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  2. Why are the Academy Awards called the Oscars? 3 ... - AOL

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    That little gold man bestowed as filmmaking's highest honor at the Academy Awards has a name. It's Oscar. Yes, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the governing body for the glitzy ...

  3. Academy Award for Best Picture - Wikipedia

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    At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony held in 1929 (for films made in 1927 and 1928), there were two categories of awards that were each considered the top award of the night: "Outstanding Picture" and "Unique and Artistic Picture", the former being won by the war epic Wings, and the latter by the art film Sunrise. Each award was intended to honor ...

  4. Academy Awards - Wikipedia

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    The Oscar statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, [18] is given to winners of each year's awards. Made of gold-plated bronze on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34.3 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.9 kg) and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes represent ...

  5. Voting for best picture at the Oscars is surprisingly ... - AOL

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    Unlike most Oscar categories, best picture isn't determined solely by which movie gets the most No. 1 votes. Let's break it down for you.

  6. 88th Academy Awards - Wikipedia

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    With two Oscars, Spotlight was the first film since 1952's The Greatest Show on Earth to win Best Picture with only one other award. [13] Alejandro G. Iñárritu became the third individual to win two consecutive Oscars for Best Director.

  7. 86th Academy Awards - Wikipedia

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    In December 2013, AMPAS unveiled a new brand identity for the organization and the Academy Awards by local firm 180LA; the Academy Awards' new logo formalizes the prior year's rebranding of the ceremony as The Oscars, using a wordmark with a stylized letter "A" resembling a spotlight shining on an Oscar statuette (a similar effect is used in ...

  8. 92nd Academy Awards - Wikipedia

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    In a press release justifying the name change, International Feature Film Committee co-chairs Larry Karaszewski and Diane Weyermann stated, "We have noted that the reference to 'foreign' is outdated within the global filmmaking community. We believe that international feature film better represents this category, and promotes a positive and ...

  9. At the L.A. laundromat where it was made, an Oscar hopeful ...

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    They've built weekly routines around chatting with Kenny: One, Jeff, solves an L.A. Times crossword puzzle while his clothes are washing every Tuesday morning. People often ask Kenny, who just ...