Academy Awards
1. What are the Academy Awards?
The Academy Awards are an annual gathering and awards show presented by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The show is hosted in order to acknowledge the excellence of all professionals involved in the movie making industry. In addition to actors and actresses, the Academy Awards honors directors, writers, costume designers, film editors, makeup artists, sound editors and art directors.
The show was originally hosted in 1929 at the Hotel Roosevelt, in Hollywood California. Douglas Fairbanks and William C. deMille were the show’s first hosts. Since 1929, the Academy Awards has been hosted each year at various locations in Los Angeles, California.
The award that winners receive is a gold statuette on a pedestal, named Oscar. There are a number of stories explaining the origin of the name, but whatever is true, Oscar has become a name synonymous with the Academy Awards since the 1930s.
2. When are the 2011 Academy Awards?
February 27, 2011
3. Where do the Academy Awards take place?
Since 2002, the Kodak Theater on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, has hosted the awards show.
Previous locations included the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the Ambassador and Biltmore Hotels, Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Shrine Auditorium, RKO Pantages Theater, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County.
4. When were the 2011 Academy Award nominations announced?
November 11, 2010
5. What are the nominations for the 2011 Academy Awards?
Best Picture
– Black Swan
– The Fighter
– The King’s Speech
– True Grit
– 127 Hours
– Inception
– The Kids Are All Right
– Rabbit Hole
– Blue Valentine
– Get Low
Best Director
– Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit
– Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
– Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
– Christopher Nolan, Inception
– Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Best Actress
– Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
– Natalie Portman, Black Swan
– Annette Benning, The Kids Are All Right
– Lesley Manville, Another Year
– Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Best Actor
– James Franco, 127 Hours
– Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
– Robert Duvall, Get Low
– Jeff Bridges, True Grit
– Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Best Adapted Screenplay
– The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin
– 127 Hours, Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
– True Gril, Joel and Ethan Coen
– Rabbit Hole, David Lindsay-Abaire
– The Town, Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard, Peter Craig
Best Original Screenplay
– The King’s Speech, David Speidler
– The Kids Are All Right, Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
– Inception, Christopher Nolan
– Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, Joey Curtis
– Black Swan, Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz
Best Supporting Actress
– Amy Adams, The Fighter
– Melissa Leo, The Fighter
– Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
– Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
– Saoirse Ronan, The Way Back
Best Supporting Actor
– Christian Bale, The Fighter
– Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
– Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
– Jeremy Renner, The Town
– Bull Murray, Get Low
Best Animated Feature
– How to Train Your Dragon
– Toy Story 3
– The Illusionist
– Tangled
Best Documentary
– The Tillman Story
– Restrepo
– Cropsey
– Waiting for Superman
– Inside Job
5. Current awards that are presented annually during the Academy Awards
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Animated Feature
Best Animated Short Film
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Director
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short Subject
Best Film Editing
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Live Action Short Film
Best Makeup
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Picture
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects
Best Writing – Original Screenplay
Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
6. Retired awards that used to be presented at the Academy Awards
Best Short Film – Color
Best Short Film – Live Action
Best Short Film – Novelty
Best Title Writing
Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production
Best Assistant Director
Best Dance Direction
Best Engineering Effects
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Best Original Story
Best Score – Adaptation or Treatment
7. Who has won the most Academy Awards?
Walt Disney holds the record of the most Academy Award wins, with 22 that were won competitively. Since his death, he has received another 4 honorary awards, commemorating his notable life achievements.
Alan Menken holds eight Academy Awards, the most of any person still living. He wrote the scores for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and Pichahontas. He won two academy awards for each of these movies, one for Best Original Score and one for Best Original Song.
8. List of all winners from the 2010 Academy Awards
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart
Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock The Blind Side
Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz Inglorious Basterds
Actress in a Supporting Role: Mo’Nique Precious
Animated Feature Film: Pete Docter Up
Art Direction: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair Avatar
Cinematography: Mauro Fiore Avatar
Costume Design: Sandy Powell The Young Victoria
Director: Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
Documentary Feature: Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens The Cove
Documentary Short: Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett Music by Prudence
Film Editing: Bob Murawski, Chris Innis The Hurt Locker
Foreign Language Film: El Secreto de Sus Ojos
Makeup: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow Star Trek
Music – Original Score: Michael Giacchinio Up
Music – Original Song: Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett “The Weary Heart” Crazy Heart
Short Film – Animated: Logorama
Short Film – Live Action: The New Tenants
Sound Editing: Paul N.J. Ottosson The Hurt Locker
Sound Mixing: Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett The Hurt Locker
Visual Effects: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones Avatar
Writing – Adapted Screenplay: Geoggrey Fletcher Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Writing – Original Screenplay: Mark Boal The Hurt Locker
Resources about the Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Official website
Academy Award Winners by Year – American Movie Classics Company (AMC)
filmsite.org
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