When did the Academy Awards start? A look at the first Oscar winners
Compared to today's Academy Awards, the first Oscars held in 1929 was a quaint dinner party that honored a history-making ...
Angelina Jolie Shares The Emotional Reason She Gave Her Mother Her 1st Academy Award
During their conversation, Maltin asked Jolie about her experience being nominated for and winning an Academy Award for Best ...
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How did the Oscar get its name? The mystery behind the Academy Award's nickname explained
MGM art director Cedric Gibbons sketched the figure of an impressively ripped knight as an art crusader for the first Academy Awards in 1929. (The design wasn't based on a human model.) ...
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When did the Academy Awards start? A look at the first Oscar winners
That sort of frazzled energy wasn't a part of the first Academy Awards: The ceremony took place three months after the winners were announced. Academy President Douglas Fairbanks emceed the event ...