the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar. According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, when they formed in 1927, they determined that their annual award needed to be “a majestic ...

Officially, there was no model for the Oscar. The statuette given to Academy Award winners was designed by Cedric Gibbons, chief art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, according to the Oscars.

writers and crew members up to receive Hollywood's most prestigious award, the coveted golden statuette. More than 3,000 of the coveted trophies have been handed out since the Academy's first ...

Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The statue was originally named the Academy Award of Merit. The legend goes that former Academy librarian Margaret Herrick, after seeing ...

Academy Award-winning actress Zoe Saldaña told People Magazine that her “Emilia Pérez" Oscar, which currently sits in her office, identifies as “gender-fluid." ...

Conan O’Brien and Oscar, the Academy Award statuette, are giving new meaning to the wedding vow “for better or worse.” It appears the pair, who were bound by matrimony in a playful new ...

Zoe Saldaña is making a statement: Her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for “ Emilia Pérez ” identifies as “trans.” Saldaña, who ...

An Academy Award is priceless to those who win. But when you get down to brass tacks, a shiny Oscar statue costs roughly $400 to make, CBS News reports. Since 2016, the gold-covered trophies have ...

With the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences set to announce this year’s recipients of the Governors Awards in the ...

Zoe Saldaña won her first Oscar this year for her work on Emilia Pérez. The star took the Academy Award in the Best ...