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78th Annual Academy Awards Ceremony
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Oscar Statuette
The official name of the Oscar statuette is the "Academy Award of Merit." Made
of gold-plated britannium, it is 13.5 inches (34 cm) tall and depicts a knight
holding a crusader's sword standing on a reel of film. The root of the name
"Oscar" is contested. Some believe it comes from Academy librarian Margaret
Herrick, who saw it on a table and said, "it looks just like my uncle Oscar!"
Others claim that Bette Davis named it after her first husband. However it
became, the nickname stuck and is used almost as commonly as Academy Award, even
by the Academy itself. In fact, the Academy's domain name is oscars.org and the
official website for the Academy Awards is at
www.oscars.com
Awards night
The major awards are given out at a ceremony usually in February following the
relevant calendar year. This is an elaborate extravaganza, with the invited
guests walking up the red carpet in the creations of the most prominent fashion
designers of the day. The ceremony and extravagant afterparties, including the
Academy's Governors Ball, are televised around the world.
The ceremony has consecutively aired on ABC since 1976.
Nominations
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Today, according to Rules 2 and 3 of the official Academy Awards Rules, a film
has to open in the previous calendar year (from midnight January 1 to midnight
December 31) in Los Angeles County, California, to qualify. [1] Rule 2 states
that a film must be "feature-length" (defined as 40 minutes) to qualify for an
award (except for Short Subject awards, of course). It must also exist either on
a 35mm or 70mm film print OR on a 24fps or 48fps progressive scan digital film
print with a native resolution no lower than 1280x1024.
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