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   Mar 9, 2023 · The golden statuette has been called “Oscar” since the 1930s, but the origins of the nickname are a matter of dispute.

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3. historyfacts.com › arts-culture › articleWhy Is an Academy Award Called an “Oscar”? - History Facts

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   Why Do We Call it an “Oscar”? Although the Academy Awards and its traditional statuette have been around since 1929, the Oscar name wasn’t officially adopted by the academy until 1939. The exact origin of the nickname, however, is fairly murky.

4. www.britannica.com › question › Why-is-the-AcademyWhy is the Academy Award called “Oscar”? | Britannica

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   The Academy Award statuette’s nickname, “Oscar,” has three possible sources. Actress Bette Davis claimed that the name derived from her observation that the backside of the statuette looked like that of her husband Harmon Oscar Nelson.

5. www.bbc.com › culture › articleWho was Oscar? A history of the Academy Awards statuette - BBC

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   Feb 19, 2016 · Officially, the statuette is called the Academy Award of Merit, but everyone in Hollywood has known it as Oscar since at least 1934. The Academy itself adopted the nickname in 1939.

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6. www.goldderby.com › feature › oscar-name-academyHow Oscar Got His Name: Why The Academy Awards Are Called ...

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   Jan 12, 2020 · One of the academy’s founding members, MGM art director Cedric Gibbons, designed the original statuette: a sword-wielding crusader for the arts, standing on a film reel.

7. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 48892Why Are the Academy Awards Statuettes Called 'Oscars'?

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   The popular theory is that the nickname for the Academy Award of Merit (as the statuette is officially known) was coined by Academy Award librarian and future Director of the Academy of Motion...

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   How did the Oscar statuette get the nickname 'the Oscars'?

   • It's called 'The Oscars.'" But how did the statuette get that nickname in the first place? The popular theory is that the nickname for the Academy Award of Merit (as the statuette is officially known) was coined by Academy Award librarian and future Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick.

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   Why is the Oscar statue called Oscar?

   • Officially, the statuette is called the Academy Award of Merit, but everyone in Hollywood has known it as Oscar since at least 1934. The Academy itself adopted the nickname in 1939. The most likely story is that when the Academy’s librarian, Margaret Herrick, first saw the statuette, she said it looked like her Uncle Oscar.

   Who was Oscar? A history of the Academy Awards statuette - BBC

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   Why is Oscar called Oscar?

   • If the story of Emilio Fernández is, at best, apocryphal, the name ‘Oscar’ remains something of a puzzle. Officially, the statuette is called the Academy Award of Merit, but everyone in Hollywood has known it as Oscar since at least 1934. The Academy itself adopted the nickname in 1939.

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   Why is the Academy Award called Oscar?

   • Columnist Sidney Skolsky maintained that he gave the award its nickname. The name has also been attributed to academy librarian Margaret Herrick, who declared that the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar. Why is the Academy Award called “Oscar”?

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9. www.oscars.org › oscars › statuetteOscar Statuette | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts ...

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   Although the statuette remains true to its original design, the size of the base varied until 1945, when the current standard was adopted. Officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is better known by its nickname, Oscar.