Oscar

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cultural icon film award trophy

The Oscar is a prestigious film industry award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor outstanding cinematic achievements.

Aliases (3)

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural icon → film award → trophy →
administeredBy	Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →
alsoKnownAs	Academy Award → Academy Awards statuette →
awardedFor	Best Actor → Best Actress → Best Adapted Screenplay → Best Animated Feature Film → Best Cinematography → Best Costume Design → Best Director → Best Documentary Feature → Best Film Editing → Best International Feature Film → Best Makeup and Hairstyling → Best Original Score → Best Original Screenplay → Best Original Song → Best Picture → Best Production Design → Best Sound → Best Supporting Actor → Best Supporting Actress → Best Visual Effects →
broadcastIn	many countries worldwide →
broadcastOn	television →
ceremonyLocation	Hollywood → Los Angeles →
country	United States →
designDepicts	knight holding a crusader sword → knight standing on a film reel →
field	cinema →
filmReelHas	five spokes representing Academy branches →
firstAwarded	May 16, 1929 →
frequency	annual →
hasComponent	gold-plated statuette →
height	about 34 centimeters →
inception	1929 →
industry	film industry →
languageOfCeremony	English →
material	gold-plated bronze →
notableFor	global media coverage → red carpet ceremony →
organizer	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →
purpose	to honor outstanding cinematic achievements →
relatedAward	Honorary Academy Award → Scientific and Technical Awards →
relatedEvent	Oscar nominations announcement →
selectionProcess	voting by Academy members →
selectionStage	final voting → nominations →
symbolizes	highest recognition in the film industry →
typicalVenue	Dolby Theatre →
votingBody	Academy members →
weight	about 3.9 kilograms →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Academy Award ("Oscar statuette") → Academy Award for Best Actor ("Oscar statuette") → Academy Award for Best Actress ("Oscar statuette") → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ("Oscar statuette") → Academy Award for Best Director ("Oscar statuette") → Academy Award for Best Film Editing ("Oscar statuette") → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ("Oscar statuette") → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ("Oscar statuette") → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ("Oscar statuette") →	trophyName
Claude Monet → Oscar Hammerstein II → Oscar Niemeyer → Oscar Wilde →	givenName
Academy Award → Academy Juvenile Award ("Juvenile Oscar") → Honorary Academy Award ("Special Oscar") →	alsoKnownAs
Academy Awards ceremony ("Oscar statuette") →	awardPresented
Academy Award for Best Picture ("Oscar statuette") →	awardTrophyName
Oskar →	hasSpellingVariant
Academy Award for Best Actress →	hasStatueNickname
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ("Oscar statuette") →	hasTrophy
Oskar →	isVariantOf
Academy Award for Best Original Score ("Oscar statuette") →	symbol