Explanation
Know about Oscar Awards
Oscar Awards also known: Academy Award
Oscar Awards: most prestigious award of Hollywood
Held: annually
Organizer: Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science
First Oscar Awards: 16 May 1929
First ceremony held: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
First Oscar award had: 12 categories
Best Actor of First Oscar Award: Emil Jannings (German Actor)
Best Actress of First Oscar Award: Janet Gaynor (American Actress)
President of first Oscar Awards: Douglas Fairbanks (American Actor)
Oscar Awards broadcast to the general public for the first time through radio: 1930
In 1953, Radio was replaced by television for the first time and the ceremony was televised.
Objective: To honour the participating artists of the motion picture industry
Current Oscar award has: 24 categories
