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(CNN)- Here’s some background information about the Academy Awards, also known as the “Oscars.”
March 10, 2024 – The 96th annual Academy Awards ceremony is set to be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
March 12, 2023 – The 95th annual Academy Awards ceremony is being hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
2023 Winner (Selected)
perfect picture
“Everything everywhere at once”
actor in lead role
Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”
Actress in lead role
Michelle Yeoh, “Everything everywhere at once”
actor in supporting role
Ke Hui Quan, “Everything everywhere at once”
actress in supporting role
Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
director
Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Full list of winners
2022 Winner (Selected)
perfect picture
“coda”
actor in lead role
Will Smith, “King Richard”
Actress in lead role
Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
actress in supporting role
Ariana DeBose, ‘West Side Story’
actor in supporting role
Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
director
Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Full list of winners
other facts
The PricewaterhouseCoopers accounting firm has tallied ballots since 1934. Newspaper headlines announced the winners before the ceremony until 1941, when the sealed envelope system was implemented. Prior to the PwC envelope mix-up in 2017, when an error was made during the announcement of the award for Best Picture, only two partners at the firm knew the outcome until the envelopes were opened. After 2017, new procedures were adopted, including the addition of a third voting partner to remember the list of winners. The third partner sits with the Oscar producers in the control room while the other two voting partners are stationed on opposite sides of the stage. Additionally, PwC partners are prohibited from using cellphones and social media backstage during the show.
Walt Disney is the most honored person in Oscar history. He has received 59 nominations and 26 competitive awards throughout his career.
Composer John Williams is the most nominated living person – 52 nominations (including five wins).
Meryl Streep is the most nominated performer in Academy history with 21 nominations.
Jack Nicholson is the most nominated male actor in Academy history, with 12 nominations.
Katharine Hepburn won the most Oscars as an actor, four.
Daniel Day-Lewis is the only person to have three Best Actor Oscars.
Tatum O’Neal is the youngest person to win a competitive Oscar at the age of 10 years, 148 days.
Only three films have won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Writing: in 1934, “It Happened One Night”; in 1975, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”; And in 1991, “The Silence of the Lambs.”
No film has taken home all six top awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress.
Scientific and Technical Awards are given at a separate ceremony for methods, discoveries or inventions that contribute to the art and science of motion pictures.
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May 16, 1929 – The first Academy Awards are held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Ticket price is $5.
1929- The first Best Picture award goes to “Wings”.
1929- The first-ever statuette was awarded to Emil Jennings for his Best Actor performance in “The Last Command.”
1937- Irving G. The first presentation of the Thalberg Memorial Award was given to Darryl F. Given to Zanuck.
1938 – The ceremony has been delayed by a week due to widespread flooding in Los Angeles.
March 19, 1953 – The first televised ceremony is from the Pantages Theater in Hollywood.
1966- The awards are broadcast in color for the first time.
1968- Due to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the ceremony is moved up two days as the original date is the day of King’s funeral.
1976-present – ABC airs the Oscars.
1981- The ceremony is postponed for 24 hours due to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.
2001- The Best Animated Feature Film category has been added.
23 June 2009 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 10 films will receive nominations in the Best Picture category, instead of five since 2010.
26 June 2009 – The Academy has announced that beginning in 2010, new rules governing the Best Song category could eliminate that category in any year. Additionally, at a separate ceremony in November, Irving G. Thalberg and Jean Hersholt will be given honorary awards.
June 14, 2011 – The Academy announced new rules governing the Best Picture category, the number of films nominated can vary from 5 to 10 in any given year and the nominees will not be known until they are announced. The new rule will come into effect in 2012.
November 9, 2011 – Eddie Murphy exited as host of the Oscars in February 2012, a day after creator Brett Ratner left the show after he made a comment he considered homophobic.
18 January 2016 – After two consecutive years of criticism regarding the lack of diversity with Oscar nominees, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs released a statement saying that “we will be reviewing our membership recruitment in the coming days and weeks.” Bring much-needed diversity to our Class of 2016 and beyond.”
January 24, 2017 – The romantic musical, “La La Land,” received 14 Oscar nominations, tying the record of “All About Eve” and “Titanic.” Following complaints of lack of diversity in 2016, six black actors received nominations for their performances, a record.
February 26, 2017 – Following the moment when “La La Land” was mistakenly declared Best Picture, “Moonlight” became the first film with an all-Black cast to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Additionally, Mahershala Ali is the first Muslim actor to win the Best Supporting Actor award.
August 8, 2018 – In a letter to members, the Academy announced it was adding a new category in 2019 for outstanding achievement in popular film. The letter does not specify criteria for a “popular” film.
September 6, 2018 – The Academy has announced that it is reconsidering the decision to add a popular film category. “There has been a wide range of reactions to the introduction of the new award and we recognize the need for further discussion with our members,” academy CEO Don Hudson said in a statement.
December 6, 2018 – Kevin Hart has resigned from hosting the Oscars after past homophobic tweets came to light.
February 5, 2019 – ABC has confirmed that the Academy Awards will be host-less. This will be the first time in 30 years that the ceremony will be held without a host.
February 9, 2020 – “Parasite” becomes the first non-English film to win the Best Picture Oscar. It is also the first film to win both Best International Feature and Best Picture.
February 9, 2020 – The 92nd Academy Awards averaged 23.6 million views, the lowest rating in the show’s history.
June 15, 2020 – For the first time in 40 years, the Academy has postponed the 93rd Oscars. The last time the Oscars were postponed was in 1981, when the ceremony was delayed 24 hours due to an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. In addition to the delay, the Academy agreed to extend the eligibility window for films, which typically corresponds to the calendar year. For the 2021 Oscars, the new window will be extended to February 28, 2021.
September 8, 2020 – The Academy has announced that films will have to meet certain criteria in terms of representation to be eligible for the Academy Award for Best Picture starting in 2024. Introduced under an initiative called Aperture 2025, the organization says the goal is to “encourage equitable representation”. “Off screen to better reflect the diversity of film-going audiences.”
April 25, 2021 – Yuh-jung Yoon was named Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Minari” and became the first Korean actress to win an Oscar. Chloé Zhao has been named best director for “Nomadland,” becoming the first woman of color and the first woman of Asian descent to receive the award. She is also the second woman to win.
May 27, 2021 – The Academy has announced that the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony will be held in March 2022, a month later than originally scheduled.
March 27, 2022 – Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face after the rock made fun of Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head while presenting the award for Best Documentary. Smith then says, “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth!” twice. Censors muted the spoken portion of the conversation for domestic viewers in the United States.
March 12, 2023 – Michelle Yeoh is named Best Actress for her role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win the award.
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