Academy Awards
Transcript: The first Best Actor awarded was Emil Jannings, for his performances in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. At that time, the winners were recognized for all of their work done in a certain category during the qualifying period. he best known award is the Academy Award of Merit, more popularly known as the Oscar statuette.[8] Made of gold-plated britannium on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34.3 cm) tall, the award weighs 8.5 lb (3.856 kg). According to Rules 2 and 3 of the official Academy Awards Rules, a film must open in the previous calendar year, from midnight at the start of January 1 to midnight at the end of December 31, in Los Angeles County, California, and play for seven consecutive days, to qualify. Academy membership is divided into different branches, with each representing a different discipline in film production. Actors constitute the largest voting bloc, numbering 1,311 members (22 percent) of the Academy's composition. Votes have been certified by the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (and its predecessor Price Waterhouse) for the past 83 annual awards ceremonies Oscars are officially called Academy Awards and they are the most important award to the cinema world, delivered every year by the academy of arts and cinematographic science. The first delivery of awards happened in 16 of may, 1929, in Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood, to honor the best cinematographic people of 1927 and 1928. The ceremony was presented by the actor Douglas. The first ceremony on television was in 1953 only in USA and Canada. In 1966, the first color exhibition took place. Since 1969, the ceremony is displayed internationally. In 1970, Brazil and Mexico were the first countries, beside USA and Canada, to televise the event live, via satellite. The awards are currently being broadcast live to more than 200 countries, becoming one of the biggest television events in the world. The origin of the name Oscar is disputed. One biography of Bette Davis, who was a president of the Academy, claims that she named the Oscar after her first husband, band leader Harmon Oscar Nelson.[18] Another claimed origin is that the Academy's Executive Secretary, Margaret Herrick, first saw the award in 1931 and made reference to the statuette's reminding her of her "Uncle Oscar" Academy Awards Oscars Best Makeup and Hairstyling: since 1981 Best Original Score: since 1934 Best Original Song: since 1934 Best Production Design: since 1928 Best Sound Editing: since 1963 Best Sound Mixing: since 1930 Best Visual Effects: since 1939 Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay): since 1928 Best Writing (Original Screenplay): since 1940 History Awards of Merit categories Current categories: Best Picture: since 1928. Best Director: since 1928 Best Actor in a Leading Role: since 1928 Best Actor in a Supporting Role: since 1936 Best Actress in a Leading Role: since 1928 Best Actress in a Supporting Role: since 1936 Best Animated Feature: since 2001 Best Animated Short Film: since 1931 Best Cinematography: since 1928 Best Costume Design: since 1948 Best Documentary Feature: since 1943 Best Documentary Short Subject: since 1941 Best Film Editing: since 1934 Best Foreign Language Film: since 1947 Best Live Action Short Film: since 1931
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