the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar. According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, when they formed in 1927, they determined that their annual award needed to be “a majestic ...

writers and crew members up to receive Hollywood's most prestigious award, the coveted golden statuette. More than 3,000 of the coveted trophies have been handed out since the Academy's first ...

And the Oscar goes to... Wait, wait, wait... The statue was originally named the Academy Award of Merit. The legend goes that former Academy librarian Margaret Herrick, after seeing the statue for ...

Walt Disney didn’t just make animation history — he made Academy Award history. To this day, Disney still holds many Academy ...

Following the death of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, along with his wife and dog, he leaves behind a decades-long career and two Academy Awards. What happens to an Oscar statuette after the ...

An Oscar statuette given to winners at the Academy Awards is simultaneously a priceless and nearly worthless prize. Several more prizes will be handed out to lucky winners at tonight’s 97th ...

Conan O’Brien hosted this year’s Academy Awards and he has revealed some golden ideas he and his writer weren’t allowed to ...