Awakenings: Oscar Night

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Oscar Night

Tonight history will once again be made for movieland. Are you into the Academy Awards? If so, all the glitz and glimmer of Hollywood will be dazzling millions of viewers across the globe. Did you catch Reflections on the First Oscars? Click the link for some interesting tidbits and a look at the silent films of the time winning awards.

Do you know why the Academy Award statuette is called Oscar? Like most historical accounts there is more than one story. Click HERE or the link above. Either one will take you to the same place where you can decide which may be fact or fiction!

The nickname “Oscar” wasn’t officially adopted for the statuette by the Academy until 1939. The Academy Awards title was rebranded The Oscars as recent as last year after the 85th annual Academy Awards. "Oscar" had been on the scene for decades but all of a sudden someone thought the title 85th Annual Academy Awards seemed a bit musty.

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Here are but a few of the many, many Oscars that will be doted out tonight in various categories.

Best Picture	American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Nebraska Philomena 12 Years a Slave The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor in a Leading Role	Christian Bale (American Hustle) Bruce Dern (Nebraska) Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress in a Leading Role	Amy Adams (American Hustle) Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) Sandra Bullock (Gravity) Judi Dench (Philomena) Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)