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 ...

Officially, there was no model for the Oscar. The statuette given to Academy Award winners was designed by Cedric Gibbons, chief art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, according to the Oscars.

Case in point: James Cameron recently recounted the time he nearly hit Weinstein with an Oscar statue – 19 years ... came to blows at the 1998 Academy Awards (i.e., the one where Titanic won ...

She has in-depth knowledge of pop music and fandom ... but also scored him his first-ever Oscar statue. Liza Minelli presented him with the award at the 1972 Oscars, where he was up against ...