The envelope please!!! It was 85 years ago today, on May 16, 1929 that the first Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards (Oscars) were presented. The Academy officially began using the nickname Oscar for its awards in 1939; a popular but unconfirmed story about the source of the name holds that Academy executive director Margaret Herrick remarked that the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar. Since 1942, the results of the secret ballot voting have been announced during the live-broadcast Academy Awards ceremony using the sealed-envelope system. The suspense--not to mention the red-carpet arrival of nominees and other stars wearing their most beautiful or outrageous evening wear--continues to draw international attention to the film industrys biggest night of the year. Credit: History
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 15:55:00 +0000
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