Events
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January
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fun-factTuesdayJan 23Did you know?
3,048 statuettes have been presented since the initial awards banquet on May 16, 1929.
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February
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March
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April
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fun-factSaturdayApr 14Did you know?
The official name of the statuette is Academy Award® of Merit.
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May
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June
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July
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fun-factWednesdayJul 25Did you know?
Due to a metal shortage during World War II, Oscars® were made of painted plaster for three years.
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August
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fun-factWednesdayAug 22Did you know?
The film reel features five spokes, signifying the five original branches of the Academy: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers.
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September
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fun-factThursdaySep 27Did you know?
MGM art director Cedric Gibbons designed a statuette of a knight standing on a reel of film gripping a crusader’s sword. The Academy tapped Los Angeles sculptor George Stanley to realize the design in three dimensions – and the world-renowned statuette was born.
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October
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fun-factMondayOct 22Did you know?
Since the initial awards banquet on May 16, 1929, in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom Room, 2,809 statuettes have been presented.
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November
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Decemberfun-factMondayDec 10Did you know?
Officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is better known by its nickname, Oscar. While the origins of the moniker aren’t clear, a popular story has it that upon seeing the trophy for the first time, Academy librarian (and eventual executive director) Margaret Herrick remarked that it resembled her Uncle Oscar. The Academy didn’t adopt the nickname officially until 1939