Academy Awards

Academy Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
First awarded	May 16, 1929; 87 years ago (1929-05-16)
Official website	oscar.go.com
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Most recent Academy Award winners

2015 ← 28 February 2016 → 2017

Award Best Picture Best Director Winner Spotlight Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant)   Award Best Actor Best Actress Winner Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) Brie Larson (Room)   Award Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Winner Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Previous Best Picture Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Picture Spotlight

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Spotlight

The Academy Awards, or "Oscars", is an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements in the United States film industry as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially called the Academy Award of Merit, which has become commonly known by its nickname "Oscar." The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by AMPAS.

The awards ceremony was first broadcast to radio in 1930 and televised for first time in 1953. It is now seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online. The Oscars is the oldest entertainment awards ceremony; its equivalents, the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theatre, and the Grammy Awards for music and recording, are modeled after the Academy Awards.

The 88th Academy Awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles on February 28, 2016 and hosted by Chris Rock. The 89th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on February 26, 2017 at the Dolby Theatre and will be hosted by longtime ABC late night host of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show, Jimmy Kimmel. A total of 2,947 Oscars have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 87th.

The first Academy Awards presentation was held on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner function at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with an audience of about 270 people. The post-awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel. The cost of guest tickets for that night's ceremony was $5 ($70 in 2017 dollars). Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other participants in the film-making industry of the time, for their works during the 1927–28 period. The ceremony ran for 15 minutes.

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