With the Oscars just ... their annual award needed to be “a majestic trophy.” For its creation, MGM art director Cedric Gibbons designed a statuette standing on a reel of film gripping a ...

The new Academy Award has sharper eyes, a more defined mouth, and it looks like he's been working out. This year Oscar is wearing ... and his film reel base, but now with more defined eyes ...

With this new award ... the narrative of the film. This change also opens the door to greater professionalization within the industry. With the visibility that an Oscar statuette brings, studios ...

Walt Disney didn't just make animation history - he made Academy Award history. To this day, Disney still holds ... statuette we know in 1928 (the reel shifting to beneath its feet). The Oscar ...