And the Oscar goes to... Wait, wait, wait... The statue was originally named the Academy Award of Merit. The legend goes that former Academy librarian Margaret Herrick, after seeing the statue for ...

The 2025 Oscars are finally here, and with them come several films, actors, writers and crew members up to receive Hollywood's most prestigious award, the coveted golden statuette. More than 3,000 ...

The Academy officially adopted the "Oscar" moniker in 1939, but the statue's full, technical name remains the "Academy Award of Merit." ...

Per the Academy's website: "Award winners shall not sell or otherwise dispose of the Oscar statuette, nor permit it to be sold or disposed of by operation of law, without first offering to sell it ...

the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar. According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, when they formed in 1927, they determined that their annual award needed to be “a majestic ...

So, thousands of statues resembling Uncle Oscar are proudly displayed in the hands and homes of Hollywood’s biggest stars. But wait… which star has won the most Academy Awards? What is the ...