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Apr 26, 2021 · The winners of the 93rd Oscars have been revealed - with Nomadland the big winner, but a few surprises, too. Here's the full list of the films, stars and crew who have taken home Oscars this year ...
- Who Or What Is The Oscars Statuette Based on?
- Who Designed The Oscar Statuette?
- What Is An Oscar Statuette Made of?
- Why Is It called An Oscar?
Shortly after the Academy was formed in 1927, it was agreed from very early on that the statuette needed to be suitably grand. That is why they all agreed that the design should be based on a crusader knight, which would be stood upon a reel of film gripping a mighty broadsword A design was quickly put together, with the film reel featuring five sp...
Cedric Gibbons, who was the art director at MGM Studios in 1927 was given the task of initially designing the golden statuette in sketch form when he came up with the idea of placing the knight atop a film reel. One old Hollywood legend claims that Gibbons based his sketches for the knight on the figure of Mexican actor Emiliano Fernandez, who was ...
Standing at 13.5 inches and weighing 8.5 pounds, the Oscar is made out of solid bronze and plated in 24-karat gold. During the Second World War, the Oscars were made out of painted plaster due to metal shortages. For the past 30 years, the statues have been made at RS Owens Company, a Chicago-based factory. The process to make them takes ten days f...
This is another fact that has fallen into the category of Hollywood myth. While its official name is technically the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is much better known by its nickname. The most popular origin story for the name is that when Academy librarian (and eventual executive director) Margaret Herrick first saw the statuette in 1931,...
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Mar 15, 2021 · Sacha Baron Cohen, Carey Mulligan, Olivia Colman, Daniel Kaluuya and Sir Anthony Hopkins are among the British stars nominated for this year's Oscars. Vanessa Kirby, Gary Oldman and Riz Ahmed are...
Apr 27, 2021 · The Oscars 2021 are announcing the winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Actor and more. Get live updates on Oscar winners and the awards ceremony.
- The leading nominees: 10 nominations - Mank. 6 - The Father. 6 - Judas and the Black Messiah. 6 - Minari. 6 - Nomadland. 6 - Sound of Metal. 6 - The Trial of the Chicago 7.
- The Brits are coming. Glen Wilson/Warner Bros. Daniel Kaluuya is nominated for playing Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah. The eight British acting nominees range from Ahmed, who receives his first Oscar nomination for playing a drummer who loses his hearing in Sound of Metal, to Sir Anthony, whose performance as a man who loses his grip on reality in The Father earns him his sixth nomination.
- Most diverse Oscar nominations. Altitude. Steven Yeun (left) and Yuh-Jung Youn (second left) are up for acting awards for Minari. Six black actors and actresses are nominated, equalling the record set in 2017.
- Posthumous Oscar for Boseman? Viola Davis, who stars in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, says Chadwick Boseman was an 'artist' Boseman is nominated alongside Davis for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - his final role before he died of cancer at the age of 43 last year.
Apr 24, 2021 · Carey Mulligan, Daniel Kaluuya and Frances McDormand are among the acting nominees. Stars are preparing for Sunday's Academy Awards, which will take place across multiple locations worldwide....
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Apr 26, 2021 · Find out which films, actors, directors and production took home a golden statuette.
