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The formal name of Academy Award is Academy Awards of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It has been established in 1927 and held in Los Angeles, American every year. The great event has enjoyed great fame for over half a century. Not only does it reflect the development process of American films arts, but also it produces great influence to motion arts in many countries around the world.
In May 1927, a crowd of celebrities from American motion circle had established a "Non-profitable Organization" in Hollywood, named as Academy of motion picture Arts and Sciences, shortly as A.M.P.A.S, with the mission for motion arts promotion and technology process. The Academy decided to reward excellent motion workers with Academy Award, after 1931, Academy Award has gradually been replaced by the common name Oscar, which has been generally known.
There is a credible saying for the origins of Oscar. In 1931, when the female administrator Margaret Herrick, at the library in Academy of motion picture Arts and Sciences, had a careful scrutiny at the Academy Awards, then claimed that, "Woo! It looks like my uncle Oscar very much!" The sentence has been unintentionally heard by journalists beside, thus they have written like, "The workers in the Academy of motion picture Arts and Sciences stated soulfully the Academy Award as Oscar." Therefore the name of Oscar has been spread like wildfire.
The body of Academy Award cup is a gold-plated telamon with 13.5 inches and 3.9kg weights, designed by American famous sculptor George Stanley. According to the regulations of Oscar, the winner of one award can get one Academy Award cup, if there are two winners regarding the same award, each of them will be awarded one Academy Award cup. The appearance of Academy Award is an unclothed man, with his two hands cross before his breast and a long sword in the hand. He stood on a reel of five rings, each ring representing one important working department in Academy of motion picture Arts and Sciences: production, direction, playwright, performers, technical staff.
The original trophy was made by George Stanley with 500 dollars from Meyer, designing the trophy 13.5 inches and 6.75 pounds in weight, with alloy inside and a layer of gold on the surface, sparkling with silver flakes, so it has been called as Awards. Awards pattern is designed by Cedric Gibbons, who was the artists in MGM and designated by his superior Meyer for the job, what's more, Gibbons was one of the most outstanding art designers in the history of Art and Design. Not only did he design the Academy Award, but also he received it, subsequently from the 2nd to the 29th session of Academy Award, he had been grade dominated for 39 times and obtained the award for 11 times during the whole 28 years. Gibbons has participated in design work for almost all of the excellent motion works republished by MGM.
In the whole motion circle, annual Academy Award is a great event, all the actors and actresses will come, dressed up beautifully with (http://www.dinodirect.com/celebrity-dresses/ ) Some of them came for awards, some for celebration, just with the intention to make as many friends as possible. Actually there are many opportunities for you to meet some famous directors, if they have any good scripts and just at the moment of looking for suitable actors, maybe you will get a wonderful opportunity without exception. Thus everyone, no matter actors or actresses, shall try his best to dress himself as beautiful as possible, in other words, today Oscar is not just a event, more importantly, it has become a visual feast because you can see plenty of beauties and handsome boys here.
