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The major award categories, known as the Academy Awards of Merit, [5] are presented during a live-televised Hollywood ceremony in February or March. It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony. [1] The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929. [6] The second ceremony, in 1930, was the first one broadcast by radio.
However, the 93rd Academy Awards cermony in 2021 was an exception to this tradition, instead honoring films that were released from January 1, 2020 to February 28, the following year. [ 5 ] When citing each ceremony, Academy conventions may either list the year(s) of its eligibility period, [ 6 ] or the year in which the ceremony was actually held.
Four-time Academy Award-winning actress Agnes Moorehead, from Clinton, Massachusetts, was the first woman to co-host the Oscars in 1948. Actress and comedian Whoopi Goldberg was the first woman ...
Academy Award for Best Original Score [note 11] Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Year Name Film Status Notes 1945: Ann Ronell: G.I. Joe: Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Original Score. First woman to be nominated in both music categories (For the further information, see Best Original Song). Shared with Louis Applebaum.
"Sunrise," F.W. Murnau's film about a city woman (Margaret Livingston) who tries to persuade a farmer (George O'Brien) to murder his wife (Janet Gaynor), tied for the most Oscars (three) with the ...
The Oscars are awarded in 23 categories (soon to be 24, as achievement in casting will be introduced for 2026's 98th Oscars). Members of the corresponding branches determine most of their own ...
The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and hosted by AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks, honored the best films from 1 August 1927 to 31 July 1928 and took place on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Tickets cost $5 ...
In 1977, Wertmüller became the first woman ever to be nominated in the directing category at the 49th Academy Awards. She was also nominated for best original screenplay.