Academy Awards

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Academy Awards
Current: 95th Academy Awards
The Academy Award of Merit (the Oscar statuette)
Awarded for	Excellence in the American and International film industry
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
First awarded	May 16, 1929; 93 years ago
Website	www.oscars.org/oscars
Television/radio coverage
Network	List of broadcasters

The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars,^[1] refers to the Hollywood ceremony, as well as the actual awards that are given to honour artistic and technical merit in the film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment industry in the United States and worldwide.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

The Academy Awards are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.^[7][8]

The Academy Awards ceremony was first broadcast by radio in 1930 and was televised for the first time in 1953. It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony and is now televised live worldwide.^[9] It is also the oldest of the four major annual American entertainment awards; its equivalents – the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music – are modeled after the Academy Awards.^[10] A total of 3,140 Oscar statuettes have been awarded since its inception in 1929.^[11]

Most recent Academy Award winners

← 2021 Best in films in 2022 2023 →

Award Best Actor Best Actress Winner Brendan Fraser (The Whale) Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)   Award Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Winner Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)   Award Best Director and Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay Winner Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once) Sarah Polley (Women Talking)

Previous Best Picture CODA Best Picture Everything Everywhere All at Once

History[edit]

The first Academy Awards presentation was held on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner function at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with an audience of about 270 people.^[12]

The post-awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel.^[13][9] The cost of guest tickets for that night's ceremony was $5 ($79 at 2020 prices). Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other participants in the film-making industry of the time, for their works during the 1927–28 period. The ceremony ran for 15 minutes.

For this first ceremony, winners were announced to the media three months earlier. For the second ceremony in 1930, and the rest of the first decade, the results were given to newspapers for publication at 11:00 pm on the night of the awards.^[9] In 1940, the Los Angeles Times announced the winners before the ceremony began; as a result, the following year the Academy started using a sealed envelope to reveal the names of the winners.^[9]

The term "Oscar" is a registered trademark of the AMPAS; however, in the Italian language, it is used generically to refer to any award or award ceremony, regardless of which field.^[14][15]

Milestones

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