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The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. [1] [2] They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. [3]
The Oscar selection committee for Australia [98] invited filmmakers to make submissions, but did not end up sending a film. Bhutan, [99] Luxembourg [100] and North Macedonia [101] asked for submissions, but announced they had no films eligible for entry.
Official websites. Academy Awards official website; The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences official website; Oscars channel Archived February 26, 2019, at the Wayback Machine at YouTube (run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) News resources. Oscars 2021 Archived February 15, 2019, at the Wayback Machine at BBC News
The in memoriam segment for the 2024 Oscars began with a message from recently deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The clip came from the documentary "Navalny," which won best ...
The 42-year span between Judd Hirsch's first nomination, for his supporting role in Ordinary People (1980), and his second, for The Fabelmans, set the record for the longest gap between Oscar nominations. [13] At age 90, Best Original Score nominee John Williams became the oldest person nominated competitively in Oscars history. [13]
Beginning with the 7th Academy Awards, held in February 1935, each year's awards are presented for films that were first shown during the full preceding calendar year from January 1 to December 31 in Los Angeles County, California.
Only actor to win an Oscar for portraying a fictional Oscar nominee. Maggie Smith won Best Supporting Actress for playing an Oscar loser in California Suite (1978). Only actor to appear in multiple films with the most Oscar wins. Bernard Hill has supporting roles in Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), with ...
The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 2019 and took place on February 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST.