First of all, thanks for the nice comments on the articles in the Sports & Entertainment category. And yes, I will be writing about HDD and Blue ray Discs soon !
Now coming to a topic which has been in the news since India’s official entry to the Oscars® was challenged in court by another film maker. Some of you may have thought, who is Oscar® ?
Well, Oscar® is a trademark of the academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (called the Academy in short) representing the statuette given annually for excellence in Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in America.
Some facts about the Oscars® for you!
- The Oscars® have been presented since 1929.
- Voting is by secret ballot
- Tabulated by Pricewaterhouse Coopers since 1935.
- Official name of the Oscar® statuette is the Academy Award of Merit.
- The statuette itself is 13.5 inches (34 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.85 kg) and made of gold-plated britannium on a black metal base.
- It depicts a knight holding a crusader’s sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes.
- The spokes signify the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers and Technicians.
- Why the statuette was named ‘Oscar’ is contested and has many theories to it. there is even a theory that the statuette maker remarked that the statuette looked like his uncle Oscar and therefore the name stuck !
- The 80th Annual Academy Awards will be held on 24th February 2008 at the Kodak Theater in Southern California and will be hosted by Jon Stewart.
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