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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. Xul Solar - Wikipedia

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    Xul Solar was the adopted name of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari (14 December 1887 – 9 April 1963), an Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, and inventor of imaginary languages. Biography [ edit ]

  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. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Wikipedia

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    The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the newest facility associated with the Academy, is the United States' first large-scale museum dedicated to the film industry. It opened to the public on September 30, 2021, [ 43 ] and it contains over 290,000 square feet (27,000 m 2 ) of galleries, exhibition spaces, movie theaters, educational areas ...

  6. How Former Academy Executive Director Bruce Davis ... - AOL

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    TheWrap magazine: The longtime AMPAS head spoke with TheWrap about his new book, a deep dive into Oscar history How Former Academy Executive Director Bruce Davis Solved the Mystery of Oscar’s ...

  7. ‘I wanted to make the gold statuette human’: Where the Oscars ...

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    OSCARS : One theory suggests Bette Davis and her husband’s bottom might have something to do with the affable nickname but the origin story remains up for grabs. Annabel Nugent looks at the ...

  8. EGOT - Wikipedia

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    EGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four of the major performing art awards in the United States of America.

  9. Everything to Know About the 2024 Oscars: How to Watch ... - AOL

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    The Oscars will air live on ABC Sunday, March 10, starting at 7 p.m. ET. The network will continue awards show coverage even after the final award is handed out with the network’s “On the Red ...