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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 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 ...

  4. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Wikipedia

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    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced / ˈ æ m p æ s / AM-pass; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate ...

  5. List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and ...

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    At the 96th Academy Awards, he beat the record again, at age 91, after receiving his 54th Oscar nomination for Best Original Score for his work on Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. [5] [6] At the 97th Academy Awards, Matīss Kaža became the youngest Oscar nominee (and winner) for the Best Animated Feature category at the age of 29.

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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. 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 ...

  8. Richard Anderson - Wikipedia

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    Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor. One of his best-known roles was his portrayal of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) in both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman television series between 1974 and 1978 and their subsequent television movies: The Return of the Six Million ...

  9. Oscars 2024 guidebook: What to know about Hollywood's biggest ...

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    10 Oscar nominees had their names announced for the first time: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, America Ferrera, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K ...