Officially, there was no model for the Oscar. The statuette given to Academy Award ... a reel of film with five spokes signifying the five original branches of the Academy (actors, directors ...

Since 1929 the golden statuette has been proudly displayed ... with the same measures as the original but with a slight change. The Oscar stands 13½ inches tall and weighs 8½ pounds.

Oscar. Yes, Oscar Hammerstein II is the only Oscar winner to share a name with their statuette. And he owns two of them, both for best original song. The renowned lyricist earned his first Oscar ...

This year Oscar is wearing bronze. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected a new company to manufacture the statues for ... York to replicate the original method used for ...

O’Brien joked that the Oscars statue “is like the thigh bone of ... Oscar is always naked.” The original opening was also scrapped, O’Brien shared. What made it to the show was O’Brien ...