The document provides details about the 86th Academy Awards ceremony that was held in 2014. It discusses that 289 films were nominated for Best Picture, there were 24 competitive award categories, and 6,028 Academy members helped select the winners. The ceremony was hosted at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and comedian Ellen DeGeneres served as the host. 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture while other top awards went to Cate Blanchett, Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, and Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity.
2. The Academy Awards, commonly
known as The Oscars, is an
annual American awards
ceremony honoring
achievements in the film industry.
The Oscars are overseen by
the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
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3. 289 feature films are
eligible for the Best
Picture nomination this
year.
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4. There are 24
competitive
award categories
this year.
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5. Number of countries
submitting foreign
language films this year
are 76.
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6. 6,028 Academy members
will help pick this years
winners.
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7. Number of
countries in which
the 86th Oscar
telecast will be
seen are more
than 225.
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8. 50 Oscar statuettes are
being created for
86th Academy
Awards.
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9. The 86th Academy Awards is being hosted at
the Dolby Theatre (formerly Kodak Theatre)
in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
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10. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres will host the
show for the second time. DeGeneres
previously hosted the 79th ceremony in
2007.
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12. Best Picture 12 Years a Slave
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13. Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew
McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
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14. Best Actress in a Leading Role Cate
Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
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15. Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared
Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
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16. Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lupita Nvongo (12 Years a Slave)
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17. Best Animated Feature Film Frozen
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18. Best Animated Short Film - Mr.
Hublot
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19. Best Original Score - Gravity (Steven
Price)
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20. Best Original Song - Let It Go - Frozen
Robert Lopez, who wrote the song with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez
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21. Best Adapted Screenplay - 12 Years a
Slave (John Ridley)
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22. Best Original Screenplay - Her (Spike
Jonze)
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23. Achievement In Directing - Gravity
(Warner Bros.) Alfonso Cuar坦n
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24. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF
THE YEAR - The Great Beauty (Janus
Films) Italy
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25. Best Documentary Feature Film - 20
Feet From Stardom
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26. Achievement In Cinematography Gravity (Warner Bros.) Emmanuel
Lubezk
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27. Achievement In Film Editing
Gravity (Warner Bros.) Alfonso
Cuar坦n and Mark Sanger
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29. In 1928, art director Cedric Gibbons, designer
of the original Academy Award, was
introduced to Mexican film director and
actor Emilio Fern叩ndez. Reluctant at
first, Fern叩ndez was finally convinced to pose
nude for the naked knight holding a sword to
create what today is known as the "Oscar".
Cedric Gibbons
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30. Made of goldplated britannium on a
black metal base, it is
13.5 inches (34.29 cm)
tall, weighs 8.5 lb
(3.85 kg), and the
diameter of Oscar
statuette base is 5村 inches
(13.34 cm).
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31. The statuette depicts
a knight holding
a crusader's sword.
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32. The statuette is standing on a reel of film
with five spokes. The five spokes
represent the original branches of the
Academy:
Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers, an
d Technicians.
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33. Approximately 50 Oscars
are made each year in
Chicago by Illinois
manufacturer R.S. Owens &
Company.
It takes between three to
four weeks to manufacture
each statue.
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35. The first Academy
Awards were presented in
1929 at the Hollywood
Roosevelt Hotel.
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36. Total number of Oscar statuettes presented
since the first Academy Awards 2,900
(includes the 4 Oscars presented at the
Governors Awards event on November
16, 2013).
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37. Dolby Theatre (formerly Kodak Theatre)
has hosted 13 Oscars, including the 86th
Academy Awards.
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38. Highest number of Oscar ceremonies
hosted by one person
Bob Hope holds
the record of
hosting 19
Oscars (he also
hosted the first
televised Oscars
in 1953).
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39. Highest number of Oscars won by a
single film
Three movies have received 11 Oscars "Ben-Hur" (1959),
"Titanic" (1997), and
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
(2003).
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40. Most nominations received by a single
film
Two films received 14 nominations
All About Eve (1950)
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Titanic (1997)
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41. Most awards won by a man
Walt Disney has
won 22 Oscars, the
most ever for a
single person. He
was also awarded
an additional 4
honorary
Oscars, and holds
the record for most
Oscars won in one
year by a single
person (4 out of 6).
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42. Most awards won by a woman
Edith Head has won eight Oscars, all for Costume
Design.
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43. Most awards won by a person who is
still living
Visual Effects
Supervisor Dennis
Muren has won nine
Academy Awards: six
competitive awards, two
"Special Achievement"
awards, and one
"Technical Achievement"
award.
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44. First Indian to win an Academy Award
Bhanu
Athaiya became the
first Indian to win an
Academy
Award in 1983, for
designing the
costumes for Richard
Attenborough's
Gandhi.
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45. First Indian to receive an Honorary
Academy Award
Satyajit Ray
became the first
Indian to receive
an Honorary
Academy Award
in 1992.
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46. First persons from India to win in any
music category
A. R. Rahman has
won Best Original
Score & Best
Original Song ("Jai
Ho") for Slumdog
Millionaire (2008).
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47. Gulzar has also won
Best Original Song
("Jai Ho")
for Slumdog
Millionaire (2008).
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48. OSCAR速, OSCARS速, ACADEMY
AWARDS速, ACADEMY AWARD速, A.M.P.A.S.速
AND OSCAR NIGHT, and the OSCAR statuette
is a registered trademark and copyrighted
property, of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
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