ACADEMY AWARD


Meaning of ACADEMY AWARD in English

n

any of the famous Oscar film awards. They are presented every March in Los Angeles by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . The awards were first presented in 1929 by Douglas Fairbanks. Winners receive a small metal statue, and the most important ones are for ‘Best Actor’, ‘Best Actress’, and ‘Best Picture’. Walt Disney has won the most Oscars (26), and the films winning the most (11) have been Ben-Hur in 1959, Titanic in 1998 and The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King in 2004.

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