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Academy Awards
Comedian Chris Rock has been tapped to host the 77th Academy Awards program this year, airing Feb. 27, 2005 from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood and broadcast to millions of homes around the world.
Most recently, the Golden Globes announced their 2005 winner list - and the race for Hollywood's top film honors was suddenly on - increasing the odds in a three-way contest among major contenders - The Aviator, Sideways and Million Dollar Baby for Best Picture. Nominees will be formally announced on January 25 2005, so check back here for a complete list of Oscar-nominated films and stars in major categories.
Meanwhile, the Screen Actors Guild nominees were announced January 11, 2004 - another harbinger of things to come. Find out more about who's in the running this year at the Oscars, along with a look back at the history and trivia surrounding the film industry's most coveted prize...
The Oscars and the BAFTAS are the main award ceremonies from filmmakers across the board to filmmakers. Of the two, the Oscars have the most significance and are the most coveted award in the entertainment business.
The Oscars! Every January, when the calendar has turned to a new year, the attention of the entertainment community and of film fans around the world turns to the upcoming Academy Awards. Oscar Fever hits, building to the crescendo of the annual presentation of golden statuettes, when hundreds of millions of cinema lovers glue themselves to their television sets to learn who will receive the highest honor in filmmaking.
After three-quarters of a century of recognizing excellence in cinema achievement, the annual presentation of the Oscars has become the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' most famous activity.
The Academy Awards Presentation is also the activity that enables the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to maintain its varied year-round calendar of programs and events and a wide-ranging educational and cultural agenda.
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Artist Biography - Academy Awards
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 The annual Oscar presentation has been held since 1929.
All voting for Academy Awards is conducted by secret ballot and tabulated by the international auditing firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Secrecy is maintained by the auditors - the results of balloting are not revealed until the now-famous envelopes are opened on stage during the live television program. Because the Academy numbers among its members the ablest artists and craftsmen in the motion picture world, the Oscar represents the best achievements of the year in the opinion of those who themselves reside at the top of their craft.
Regular awards are presented for outstanding individual or collective efforts of the year in up to 25 categories.
Up to five nominations are made in categories with balloting for these nominations restricted to members of the Academy branch concerned; film editors, for instance, nominate only for Achievement in Film Editing. All voting members may nominate for Best Picture. Awards also are given to the Best Foreign Language film of the Year, a category not represented by a branch. Nominations for awards in these categories are made by a large committee of members drawn from all branches. Final winners are determined by vote of all eligible members.
In addition to the regular annual awards conferred by vote of the membership, the Board of Governors is empowered to vote Scientific and Technical Awards, Honorary Awards, Special Achievement Awards and other honors. Among these is the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, a bronze bust of the legendary producer, which is given to "a creative producer who has been responsible for a consistently high quality of motion picture production." It is considered the highest accolade a producer can receive. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, an Oscar statuette, is given to "an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry." The Gordon E. Sawyer Award, also an Oscar statuette, is given to "an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry."
In their first year, the Academy Awards were presented at a private dinner in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, with fewer than 250 persons attending. Public interest proved so great, however, that the following year the Academy permitted radio broadcasting of the event. Television added a new dimension in 1953, enabling millions throughout the United States and Canada to watch the ceremonies. Telecasting in color was begun in 1966, bringing home viewers the full sparkle and glamour of the event. Since 1969, the Awards program has been telecast throughout the world, by the mid-1990s reaching movie fans in over 100 countries.
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For more information , enjoy the official homepage of Academy Awards
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