Why these 3 Oscar winners turned down their Academy Awards
The Academy Awards is Hollywood's most important event, and the Oscars its biggest prize. So who are the winners who declined ...
Academy Award winners live longer than nominees, studies show—a psychologist explains the 'Oscar effect': 'We can all get a mini version of this'
Taking home an Academy Award trophy can earn you prestige and the admiration of your peers. Research has also shown that having an Oscar on your mantle can help you live longer. Numerous studies over ...
How did the Oscar get its name? The mystery behind the Academy Award's nickname explained
How did the Academy Award get that sticky Oscar nickname? Was it Bette Davis seeing her husband's rump or a gossip columnist ...
When did the Academy Awards start? A look at the first Oscar winners
Compared to today's Academy Awards, the first Oscars held in 1929 was a quaint dinner party that honored a history-making ...
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When did the Academy Awards start? A look at the first Oscar winners
That sort of frazzled energy wasn't a part of the first Academy Awards: The ceremony took place three months after the winners were announced. Academy President Douglas Fairbanks emceed the event ...
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How did the Oscar get its name? The mystery behind the Academy Award's nickname explained
the governing body for the glitzy annual awards, officially calls him the Academy Award of Merit. But the familiar gold-plated statue of a sword-holding knight is universally referred to as the Oscar.