The Oscar

Academy Awards
89th 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

Most recent Academy Award winners

← 2015 Best in films in 2016 2017 →

Award Best Actor Best Actress Winner Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) Emma Stone (La La Land)   Award Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) Viola Davis (Fences)   Award Best Director Winner Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Previous Best Picture Spotlight Best Picture Moonlight

Spotlight

Moonlight

The Academy Awards, now known officially as the Oscars, is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden 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 on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953. It is now seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online. The Academy Awards ceremony is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony. Its equivalents – the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music and recording – are modeled after the Academy Awards.

The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best films of 2016, were held on February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre, in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and was broadcast on ABC. A total of 3,048 Oscars have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 88th.

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 2016 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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