| Also known as: | The (n)th Annual Academy Awards |
| Location: | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Media type(s): | Film |
| Event type: | Industry event |
| Official website(s): | http://www.oscar.com/
http://www.oscars.org/ |
| Notes: | - The Academy Award (Oscar) is the main national film award in the USA.
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization composed of over 6,000 motion picture craftsmen and women. (as of 1999)
- The Oscar statuette has been designed by Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by Los Angeles artist George Stanley. Each statuette is made from the alloy britannium and is then plated in copper, nickel silver, and finally, 24-karat gold and is manufactured by R.S. Owens and Company in Chicago. It stands 13-1/2 inches tall and weighs 8-1/2 pounds. The Oscar depicts a knight, holding a crusader's sword, standing on a reel of film. The film reel features five spokes, signifying the five original branches of the Academy (actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers.)
- How Oscar received his nickname is not exactly clear. The most popular story is that Margaret Herrick, an Academy employee and eventual executive director, remarked that the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar, and the Academy staff began to refer to it by that name. Whatever the actual origin of the nickname, it was well enough known by 1934 that Walt Disney supposedly used it during an acceptance speech that year. Although journalists used the nickname with increasing frequency during the late 1930s, the Academy did not officially use the name Oscar until 1939.
- As of 2000 the award ceremonies have been held 25 times at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 11 at the Pantages Theatre, 10 at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium, 8 times each at the Biltmore Hotel and the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 6 at the Ambassador Hotel, 3 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre and once each at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and the Academy Award Theater (1949 Melrose Avenue headquarters).
- As of 2001 88 countries have submitted films for the foreign-language category at least once over the years.
- The Academy Awards ceremonies are commonly named after their according year of eligibility of films. E.g. the ceremony which took place in March 1997 is referred to as the 1996 Academy Awards.
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2010
7 March | Steve Martin (I)
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2009
22 February | Hugh Jackman | Kodak Theatre, Hollywood & Highland | Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
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2008
24 February | Jon Stewart | No Country for Old Men (2007)
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2007
25 February | Ellen DeGeneres | The Departed (2006)
(Oscar)
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2006
5 March | Jon Stewart | Crash (2004/I)
(Oscar)
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2005
27 February | Chris Rock (I) | Million Dollar Baby (2004)
(Oscar)
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2004
29 February | Billy Crystal | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
(Oscar)
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2003
23 March | Steve Martin (I) | Chicago (2002)
(Oscar)
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2002
24 March | Whoopi Goldberg | A Beautiful Mind (2001)
(Oscar)
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2001
25 March | Steve Martin (I) | Shrine Auditorium | Gladiator (2000)
(Oscar)
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2000
26 March | Billy Crystal | American Beauty (1999)
(Oscar)
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1999
21 March | Whoopi Goldberg | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center | Shakespeare in Love (1998)
(Oscar)
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1998
23 March | Billy Crystal | Shrine Auditorium | Titanic (1997)
(Oscar)
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1997
24 March | The English Patient (1996)
(Oscar)
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1996
25 March | Whoopi Goldberg | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center | Braveheart (1995)
(Oscar)
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1995
27 March | David Letterman | Shrine Auditorium | Forrest Gump (1994)
(Oscar)
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1994
21 March | Whoopi Goldberg | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center | Schindler's List (1993)
(Oscar)
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1993
29 March | Billy Crystal | Unforgiven (1992)
(Oscar)
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1992
30 March | The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
(Oscar)
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1991
25 March | Shrine Civic Auditorium | Dances with Wolves (1990)
(Oscar)
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1990
26 March | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center | Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
(Oscar)
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1989
29 March | (none) | Shrine Civic Auditorium | Rain Man (1988)
(Oscar)
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1988
11 April | Chevy Chase | The Last Emperor (1987)
(Oscar)
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1987
30 March | Chevy Chase
Goldie Hawn
Paul Hogan (I) | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center | Platoon (1986)
(Oscar)
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1986
24 March | Alan Alda
Jane Fonda
Robin Williams (I) | Out of Africa (1985)
(Oscar)
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1985
25 March | Jack Lemmon (I) | Amadeus (1984)
(Oscar)
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1984
9 April | Johnny Carson (I) | Terms of Endearment (1983)
(Oscar)
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1983
11 April | Liza Minnelli
Dudley Moore
Richard Pryor
Walter Matthau | Gandhi (1982)
(Oscar)
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1982
29 March | Johnny Carson (I) | Chariots of Fire (1981)
(Oscar)
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1981
31 March | Ordinary People (1980)
(Oscar)
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1980
14 April | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
(Oscar)
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1979
9 April | The Deer Hunter (1978)
(Oscar)
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1978
3 April | Bob Hope (I) | Annie Hall (1977)
(Oscar)
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1977
28 March | Warren Beatty
Ellen Burstyn
Jane Fonda
Richard Pryor | Rocky (1976)
(Oscar)
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1976
29 March | Goldie Hawn
Gene Kelly (I)
Walter Matthau
George Segal (I)
Robert Shaw (I) | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
(Oscar)
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1975
8 April | Sammy Davis Jr.
Bob Hope (I)
Shirley MacLaine
Frank Sinatra | The Godfather: Part II (1974)
(Oscar)
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1974
2 April | John Huston (I)
David Niven (I)
Burt Reynolds (I)
Diana Ross (I) | The Sting (1973)
(Oscar)
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1973
27 March | Carol Burnett
Michael Caine (I)
Charlton Heston
Rock Hudson | The Godfather (1972)
(Oscar)
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1972
10 April | Helen Hayes (I)
Alan King (I)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Jack Lemmon (I) | The French Connection (1971)
(Oscar)
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1971
15 April | (none) | Patton (1970)
(Oscar)
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1970
7 April | Midnight Cowboy (1969)
(Oscar)
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1969
14 April | Oliver! (1968)
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1968
10 April | Bob Hope (I) | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA | In the Heat of the Night (1967)
(Oscar)
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1967
10 April | A Man for All Seasons (1966)
(Oscar)
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1966
18 April | The Sound of Music (1965)
(Oscar)
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1965
5 April | My Fair Lady (1964)
(Oscar)
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1964
13 April | Jack Lemmon (I) | Tom Jones (1963)
(Oscar)
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1963
8 April | Frank Sinatra | Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
(Oscar)
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1962
9 April | Bob Hope (I) | West Side Story (1961)
(Oscar)
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1961
17 April | The Apartment (1960)
(Oscar)
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1960
4 April | RKO Pantages Theatre | Ben-Hur (1959)
(Oscar)
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1959
6 April | Bob Hope (I)
Jerry Lewis (I)
David Niven (I)
Laurence Olivier
Mort Sahl
Tony Randall (I) | Gigi (1958)
(Oscar)
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1958
26 March | James Stewart (I)
David Niven (I)
Jack Lemmon (I)
Rosalind Russell
Bob Hope (I)
"Donald Duck" (on film) | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
(Oscar)
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1957
27 March | Jerry Lewis (I)
Celeste Holm (New York City) | RKO Pantages Theatre
NBC Century Theatre, New York, USA | Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
(Oscar)
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1956
21 March | Jerry Lewis (I)
Claudette Colbert (New York City)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (New York City) | Marty (1955)
(Oscar)
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1955
30 March | Bob Hope (I)
Thelma Ritter (New York City) | On the Waterfront (1954)
(Oscar)
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1954
25 March | Donald O'Connor
Fredric March (New York City) | From Here to Eternity (1953)
(Oscar)
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1953
19 March | Bob Hope (I)
Conrad Nagel (New York City) | RKO Pantages Theatre
NBC International Theatre, New York, USA | The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
(Oscar)
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1952
20 March | Danny Kaye | RKO Pantages Theatre | An American in Paris (1951)
(Oscar)
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1951
29 March | Fred Astaire | All About Eve (1950)
(Oscar)
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1950
23 March | Paul Douglas (I) | All the King's Men (1949)
(Oscar)
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1949
24 March | Robert Montgomery (I) | AMPAS Theater, Melrose Avenue | Hamlet (1948)
(Oscar)
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1948
20 March | (none) | Shrine Civic Auditorium | Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
(Oscar)
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1947
13 March | Jack Benny | The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
(Oscar)
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1946
7 March | Bob Hope (I)
James Stewart (I) | Grauman's Chinese Theatre | The Lost Weekend (1945)
(Oscar)
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1945
15 March | John Cromwell (I) (first half)
Bob Hope (I) (last half) | Going My Way (1944)
(Oscar)
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1944
2 March | Jack Benny (overseas broadcast) | Casablanca (1942)
(Oscar)
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1943
4 March (banquet) | Bob Hope (I) | Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel | Mrs. Miniver (1942)
(Oscar)
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1942
26 February (dinner) | Wendell Willkie (principal speaker) | Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel | How Green Was My Valley (1941)
(Oscar)
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1941
27 February (banquet) | Walter Wanger | Rebecca (1940)
(Oscar)
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1940
29 February (banquet) | Bob Hope (I) (last half) | Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel | Gone with the Wind (1939)
(Oscar)
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1939
23 February (banquet) | Frank Capra | Biltmore Bowl, Biltmore Hotel | You Can't Take It with You (1938)
(Oscar)
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1938
10 March (banquet) | Bob Burns (I) | The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
(Oscar)
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1937
4 March (banquet) | George Jessel | The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
(Oscar)
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1936
5 March (banquet) | Frank Capra | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
(Oscar)
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1935
27 February (banquet) | Irvin S. Cobb | It Happened One Night (1934)
(Oscar)
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1934
16 March (banquet) | Will Rogers (I) | Fiesta Room, Ambassador Hotel | Cavalcade (1933)
(Oscar)
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1932
18 November (banquet) | Conrad Nagel | Grand Hotel (1932)
(Oscar)
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1931
10 November (banquet) | Lawrence Grant (I) | Sala D'Oro, Biltmore Hotel | Cimarron (1931)
(Oscar)
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1930
5 November (banquet) | Conrad Nagel | Fiesta Room, Ambassador Hotel | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
(Oscar)
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1930
3 April (banquet) | William C. de Mille | Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel | The Broadway Melody (1929)
(Oscar)
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1929
16 May (banquet) | Douglas Fairbanks
William C. de Mille | Blossom Room, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel | Wings (1927)
(Oscar)
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