com 9. Of the three nominated songs from the lion king, which one won? 10. In which decade were the first academy awards given? 11. During the 1990s which three people hosted the Oscars? 12. How many Oscars did the film "West Side Story" win? 13. Which actor won his first best actor Oscar for the 1986 film "The Color Of Money"? 14. The 1985 film "The Color Purple" won no Oscars, but how many nominations did it receive? 15. Which 1987 film received 9 nominations at the Oscars in 1988?