1. The Oscars

2. The Academy
Awards, informally known
as The Oscars

3. Given annually,
for excellence of
cinematic
achievements

4. The Oscar statuette is
officially named the Academy
Award of Merit and is one of
nine types of Academy Awards

5. Organized and overseen by
the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Science

6. The AMPAS was
originally conceived
by Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer studio
executive Louis B. Mayer

7. All started
for film
industry’s
image and
help
mediate
labour
disputes

8. The awards were first given in
1929

9. The
Academy
Awards
ceremony is
televised live
in more than
100
countries
annually
First Oscar Winning Movie

10. The Grammy
Awards (for
music), the Emm
y Awards (for
television), and
the Tony
Academy Award 2013 Host-Seth MacFarlane
Awards (for
theatre), are
modelled after

11. A professional honorary
organization, maintains a
voting membership of 5,783
as of 2012

12. Studios spend millions of dollars
and hire publicists specifically to
promote their films during what is
typically called the “Oscar
Seasons”

13. The 85th Academy Awards are
scheduled to be held on February
24, 2013 at the Dolby Theatre

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