Oscar- Everything you need to know

Oscar 2023

As the 95th Academy Awards ceremony approaches, film enthusiasts and industry insiders eagerly anticipate the announcement of the nominees and winners of this year's Oscars. The Oscars, also known as the Academy Awards, is an annual event that recognizes outstanding achievements in the film industry. This year's Oscars was be held on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

The COVID-19 epidemic has had a significant impact on the movie business, causing delays in both production and release dates. Numerous movies that were scheduled to be released in 2020 were delayed, and those that did get on screens had short theatrical runs because of limitations and closures.

This year Jimmy Kimmel served as the event's host.

Every year, between 50 and 60 films are nominated for Academy Awards, and selecting these features and short films is a somewhat difficult task. The entity in charge of the Oscars is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. There are two members-at-large groups for people who don't fall into any of the other categories, and there are 17 separate branches that represent various professions like directing, cinematography, and costume design. There are around 10,000 members of the Academy, albeit it withholds an exact figure.

The 95th Academy Awards had nominated more than 50 movies in 23 categories. A wide range of movies from 2022 are represented at the Oscars, from major blockbuster sequels like Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick to live-action shorts like Disney Plus' La Pupille.

With 11 nominations overall, including Best Picture and Best Actress, Everything Everywhere All at Once is in first place. The black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin and the German-language movie All Quiet on the Western Front are next with nine nominations each. To make it easier to browse the many performers, stories, production histories, and reviews of each film, we've gathered the essential information about all 2023 Oscars nominees.

Interesting facts:

• The Oscar trophy: 

The famous Oscar statuette, which weighs 8.5 pounds and measures 13.5 inches in height, is constructed of gold plated britannium. Plaster was used instead of metal to create the statuettes between 1942 until the end of World War II. After the war, the winners of these statuettes received the genuine prize. 

•Winners are required to sign a contract before receiving the trophy that states they must first sell their statuettes for $1 to the Academy before selling them. they cannot keep their prize if they object.

• The first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. The ceremony lasted only 15 minutes and was attended by about 270 people.

• The name "Oscar" was first used in 1931, when an Academy librarian, Margaret Herrick, saw the statuette and remarked that it looked like her Uncle Oscar.

• The statuette was designed by Cedric Gibbons, the head of the art department at MGM, and sculpted by George Stanley.

• The Academy Awards ceremony is broadcast live in over 225 countries and territories worldwide.

• The most Oscars won by a single film is 11, a record held by three films: "Ben-Hur" (1959), "Titanic" (1997), and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003).

• The youngest person to win an Oscar is Tatum O'Neal, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Paper Moon" (1973) at the age of 10.

• The oldest person to win an Oscar is Christopher Plummer, who won Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Beginners" (2011) at the age of 82.

• There are currently 24 categories in the Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and the acting categories.

• The Oscar statuette is one of the most valuable trophies in the world, with an estimated value of over $400,000

How the name it as oscar:

Oscar wasn't the original name for the award – The award was initially named “the Academy Award of Merit”. Even while the word wasn't adopted by the Academy until 1939, it had already gained widespread use by 1934 when a news article referred to Katharine Hepburn's first best actress award as a "Oscar" triumph.