The first telecast of the Academy Awards show was in 1953 on NBC.
The First Academy Awards was on May 16, 1929
The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929, honoring films made in 1927-28.
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1932.
Contrary to popular belief, Nobel Prize winner Al Gore did not win an Oscar. He did go on stage when An Inconvenient Truthwon the Oscar for Best Documentary. But the award went to the film's producer and director, Davis Guggenheim.
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 2011 went to "The Artist."
1952
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 2011 went to "The Artist."
A Special Achievement Academy Award is given to an actor which the Academy feels that deserves to be acknowledged for his life in cinema, but not in a particular category or in a specific year.
The first Academy Awards were given out May 16, 1929. The awards were for movies release in 1927 and '28 and Wings won the award for best picture.
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1932.
Contrary to popular belief, Nobel Prize winner Al Gore did not win an Oscar. He did go on stage when An Inconvenient Truthwon the Oscar for Best Documentary. But the award went to the film's producer and director, Davis Guggenheim.
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 2011 went to "The Artist."
Jim Carrey never won an Academy Award. He was never even nominated.
1952
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 2011 went to "The Artist."
Satyait Ray in 1992.
Buffy Sainte-Marie won a 1982 Academy Award for co-writing the year's Best Original Song -- "Up Where We Belong" from "An Officer and a Gentleman."
Linda Hunt, winner of the 1983 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in "The Year of Living Dangerously," appears in the 1985 Western "Silverado."