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  1. The process is ballooned for the Best Picture category, which can have up to 10 nominees and no less than five. Deciding the winners is much simpler: After the nominees are decided, the whole ...

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  2. Jan 23, 2024 · If one film receives the majority of the top votes, it's automatically the winner. If no single nominee gets over 50% of the vote, the movie with the fewest votes is eliminated, and the voters who ...

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  3. The Oscar statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, [18] is given to winners of each year's awards. Made of gold-plated bronze on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34.3 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.856 kg), and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes.

  4. The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in which every member of the Academy is eligible to submit a nomination and vote on the final ballot. [ 1 ]

  5. Mar 8, 2024 · In the first round, members vote by secret ballot to create a shortlist of 15 nominees from the eligible submissions. Then, members vote again to narrow this list to five nominees. In this second ...

  6. Feb 8, 2023 · Films can be nominated for any category for which they are eligible, which is how films like Titanic and La La Land managed a massive 17 nominations in their respective years. The 23 categories ...

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  8. Mar 12, 2023 · The road to an Oscar winds through a long awards season, which finally culminates Sunday at the Academy Awards. We take you through the process of getting that golden statuette into a winner's hand.

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