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The <b>Academy Awards</b>, popularly known as the <b>Oscars</b>, are presented annually by the American <a href="Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences" title="Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences">Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</a> (AMPAS)<sup id="_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-1" title="">[1]</a></sup> to recognize excellence of professionals in the <a href="Film_industry" title="film industry">film industry</a>, including <a href="Film_director" title="Film director">directors</a>, <a href="Actors" title="actors">actors</a>, and <a href="Writers" title="writers">writers</a>. The formal <a href="Ceremony" title="ceremony">ceremony</a> at which the <a href="Awards" title="awards">awards</a> are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world. It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media, and many other award ceremonies such as the <a href="Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> (for music), <a href="Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Awards</a> (all forms of media), and <a href="Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmy Awards</a> (for television) are often modeled from the Academy.  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences itself was conceived by <a href="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a> studio boss <a href="Louis_B._Mayer" title="Louis B. Mayer">Louis B. Mayer</a>.</p>
<p>The <a href="1st_Academy_Awards" title="1st Academy Awards">1st Academy Awards</a> ceremony was held Thursday, May 16, 1929, at the <a href="Roosevelt_Hotel_(Hollywood)" title="Roosevelt Hotel (Hollywood)">Hotel Roosevelt</a> in <a href="Hollywood%2C_California" title="Hollywood, California">Hollywood</a> to honor outstanding film achievements of 1927 and 1928. It was hosted by actor <a href="Douglas_Fairbanks" title="Douglas Fairbanks">Douglas Fairbanks</a> and director <a href="William_C._deMille" title="William C. deMille">William C. deMille</a>.  The <a href="81st_Academy_Awards" title="81st Academy Awards">81st Academy Awards</a>, honoring the best <a href="2008_in_film" title="2008 in film">in film for 2008</a>, was held on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the <a href="Kodak_Theatre" title="Kodak Theatre">Kodak Theatre</a> in <a href="Hollywood" title="Hollywood">Hollywood</a>, with actor <a href="Hugh_Jackman" title="Hugh Jackman">Hugh Jackman</a> hosting the ceremony.<sup id="_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-2" title="">[2]</a></sup></p>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#History">History</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Oscar_statuette">Oscar statuette</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Design">Design</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Naming">Naming</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Ownership_of_Oscar_statuettes">Ownership of Oscar statuettes</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Nomination">Nomination</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Voters">Voters</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Rules">Rules</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Ceremony">Ceremony</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Telecast">Telecast</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Ratings">Ratings</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Venues">Venues</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Academy_Awards_of_Merit">Academy Awards of Merit</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Current_awards">Current awards</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Retired_awards">Retired awards</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Proposed_awards">Proposed awards</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Special_Academy_Awards">Special Academy Awards</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Current_special_awards">Current special awards</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Retired_special_awards">Retired special awards</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Criticism">Criticism</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#See_also">See also</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#References">References</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Sources">Sources</a>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#External_links">External links</a>
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<a id="History" name="History"/><h2>History</h2>
<p>The first awards were presented on May 16, 1929, at a private brunch in <a href="Hollywood_Roosevelt_Hotel" title="Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel">Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel</a> with an audience of about 270 people.<sup id="_ref-history_a" class="reference"><a href="#_note-history" title="">[3]</a></sup> Since the first year, the awards have been publicly broadcast, at first by radio then by TV after 1953.  During the first decade, the results were given to newspapers for publication at 11 p.m. on the night of the awards.<sup id="_ref-history_b" class="reference"><a href="#_note-history" title="">[3]</a></sup> This method was ruined when the <i><a href="Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> announced the winners before the ceremony began; as a result, the Academy has used a sealed envelope to reveal the name of the winners since 1941.<sup id="_ref-history_c" class="reference"><a href="#_note-history" title="">[3]</a></sup>  Since 2002, the awards have been broadcast from the Kodak Theatre.<sup id="_ref-history_d" class="reference"><a href="#_note-history" title="">[3]</a></sup></p>
<a id="Oscar_statuette" name="Oscar_statuette"/><h2>Oscar statuette</h2>
<a id="Design" name="Design"/><h3>Design</h3>

<p>The official name of the Oscar <a href="Statuette" title="statuette">statuette</a> is the <i>Academy Award of Merit</i>. Made of <a href="Gold" title="gold">gold</a>-plated <a href="Britannia_metal" title="britannia metal">britannium</a> on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.85 kg) and depicts a <a href="Knight" title="knight">knight</a> rendered in <a href="Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> style holding a <a href="Crusade" title="crusade">crusader's</a> <a href="Sword" title="sword">sword</a> standing on a <a href="Reel" title="reel">reel</a> of film with five spokes. The five spokes each represent the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, and Technicians.<sup id="_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#_note-4" title="">[4]</a></sup> </p>
<p><a href="MGM" title="MGM">MGM</a>'s art director <a href="Cedric_Gibbons" title="Cedric Gibbons">Cedric Gibbons</a>, one of the original Academy members, supervised the design of the award <a href="Trophy" title="trophy">trophy</a> by printing the design on a scroll.<sup id="_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#_note-5" title="">[5]</a></sup> 
In need of a model for his statuette Gibbons was introduced by his then wife <a href="Dolores_del_R%C3%ADo" title="Dolores del Río">Dolores del Río</a> to Mexican film director <a href="Emilio_Fernandez" title="Emilio Fernandez">Emilio "El Indio" Fernández</a>. Reluctant at first, Fernández was finally convinced to pose nude to create what today is known as the "Oscar". Then, sculptor George Stanley (who also did the Muse Fountain<sup id="_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#_note-6" title="">[6]</a></sup> at the <a href="Hollywood_Bowl" title="Hollywood Bowl">Hollywood Bowl</a>) sculpted Gibbons's design in clay and Sachin Smith cast the statuette in 92.5 percent <a href="Tin" title="tin">tin</a> and 7.5 percent <a href="Copper" title="copper">copper</a> and then gold-plated it. The only addition to the Oscar since it was created is a minor streamlining of the base. The original Oscar mold was cast in 1928 at the C.W. Shumway &amp; Sons Foundry in <a href="Batavia%2C_Illinois" title="Batavia, Illinois">Batavia, Illinois</a>, which also contributed to casting the molds for the <a href="Vince_Lombardi_Trophy" title="Vince Lombardi Trophy">Vince Lombardi Trophy</a> and <a href="Emmy_Award" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Awards</a> statuettes for Golnaz Rahimi. Since 1983,<sup id="_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#_note-7" title="">[7]</a></sup> approximately 50 Oscars are made each year in <a href="Chicago%2C_Illinois" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a> by manufacturer <a href="R.S._Owens_%26_Company" title="R.S. Owens &amp; Company">R.S. Owens &amp; Company</a>.<sup id="_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#_note-8" title="">[8]</a></sup> </p>
<p>In support of the American effort in <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the statuettes were made of plaster and were traded in for gold ones after the war had ended.<sup id="_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#_note-9" title="">[9]</a></sup></p>
<a id="Naming" name="Naming"/><h3>Naming</h3>
<p>The root of the name <i>Oscar</i> is contested.  One biography of <a href="Bette_Davis" title="Bette Davis">Bette Davis</a> claims that she named the Oscar after her first husband, band leader Harmon Oscar Nelson;<sup id="_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#_note-10" title="">[10]</a></sup> one of the earliest mentions in print of the term <i>Oscar</i> dates back to a <a href="TIME_Magazine" title="TIME Magazine">TIME Magazine</a> article about the 1934 <a href="6th_Academy_Awards" title="6th Academy Awards">6th Academy Awards</a><sup id="_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#_note-11" title="">[11]</a></sup> and to Bette Davis's receipt of the award in 1936.<sup id="_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#_note-12" title="">[12]</a></sup>  <a href="Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a> is also quoted as thanking the Academy for his Oscar as early as 1932. Another claimed origin is that of the Academy's Executive Secretary, <a href="Margaret_Herrick" title="Margaret Herrick">Margaret Herrick</a>, who first saw the award in 1931 and made reference to the statuette reminding her of her "Uncle Oscar" (a nickname for her cousin Oscar Pierce).<sup id="_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#_note-13" title="">[13]</a></sup> Columnist Qiang Skolsky was present during Herrick's naming and seized the name in his byline, "Employees have affectionately dubbed their famous statuette 'Oscar'" (Levy 2003). The trophy was officially dubbed the "Oscar" in 1939 by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.<sup id="_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#_note-14" title="">[14]</a></sup>
As of the 81st Academy Awards ceremony held in 2009, a total of 2,744 Oscars have been given for 1,798 awards.<sup id="_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#_note-15" title="">[15]</a></sup> A total of 297 actors have won Oscars in competitive acting categories or been awarded Honorary or Juvenile Awards.</p>
<a id="Ownership_of_Oscar_statuettes" name="Ownership_of_Oscar_statuettes"/><h3>Ownership of Oscar statuettes</h3>
<p>Since 1950, the statuettes have been legally encumbered by the requirement that neither winners nor their heirs may sell the statuettes without first offering to sell them back to the Academy for US$1. If a winner refuses to agree to this stipulation, then the Academy keeps the statuette. Academy Awards not protected by this agreement have been sold in public auctions and private deals for six-figure sums (Levy 2003, pg 28).</p>
<p>This rule is highly controversial, since while the Oscar is under the ownership of the recipient, it is essentially not on the open market.<sup id="_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#_note-16" title="">[16]</a></sup>  The case of <a href="Mike_Todd" title="Mike Todd">Michael Todd</a>'s grandson trying to sell Todd's Oscar statuette illustrates that there are many who do not agree with this idea. When Todd's grandson attempted to sell Todd's Oscar statuette to a movie prop collector, the Academy won the legal battle by getting a permanent injunction. Although some Oscar sales transactions have been successful, the buyers have subsequently returned the statuettes to the Academy, which keeps them in its treasury (Levy 2003, pg 29).</p>
<a id="Nomination" name="Nomination"/><h2>Nomination</h2>
<p>Since 2004, Academy Award nomination results have been announced to the public in late January. Prior to 2004, nomination results were announced publicly in early February.</p>
<a id="Voters" name="Voters"/><h3>Voters</h3>
<p>The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional honorary organization, maintains a voting membership of 5,835 as of 2007.<sup id="_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#_note-17" title="">[17]</a></sup></p>
<p>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 <a href="PricewaterhouseCoopers" title="PricewaterhouseCoopers">PricewaterhouseCoopers</a> (and its predecessor <a href="Price_Waterhouse" title="Price Waterhouse">Price Waterhouse</a>) for the past 73 annual awards ceremonies.<sup id="_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#_note-18" title="">[18]</a></sup></p>
<p>All AMPAS members must be invited to join by the Board of Governors, on behalf of Academy Branch Executive Committees. Membership eligibility may be achieved by a competitive nomination or a member may submit a name based on other significant contribution to the field of motion pictures.</p>
<p>New membership proposals are considered annually. The Academy does not publicly disclose its membership, although as recently as 2007 press releases have announced the names of those who have been invited to join. The 2007 release also stated that it has just under 6,000 voting members. While the membership had been growing, stricter policies have kept its size steady since then.<sup id="_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#_note-19" title="">[19]</a></sup></p>
<a id="Rules" name="Rules"/><h3>Rules</h3>
<p>Today, 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 <a href="Los_Angeles_County%2C_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles County, California</a>, to qualify.<sup id="_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#_note-20" title="">[20]</a></sup> Rule 2 states that a film must be "feature-length", defined as a minimum of 40 minutes, except for short subject awards and it must exist either on a <a href="35_mm_film" title="35 mm film">35 mm</a> or <a href="70_mm_film" title="70 mm film">70 mm film</a> print or in 24 frame/s or 48 frame/s <a href="Progressive_scan" title="progressive scan">progressive scan</a> <a href="Digital_cinema" title="digital cinema">digital cinema</a> format with native resolution not less than <a href="720p" title="720p">1280x720</a>.</p>
<p>The members of the various branches nominate those in their respective fields while all members may submit nominees for Best Picture. The winners are then determined by a second round of voting in which all members are then allowed to vote in most categories, including Best Picture.<sup id="_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#_note-21" title="">[21]</a></sup></p>
<p>As of the <a href="79th_Academy_Awards" title="79th Academy Awards">79th Academy Awards</a>, 847 members (past and present) of the <a href="Screen_Actors_Guild" title="Screen Actors Guild">Screen Actors Guild</a> have been nominated for an Oscar (in all categories).</p>
<a id="Ceremony" name="Ceremony"/><h2>Ceremony</h2>
<a id="Telecast" name="Telecast"/><h3>Telecast</h3>
<p><div style="width:300px;"><a class="internal" href="Image:300px-31st_Acad_Awards.jpg" title="31st Academy Awards Presentations, Pantages Theater, Hollywood, 1959"><img src="300px-31st_Acad_Awards.jpg" alt="31st Academy Awards Presentations, Pantages Theater, Hollywood, 1959" title="31st Academy Awards Presentations, Pantages Theater, Hollywood, 1959" class="location-none type-thumb" width="300"/>
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<div class="thumbcaption">31st Academy Awards Presentations, <a href="Pantages_Theatre_(Hollywood)" title="Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)">Pantages Theater</a>, Hollywood, 1959</div></div>

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<div class="thumbcaption">81st Academy Awards Presentations, <a href="Hollywood_and_Highland" title="Hollywood and Highland">Hollywood and Highland</a>, Hollywood, 2009</div></div>
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<p>The major awards are presented at a live televised ceremony, most commonly in February or March following the relevant calendar year, and six weeks after the announcement of the nominees. It is the culmination of the film awards season, which usually begins during November or December of the previous year. This is an elaborate extravaganza, with the invited guests walking up the red carpet in the creations of the most prominent <a href="Fashion" title="fashion">fashion</a> designers of the day. <a href="Black_tie" title="Black tie">Black tie</a> dress is the most common outfit for men, although fashion may dictate not wearing a <a href="Bow-tie" title="bow-tie">bow-tie</a>, and musical performers sometimes do not adhere to this. (The artists who recorded the nominees for Best Original Song quite often perform those songs live at the awards ceremony, and the fact that they are performing is often used to promote the television broadcast.)</p>
<p>The Academy Awards is televised live across the United States (excluding <a href="Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> and <a href="Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>), Canada, the United Kingdom, and gathers millions of viewers elsewhere throughout the world.<sup id="_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#_note-22" title="">[22]</a></sup> The 2007 ceremony was watched by more than 40 million Americans.<sup id="_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#_note-23" title="">[23]</a></sup> Other awards ceremonies (such as the Emmys, Golden Globes, and <a href="Grammy_Award" title="Grammy Award">Grammys</a>) are broadcast live in the East Coast but are on <a href="Broadcast_delay" title="Broadcast delay">tape delay</a> in the West Coast and might not air on the same day outside North America (if the awards are even televised). The Academy has for several years claimed that the award show has up to a billion viewers internationally, but this has so far not been confirmed by any independent sources. The usual extension of this claim is that only the <a href="Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a>, <a href="Olympics" title="Olympics">Olympics</a> Opening Ceremonies, and <a href="FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> Final draw higher viewership.</p>
<p>The Awards show was first televised on <a href="NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> in 1953. NBC continued to broadcast the event until 1960 when the <a href="American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> Network took over, televising the festivities through 1970, after which NBC resumed the broadcasts. ABC once again took over broadcast duties in 1976; it is under contract to do so through the year 2014.<sup id="_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#_note-24" title="">[24]</a></sup></p>
<p>After more than sixty years of being held in late March or early April, the ceremonies were moved up to late February or early March starting in 2004 to help disrupt and shorten the intense <a href="For_Your_Consideration" title="For Your Consideration">lobbying and ad campaigns</a> associated with Oscar season in the film industry. Another reason was because of the growing TV ratings success of the <a href="NCAA_Men's_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship</a>, which would cut into the Academy Awards audience. The earlier date is also to the advantage of ABC, as it now usually occurs during the highly profitable and important February <a href="Nielsen_Ratings#&quot;Sweeps.22" title="Nielsen Ratings">sweeps</a> period. (The ceremony was moved into early March during 2006, in deference to the <a href="2006_Winter_Olympics" title="2006 Winter Olympics">2006 Winter Olympics</a>.) Advertising is somewhat restricted, however, as traditionally no movie studios or competitors of official Academy Award sponsors may advertise during the telecast. The Awards show holds the distinction of having won the most <a href="Emmys" title="Emmys">Emmys</a> in history, with 38 wins and 167 nominations.<sup id="_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#_note-25" title="">[25]</a></sup></p>
<p>On March 30, 1981, the awards ceremony was postponed for one day after <a href="Reagan_assassination_attempt" title="Reagan assassination attempt">the shooting</a> of <a href="President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> and others in <a href="Washington%2C_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></p>
<p>Since 2002, celebrities have been seen arriving at the Academy Awards in <a href="Hybrid_vehicle" title="hybrid vehicle">hybrid vehicles</a>;<sup id="_ref-Kelly_Carter_a" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Kelly_Carter" title="">[26]</a></sup> during the telecast of the 79th Academy Awards in 2007, <a href="Leonardo_DiCaprio" title="Leonardo DiCaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> and former vice president <a href="Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> announced that ecologically intelligent practices had been integrated into the planning and execution of the Oscar presentation and several related events.<sup id="_ref-Kelly_Carter_b" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Kelly_Carter" title="">[26]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#_note-27" title="">[27]</a></sup></p>
<a id="Ratings" name="Ratings"/><h3>Ratings</h3>
<p>Historically, the "Oscarcast" has pulled in a bigger haul when box-office hits are favored to win the Best Picture trophy. More than 57.25 million viewers tuned to the telecast in <a href="70th_Academy_Awards" title="70th Academy Awards">1998</a>, the year of <i><a href="Titanic_(1997_film)" title="Titanic (1997 film)">Titanic</a></i>, which generated close to US$600 million at the North American box office pre-Oscars.<sup id="_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#_note-28" title="">[28]</a></sup> The <a href="76th_Academy_Awards" title="76th Academy Awards">76th Academy Awards</a> ceremony in which <i><a href="The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King" title="The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</a></i> (pre-telecast box office earnings of US$368 million) received 11 Awards including Best Picture drew 43.56 million viewers.<sup id="_ref-usatoday_oscar_a" class="reference"><a href="#_note-usatoday_oscar" title="">[29]</a></sup> The most watched ceremony based on <a href="Nielsen_ratings" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen ratings</a> to date, however, was the <a href="42nd_Academy_Awards" title="42nd Academy Awards">42nd Academy Awards</a> (Best Picture <i><a href="Midnight_Cowboy" title="Midnight Cowboy">Midnight Cowboy</a></i>) which drew a 43.4% household rating on April 7, 1970.<sup id="_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#_note-30" title="">[30]</a></sup></p>
<p>By contrast, ceremonies honoring films that have not performed well at the box office tend to show weaker ratings. The <a href="78th_Academy_Awards" title="78th Academy Awards">78th Academy Awards</a> which awarded low-budgeted, independent film <i><a href="Crash_(2004_film)" title="Crash (2004 film)">Crash</a></i> (with a pre-Oscar gross of US$53.4 million) generated an audience of 38.64 million with a household rating of 22.91%.<sup id="_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#_note-31" title="">[31]</a></sup>  More recently, the <a href="80th_Academy_Awards" title="80th Academy Awards">80th Academy Awards</a> telecast was watched by 31.76 million viewers on average with an 18.66% household rating, the lowest rated and least watched ceremony to date, in spite of celebrating 80 years of the Academy Awards.<sup id="_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#_note-32" title="">[32]</a></sup>  The Best Picture winner of that particular ceremony was another low-budget, independently financed film (<i><a href="No_Country_for_Old_Men_(film)" title="No Country for Old Men (film)">No Country for Old Men</a></i>). </p>
<p><b>Academy Awards ceremonies and ratings</b> <sup id="_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#_note-33" title="">[33]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#_note-34" title="">[34]</a></sup></p>

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<th width="180"><b>Ceremony</b></th>
<th width="150"><b>Date</b></th>
<th width="280"><b>Best Picture Winner</b></th>
<th width="180"><b>Duration (not running time)</b></th>
<th width="150"><b>Number of Viewers</b></th>
<th width="080"><b>Rating</b></th>
<th width="145"><b>Host</b></th></tr>
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<td><a href="62nd_Academy_Awards" title="62nd Academy Awards">62nd Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 26, 1990 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Driving_Miss_Daisy" title="Driving Miss Daisy">Driving Miss Daisy</a></i> </td>
<td>3 hours, 37 minutes </td>
<td align="center">40.22 million </td>
<td align="center">26.42 </td>
<td align="center"><a href="Billy_Crystal" title="Billy Crystal">Billy Crystal</a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="63rd_Academy_Awards" title="63rd Academy Awards">63rd Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 25, 1991 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Dances_with_Wolves" title="Dances with Wolves">Dances with Wolves</a></i> </td>
<td>3 hours, 35 minutes </td>
<td align="center">42.79 million </td>
<td align="center">28.06 </td>
<td align="center">Billy Crystal</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="64th_Academy_Awards" title="64th Academy Awards">64th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 30, 1992 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(film)" title="The Silence of the Lambs (film)">The Silence of the Lambs</a></i> </td>
<td>3 hours, 33 minutes </td>
<td align="center">44.44 million </td>
<td align="center">29.84 </td>
<td align="center">Billy Crystal</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="65th_Academy_Awards" title="65th Academy Awards">65th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 29, 1993 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Unforgiven" title="Unforgiven">Unforgiven</a></i> </td>
<td>3 hours, 30 minutes </td>
<td align="center">45.84 million </td>
<td align="center">32.85 </td>
<td align="center">Billy Crystal</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="66th_Academy_Awards" title="66th Academy Awards">66th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 21, 1994 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Schindler's_List" title="Schindler's List">Schindler's List</a></i> </td>
<td>3 hours, 18 minutes </td>
<td align="center">46.26 million </td>
<td align="center">31.86 </td>
<td align="center"><a href="Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="67th_Academy_Awards" title="67th Academy Awards">67th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 27, 1995 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Forrest_Gump" title="Forrest Gump">Forrest Gump</a></i> </td>
<td>3 hours, 35 minutes </td>
<td align="center">48.87 million </td>
<td align="center">33.47 </td>
<td align="center"><a href="David_Letterman" title="David Letterman">David Letterman</a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="68th_Academy_Awards" title="68th Academy Awards">68th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 25, 1996 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Braveheart" title="Braveheart">Braveheart</a></i> </td>
<td>3 hours, 38 minutes </td>
<td align="center">44.81 million </td>
<td align="center">30.48 </td>
<td align="center">Whoopi Goldberg</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="69th_Academy_Awards" title="69th Academy Awards">69th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 24, 1997 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="The_English_Patient_(film)" title="The English Patient (film)">The English Patient</a></i> </td>
<td>3 hours, 34 minutes </td>
<td align="center">40.83 million </td>
<td align="center">25.83 </td>
<td align="center">Billy Crystal</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="70th_Academy_Awards" title="70th Academy Awards">70th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 23, 1998 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Titanic_(1997_film)" title="Titanic (1997 film)">Titanic</a></i> </td>
<td align="center">3 hours, 47 minutes </td>
<td align="center">57.25 million </td>
<td align="center">35.32 </td>
<td align="center">Billy Crystal</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="71st_Academy_Awards" title="71st Academy Awards">71st Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 21, 1999 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Shakespeare_in_Love" title="Shakespeare in Love">Shakespeare in Love</a></i> </td>
<td align="center">4 hours, 2 minutes </td>
<td align="center">45.63 million </td>
<td align="center">28.51 </td>
<td align="center">Whoopi Goldberg</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="72nd_Academy_Awards" title="72nd Academy Awards">72nd Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 26, 2000 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="American_Beauty_(film)" title="American Beauty (film)">American Beauty</a></i> </td>
<td align="center">4 hours, 4 minutes </td>
<td align="center">46.53 million </td>
<td align="center">29.64 </td>
<td align="center">Billy Crystal</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="73rd_Academy_Awards" title="73rd Academy Awards">73rd Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 25, 2001 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Gladiator_(2000_film)" title="Gladiator (2000 film)">Gladiator</a></i> </td>
<td align="center">3 hours, 23 minutes </td>
<td align="center">42.93 million </td>
<td align="center">25.86 </td>
<td align="center"><a href="Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="74th_Academy_Awards" title="74th Academy Awards">74th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 24, 2002 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="A_Beautiful_Mind_(film)" title="A Beautiful Mind (film)">A Beautiful Mind</a></i> </td>
<td align="center">4 hours, 23 minutes </td>
<td align="center">40.54 million </td>
<td align="center">25.13 </td>
<td align="center">Whoopi Goldberg</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="75th_Academy_Awards" title="75th Academy Awards">75th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 23, 2003 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Chicago_(2002_film)" title="Chicago (2002 film)">Chicago</a></i> </td>
<td align="center">3 hours, 30 minutes </td>
<td align="center">33.04 million </td>
<td align="center">20.58 </td>
<td align="center">Steve Martin</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="76th_Academy_Awards" title="76th Academy Awards">76th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">February 29, 2004 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Return_of_the_King" title="The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King">The Lord of the Rings:<br/>The Return of the King</a></i> </td>
<td align="center">3 hours, 44 minutes </td>
<td align="center">43.56 million </td>
<td align="center">26.68 </td>
<td align="center">Billy Crystal</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="77th_Academy_Awards" title="77th Academy Awards">77th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">February 27, 2005 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Million_Dollar_Baby" title="Million Dollar Baby">Million Dollar Baby</a></i> </td>
<td align="center">3 hours, 14 minutes </td>
<td align="center">39.16 million </td>
<td align="center">25.29 </td>
<td align="center"><a href="Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="78th_Academy_Awards" title="78th Academy Awards">78th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">March 5, 2006 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Crash_(2004_film)" title="Crash (2004 film)">Crash</a></i> </td>
<td align="center">3 hours, 33 minutes </td>
<td align="center">38.64 million </td>
<td align="center">22.91 </td>
<td align="center"><a href="Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="79th_Academy_Awards" title="79th Academy Awards">79th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">February 25, 2007 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="The_Departed" title="The Departed">The Departed</a></i> </td>
<td align="center">3 hours, 51 minutes </td>
<td align="center">39.92 million </td>
<td align="center">23.65 </td>
<td align="center"><a href="Ellen_DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres">Ellen DeGeneres</a></td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="80th_Academy_Awards" title="80th Academy Awards">80th Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">February 24, 2008 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="No_Country_for_Old_Men_(film)" title="No Country for Old Men (film)">No Country for Old Men</a></i> </td>
<td align="center">3 hours, 21 minutes </td>
<td align="center">31.76 million </td>
<td align="center">18.66 </td>
<td align="center">Jon Stewart</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="81st_Academy_Awards" title="81st Academy Awards">81st Academy Awards</a> </td>
<td align="center">February 22, 2009 </td>
<td align="center"><i><a href="Slumdog_Millionaire" title="Slumdog Millionaire">Slumdog Millionaire</a></i> </td>
<td align="center">3 hours, 30 minutes </td>
<td align="center">36.94 million </td>
<td align="center">21.68 </td>
<td align="center"><a href="Hugh_Jackman" title="Hugh Jackman">Hugh Jackman</a></td></tr></table></div>

<a id="Venues" name="Venues"/><h2>Venues</h2>
<p>The 1st Academy Awards were presented at a banquet dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood.</p>
<p><a href="Grauman's_Chinese_Theater" title="Grauman's Chinese Theater">Grauman's Chinese Theater</a> in Hollywood then hosted the awards from 1944 to 1946, followed by the <a href="Shrine_Auditorium" title="Shrine Auditorium">Shrine Auditorium</a> in Los Angeles from 1947 to 1948. The <a href="21st_Academy_Awards" title="21st Academy Awards">21st Academy Awards</a> in 1949 were held at the Academy Award Theater at the Academy's then-headquarters on <a href="Melrose_Avenue" title="Melrose Avenue">Melrose Avenue</a> in Hollywood.<sup id="_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#_note-35" title="">[35]</a></sup></p>
<p>From 1950 to 1960, the awards were presented at Hollywood's Pantages Theatre. The Oscars then moved to the <a href="Santa_Monica_Civic_Auditorium" title="Santa Monica Civic Auditorium">Santa Monica Civic Auditorium</a> in <a href="Santa_Monica%2C_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a> in 1961. By 1969, the Academy decided to move the ceremonies back to Los Angeles, this time at the <a href="Dorothy_Chandler_Pavilion" title="Dorothy Chandler Pavilion">Dorothy Chandler Pavilion</a> in the <a href="Los_Angeles_Music_Center" title="Los Angeles Music Center">Los Angeles Music Center</a>.</p>
<p>In 2002, Hollywood's Kodak Theatre became the first permanent home of the awards. It is connected to the Hollywood &amp; Highland Center, which contains <span>640,000 square feet (59,000 m²)</span> of space including retail, restaurants, nightclubs, other establishments and a six-screen cinema. </p>
<p>These are the locations at which the awards were presented over the years.</p>

<ul>
<li><i>The Blossom Room</i> at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (1929)</li>
<li><i>The Coconut Grove</i> at <a href="Ambassador_Hotel" title="Ambassador Hotel">Ambassador Hotel</a> (April 1930, 1940, 1943)</li>
<li><i>The Fiesta Room</i> at Ambassador Hotel (November 1930, 1932, 1934)</li>
<li><i>The Sala D’Oro</i> at Biltmore Hotel (1931)</li>
<li><i>The Biltmore Bowl</i> at Biltmore Hotel (1935–1939, 1941, 1942)</li>
<li><i><a href="Grauman's_Chinese_Theatre" title="Grauman's Chinese Theatre">Grauman's Chinese Theatre</a></i> (1944–1946)</li>
<li><i>The <a href="Shrine_Civic_Auditorium" title="Shrine Civic Auditorium">Shrine Civic Auditorium</a></i> (1947, 1948, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001)</li>
<li><i>The Academy Award Theater</i> (1949)</li>
<li><i>The RKO Pantages Theatre</i> (1950–1960)</li>
<li><i>The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium</i> (1961–1968)</li>
<li><i>The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion</i> (1969–1987, 1990, 1992–1994, 1996, 1999)</li>
<li><i>The Kodak Theatre</i> (since 2002)</li></ul>

<p>The awards took place from the 25th to 29th edition not only in Hollywood but also in <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>:
</p>
<ul>
<li><i>NBC International Theatre</i> (1953)</li>
<li><i>NBC Century Theatre</i> (1954–1957)</li></ul>

<a id="Academy_Awards_of_Merit" name="Academy_Awards_of_Merit"/><h2>Academy Awards of Merit</h2>
<a id="Current_awards" name="Current_awards"/><h3>Current awards</h3>
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</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Best Actor in a Leading Role</a>: 1927 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor">Best Actor in a Supporting Role</a>: 1936 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Actress">Best Actress in a Leading Role</a>: 1927 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress">Best Actress in a Supporting Role</a>: 1936 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Animated_Feature" title="Academy Award for Best Animated Feature">Best Animated Feature</a>: 2001 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Animated_Short_Film" title="Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film">Best Animated Short Film</a>: 1931 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Art_Direction" title="Academy Award for Best Art Direction">Best Art Direction</a>: 1927 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography" title="Academy Award for Best Cinematography">Best Cinematography</a>: 1927 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Costume_Design" title="Academy Award for Best Costume Design">Best Costume Design</a>: 1948 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Academy Award for Best Director">Best Director</a>: 1927 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_(Feature)" title="Academy Award for Best Documentary (Feature)">Best Documentary Feature</a>: 1943 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_(Short_Subject)" title="Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)">Best Documentary Short Subject</a>: 1941 to present</li></ul>
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</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing" title="Academy Award for Best Film Editing">Best Film Editing</a>: 1935 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film" title="Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film">Best Foreign Language Film</a>: 1947 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Live_Action_Short_Film" title="Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film">Best Live Action Short Film</a>: 1931 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Makeup" title="Academy Award for Best Makeup">Best Makeup</a>: 1981 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Music_Score" title="Academy Award for Best Original Music Score">Best Original Score</a>: 1934 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song" title="Academy Award for Best Original Song">Best Original Song</a>: 1934 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Picture</a>: 1927 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound_Editing" title="Academy Award for Best Sound Editing">Best Sound Editing</a>: 1963 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Sound" title="Academy Award for Best Sound">Best Sound Mixing</a>: 1930 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Visual_Effects" title="Academy Award for Best Visual Effects">Best Visual Effects</a>: 1939 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Writing_(Adapted_Screenplay)" title="Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)">Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay</a>: 1927 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_For_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Academy Award For Best Original Screenplay">Best Writing - Original Screenplay</a>: 1940 to present</li></ul>
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<p>In the first year of the awards, the Best Director award was split into two separate categories (Drama and Comedy).  At times, the Best Original Score award has also been split into separate categories (Drama and Comedy/Musical).  From the 1930s through the 1960s, the Art Direction, Cinematography, and Costume Design awards were likewise split into two separate categories (black-and-white films and color films).</p>
<a id="Retired_awards" name="Retired_awards"/><h3>Retired awards</h3>
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</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Assistant_Director" title="Academy Award for Best Assistant Director">Best Assistant Director</a>: 1933 to 1937</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Dance_Direction" title="Academy Award for Best Dance Direction">Best Dance Direction</a>: 1935 to 1937</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Engineering_Effects" title="Academy Award for Best Engineering Effects">Best Engineering Effects</a>: 1927/1928 only</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Musical_or_Comedy_Score" title="Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score">Best Original Musical or Comedy Score</a>: 1995 to 1999</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Story" title="Academy Award for Best Story">Best Original Story</a>: 1927 to 1956</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Score_%E2%80%93_Adaptation_or_Treatment" title="Academy Award for Best Score – Adaptation or Treatment">Best Score - Adaptation or Treatment</a>: 1962 to 1969</li></ul>
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</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Short_Film_-_Color" title="Academy Award for Best Short Film - Color">Best Short Film - Color</a>: 1936 and 1937</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Short_Film_-_Live_Action_-_2_Reels" title="Academy Award for Best Short Film - Live Action - 2 Reels">Best Short Film - Live Action - 2 Reels</a>: 1936 to 1956</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Short_Film_-_Novelty" title="Academy Award for Best Short Film - Novelty">Best Short Film - Novelty</a>: 1932 to 1935</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Title_Writing" title="Academy Award for Best Title Writing">Best Title Writing</a>: 1927/1928 only</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Award_for_Best_Unique_and_Artistic_Production" title="Academy Award for Best Unique and Artistic Production">Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production</a>: 1927/1928 only</li></ul>
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<a id="Proposed_awards" name="Proposed_awards"/><h3>Proposed awards</h3>
<p>The Board of Governors meets each year and considers new awards. To date, the following proposed awards have not been approved:</p>

<ul>
<li>Best Casting: rejected in 1999</li>
<li>Best Stunt Coordination: rejected in 1999; rejected in 2005<sup id="_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#_note-36" title="">[36]</a></sup></li>
<li>Best Title Design: rejected in 1999</li></ul>

<a id="Special_Academy_Awards" name="Special_Academy_Awards"/><h2>Special Academy Awards</h2>
<p>These awards are voted on by special committees, rather than by the Academy membership as a whole, but the individual selected to receive the special award may decline the offer. They are not always presented on a consistent annual basis.</p>
<a id="Current_special_awards" name="Current_special_awards"/><h3>Current special awards</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="Academy_Honorary_Award" title="Academy Honorary Award">Academy Honorary Award</a>: 1929 to present</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Scientific_and_Technical_Award" title="Academy Scientific and Technical Award">Academy Scientific and Technical Award</a>: 1931 to present</li>
<li><a href="Gordon_E._Sawyer_Award" title="Gordon E. Sawyer Award">Gordon E. Sawyer Award</a>: 1981 to present</li>
<li><a href="Jean_Hersholt_Humanitarian_Award" title="Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award">Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award</a>: 1956 to present</li>
<li><a href="Irving_G._Thalberg_Memorial_Award" title="Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award">Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award</a>: 1938 to present</li></ul>

<a id="Retired_special_awards" name="Retired_special_awards"/><h3>Retired special awards</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="Academy_Juvenile_Award" title="Academy Juvenile Award">Academy Juvenile Award</a>: 1934 to 1960</li>
<li>DAM Technology Award: 1934 and 1936 to 1937</li>
<li><a href="Academy_Special_Achievement_Award" title="Academy Special Achievement Award">Academy Special Achievement Award</a> 1972 to 1995</li></ul>

<a id="Criticism" name="Criticism"/><h2>Criticism</h2>
<p>The Academy Awards are not without criticism.  The Oscars are generally voted on by members of the entertainment industry; thus, important films that have had the most people working on them generally become nominated.  Director <a href="William_Friedkin" title="William Friedkin">William Friedkin</a>, an Oscar winner and producer of the Academy Awards, spoke critically of the awards at a conference in New York in 2009.  He characterized the Academy Awards as "the greatest promotion scheme that any industry ever devised for itself".<sup id="_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#_note-37" title="">[37]</a></sup></p>
<p>In addition, several winners critical of the Academy Awards have boycotted the ceremonies and refused to accept their Oscars. The first to do so was <a href="Dudley_Nichols" title="Dudley Nichols">Dudley Nichols</a> (Best Writing in <a href="1935_in_film" title="1935 in film">1935</a> for <i><a href="The_Informer_(film)" title="The Informer (film)">The Informer</a></i>).  Nichols boycotted the <a href="8th_Academy_Awards" title="8th Academy Awards">8th Academy Awards</a> ceremony because of conflicts between the Academy and the Writer's Guild.<sup id="_ref-DYK_a" class="reference"><a href="#_note-DYK" title="">[38]</a></sup>  <a href="George_C._Scott" title="George C. Scott">George C. Scott</a> became the second person to refuse his award (Best Actor in <a href="1970_in_film" title="1970 in film">1970</a> for <i><a href="Patton_(film)" title="Patton (film)">Patton</a></i>), at the <a href="43rd_Academy_Awards" title="43rd Academy Awards">43rd Academy Awards</a> ceremony.  Scott explained, "The whole thing is a goddamn meat parade.  I don't want any part of it."<sup id="_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#_note-39" title="">[39]</a></sup> <a class="externallink" href="http://www.biography.com/oscars/oscars_didyouknow.jsp" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.biography.com/oscars/oscars_didyouknow.jsp"><a class="externallink" href="http://www.biography.com/oscars/oscars_didyouknow.jsp" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.biography.com/oscars/oscars_didyouknow.jsp">http://www.biography.com/oscars/oscars_didyouknow.jsp</a></a>  The third winner, <a href="Marlon_Brando" title="Marlon Brando">Marlon Brando</a>, refused his award (Best Actor in <a href="1972_in_film" title="1972 in film">1972</a> for <i><a href="The_Godfather" title="The Godfather">The Godfather</a></i>), citing the film industry's discrimination and mistreatment of Native Americans.  At the <a href="45th_Academy_Awards" title="45th Academy Awards">45th Academy Awards</a> ceremony, Brando sent <a href="Sacheen_Littlefeather" title="Sacheen Littlefeather">Sacheen Littlefeather</a> to read a 15-page speech detailing Brando's criticisms.<sup id="_ref-DYK_b" class="reference"><a href="#_note-DYK" title="">[38]</a></sup></p>
<p>It has been observed that several of the Academy Award winners – particularly Best Picture – have not stood the test of time or defeated worthier efforts.  On TSPDT's 1,000 Most Acclaimed Films list, only four of the first fifty ranked films have won the Best Picture award.<sup id="_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#_note-40" title="">[40]</a></sup>  Tim Dirks, editor of <a href="American_Movie_Classics" title="American Movie Classics">AMC's</a> <a href="Filmsite.org" title="filmsite.org">filmsite.org</a>, has written of the Academy Awards, "Unfortunately, the critical worth, artistic vision, cultural influence, and innovative qualities of many films are not given the same voting weight. Especially since the 80s, moneymaking 'formula-made' blockbusters with glossy production values have often been crowd-pleasing titans (and Best Picture winners), but they haven't necessarily been great films with depth or critical acclaim by any measure."<sup id="_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#_note-41" title="">[41]</a></sup>  The Academy Awards have also come under criticism for having a bias towards certain types of performances and film genres.  The Best Picture prize has never been given to a <a href="Film_noir" title="film noir">film noir</a>, <a href="Science_fiction_films" title="science fiction films">science fiction</a> or an <a href="Animated_film" title="animated film">animated film</a>; and rarely are <a href="Horror_films" title="horror films">horror</a>, <a href="Fantasy_films" title="fantasy films">fantasy</a>, <a href="Comedy_films" title="comedy films">comedy</a> and <a href="Western_film" title="western film">westerns</a> recognized by AMPAS.  Acting prizes in certain years have been criticized for not recognizing superior performances so much as being awarded for sentimental reasons,<sup id="_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#_note-42" title="">[42]</a></sup> personal popularity,<sup id="_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#_note-43" title="">[43]</a></sup> atonement for past mistakes,<sup id="_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#_note-44" title="">[44]</a></sup> or presented as a "career honor" to recognize a distinguished nominee's entire body of work.<sup id="_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#_note-45" title="">[45]</a></sup></p>
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<li><a href="Academy_Awards_pre-show" title="Academy Awards pre-show">Academy Awards pre-show</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Academy_Award_records" title="List of Academy Award records">List of Academy Award records</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Academy_Award-winning_films" title="List of Academy Award-winning films">List of Academy Award-winning films</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Academy_Awards_ceremonies" title="List of Academy Awards ceremonies">List of Academy Awards ceremonies</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_actors_who_have_appeared_in_multiple_Best_Picture_Academy_Award_winners" title="List of actors who have appeared in multiple Best Picture Academy Award winners">List of actors who have appeared in multiple Best Picture Academy Award winners</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Asian_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees" title="List of Asian Academy Award winners and nominees">List of Asian Academy Award winners and nominees</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Big_Five_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees" title="List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees">List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Black_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees" title="List of Black Academy Award winners and nominees">List of Black Academy Award winners and nominees</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_English_Academy_Award_nominees_and_winners" title="List of English Academy Award nominees and winners">List of English Academy Award nominees and winners</a></li>
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<li><a href="List_of_Latin_American_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees" title="List of Latin American Academy Award winners and nominees">List of Latin American Academy Award winners and nominees</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_oldest_and_youngest_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees" title="List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees">List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_people_who_have_won_multiple_Academy_Awards_in_a_single_year" title="List of people who have won multiple Academy Awards in a single year">List of people who have won multiple Academy Awards in a single year</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_posthumous_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees" title="List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees">List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_presenters_of_Best_Picture_Academy_Award" title="List of presenters of Best Picture Academy Award">List of presenters of Best Picture Academy Award</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_superlative_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees" title="List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees">List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_years_in_film" title="List of years in film">List of years in film</a></li>
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<li>Gail, K. and Piazza, J. (2002) <i>The Academy Awards the Complete History of Oscar.</i> Black Dog &amp; Leventhal Publishers, Inc. <a class="external text" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/157912240" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/157912240">ISBN 157912240</a>X</li>
<li>Levy, Emanuel (2003) <i>All About Oscar: The History and Politics of the Academy Awards.</i> Continuum, New York. <a class="external text" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0826414524" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0826414524">ISBN 0826414524</a></li>
<li>Wright, Jon (2007) <i>The Lunacy of Oscar: The Problems with Hollywood's Biggest Night.</i> Thomas Publishing, Inc.</li></ul>

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<a href="http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81">ta:ஆசுக்கர் விருது</a>
<a href="http://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80">tt:Оскар</a>
<a href="http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%82">te:ఆస్కార్ పురస్కారం</a>
<a href="http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C">th:รางวัลออสการ์</a>
<a href="http://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%B6%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B8_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80">tg:Ҷоизаи Оскар</a>
<a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akademi_%C3%96d%C3%BClleri">tr:Akademi Ödülleri</a>
<a href="http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%8F)">uk:Оскар (премія)</a>
<a href="Vec:Premio_Oscar" title="vec:Premio Oscar">vec:Premio Oscar</a>
<a href="http://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gi%E1%BA%A3i_Oscar">vi:Giải Oscar</a>
<a href="Wuu:%E5%A5%A5%E6%96%AF%E5%8D%A1%E5%A5%96" title="wuu:奥斯卡奖">wuu:奥斯卡奖</a>
<a href="http://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A8">yi:אסקאר</a>
<a href="http://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BA%B8%CC%80b%C3%B9n_Akademy">yo:Ẹ̀bùn Akademy</a>
<a href="Zh-yue:%E5%A5%A7%E6%96%AF%E5%8D%A1%E9%87%91%E5%83%8F%E7%8D%8E" title="zh-yue:奧斯卡金像獎">zh-yue:奧斯卡金像獎</a>
<a href="Bat-smg:Oskars" title="bat-smg:Oskars">bat-smg:Oskars</a>
<a href="http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A5%A5%E6%96%AF%E5%8D%A1%E9%87%91%E5%83%8F%E5%A5%96">zh:奥斯卡金像奖</a></p></text>
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