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What is the Hollywood statuette?
Oscar
What is engraved on the Oscar statuette?
The Oscar statuette is engraved with the words "Academy Award of Merit" on the front, along with the year it was awarded. The base of the statuette is also engraved with the name of the recipient, the category of the award, and the year. This personalization adds to the significance and recognition of the achievement.
What appetizers can you make that resemble the Oscar Awards statuette?
Gingerbread men!!
What performer received a wooden Oscar?
In 1937, Edgar Bergen was presented an Honorary Oscar (in the form of a wooden Oscar statuette for his creation of Charlie McCarthy.
Why is it called Oscar?
An employee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reportedly said the awards statuette reminded her of her Uncle Oscar.
What is the diminutive of statue?
The diminutive of "statue" is "statuette." A diminutive form is a word that expresses a smaller or younger version of something. In this case, a statuette is a small statue, often used for decorative purposes or as a collectible item.
What is the official name of the Oscar?
While the statuette is very often informally known as an Oscar, the roots of the name are cloudy. It is officially known as an Academy Award. The names Oscar and Academy Awards have become interchangeable over the years.
What was designed by cedric gibbons?
Check out this webpage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedric_Gibbons He's credited for designing the Oscar statuette in 1928.
What is the cash value of Oscar award?
There is no prize money attached to an Academy Award (Oscar), and the statuette remains the property of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). On occassion, the stattuettes have been sold from one collector to another. If these sales are made public, then the Academy can sue for the statuette. Steven Speilberg is known to have found Clark Gable's only Oscar for sale once. He purchased it and returned it to the Academy for safe keeping.
What best picture winning films used a Oscar statuette as a prop?
In the infamous horse's head scene in "The Godfather" (1972), there is an Oscar in a background shot of the bedroom of producer Jack Woltz (John Marley).
What is the official name of the Oscar Award?
While the statuette is very often informally known as an Oscar, the roots of the name are cloudy. It is officially known as an Academy Award. The names Oscar and Academy Awards have become interchangeable over the years.
How has the Oscar Awards statuette changed its look over time?
it was made out of something different during WW II. but other than that it hasn't changed.
