The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, is an iconic Hollywood event where the very best of the film industry is awarded for notable projects in the current year. The first dinner was held on May 16, 1929 at the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and has grown to be one of the most anxiously awaited awards shows in existence. From Shirley Temple to James Cameron to Walt Disney to Audrey Hepburn, the Academy Awards is all about the bling, the glamor, and who will take home the desirable Oscar statuettes.
The Early Academy Awards Galas
The first Academy Awards ceremony didn't keep the award-winners a secret. The winners were announced months in advance and would receive the statuettes at the yearly Academy Awards banquet.
The Academy decided to change this and began keeping the winners a secret, but slipping envelopes to the press at 11:00 pm the night of the banquet. However , in 1940, the LA Times released the winners before the gala had taken place and the Academy Awards have adopted the sealed envelope policy ever since then.
Emil Jannings was the first individual to receive an Academy Award statuette and the first film to win Best Picture was Wings, a silent film about World War I pilots released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Lucien Hubbard.
Now the Academy maintains a group of 5,835 who votes on the best out of the nominees.
How did the "Oscar" get its name?
We are unsure as to why exactly the name "Oscar" stuck with the statuettes. Some say that the librarian at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) said that the statuette looked like her "Uncle Oscar."
A different story is that Bette Davis named it after her ex, Harmon Oscar Nelson Jr.
Sidney Skolsky also called that statuette "Oscar" in his column saying that the name was derived from the music hall joke, "Will you have a cigar, Oscar?" He used this term in 1934 regarding Katherine Hepburn's win, and Walt Disney exploited the term at the Awards Ceremony that year also.
Academy Awards all though History
The Academy Awards has a lot of interesting and controversial things occur at the ceremony itself. Who could forget when Adrien Brody gave Halle Berry the big smooch when he won Best Actor for "The Pianist," or when Michael Moore was booed during his "Bowling for Columbine" acceptance speech for being openly against President George Bush. In 1974, Robert Open ran across the stage nude wearing nothing but a peace sign.
The Early Academy Awards Galas
The first Academy Awards ceremony didn't keep the award-winners a secret. The winners were announced months in advance and would receive the statuettes at the yearly Academy Awards banquet.
The Academy decided to change this and began keeping the winners a secret, but slipping envelopes to the press at 11:00 pm the night of the banquet. However , in 1940, the LA Times released the winners before the gala had taken place and the Academy Awards have adopted the sealed envelope policy ever since then.
Emil Jannings was the first individual to receive an Academy Award statuette and the first film to win Best Picture was Wings, a silent film about World War I pilots released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Lucien Hubbard.
Now the Academy maintains a group of 5,835 who votes on the best out of the nominees.
How did the "Oscar" get its name?
We are unsure as to why exactly the name "Oscar" stuck with the statuettes. Some say that the librarian at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) said that the statuette looked like her "Uncle Oscar."
A different story is that Bette Davis named it after her ex, Harmon Oscar Nelson Jr.
Sidney Skolsky also called that statuette "Oscar" in his column saying that the name was derived from the music hall joke, "Will you have a cigar, Oscar?" He used this term in 1934 regarding Katherine Hepburn's win, and Walt Disney exploited the term at the Awards Ceremony that year also.
Academy Awards all though History
The Academy Awards has a lot of interesting and controversial things occur at the ceremony itself. Who could forget when Adrien Brody gave Halle Berry the big smooch when he won Best Actor for "The Pianist," or when Michael Moore was booed during his "Bowling for Columbine" acceptance speech for being openly against President George Bush. In 1974, Robert Open ran across the stage nude wearing nothing but a peace sign.
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