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  1. www.goldderby.com › feature › oscar-name-academyHow Oscar Got His Name: Why The Academy Awards Are Called ...

    Jan 12, 2020 · Finally, two time best actress winner Bette Davis claims that she named the Academy Award. After winning the award for Dangerous in 1936, she remarked that the statue’s naked butt reminded her ...

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  2. www.biography.com › movies-tv › a43260175Why Is the Academy Award Nicknamed “Oscar?” - Biography

    Mar 9, 2023 · The Academy Awards are the most prestigious film awards in the world, but the prizes are seldom referenced by their proper name. The 8.5-pound, 13.5-inch tall golden trophy is much more commonly ...

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  4. collider.com › oscars-name-history-explainedWho Is the Oscar that the Academy Award Is Named After?

    Mar 9, 2024 · Sidney Skolsky claimed he named the Oscar to humanize the gold statuette and eliminate elitist attitudes. Another theory suggests Eleanore Lilleberg named the award after a Norwegian army veteran ...

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  5. www.hollywoodreporter.com › movies › movie-newsOscars: Who Came Up With the Name “Oscar” and More About the ...

    Feb 18, 2015 · Oscar historian Robert Osborne answers that question in a new video from the Academy that explores the history of Hollywood’s most wanted golden man. Osborne explains that there are three people ...

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  6. www.britannica.com › question › Why-is-the-AcademyWhy is the Academy Award called “Oscar”? | Britannica

    The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. The Academy Award statuette’s nickname, “Oscar,” has three possible sources. Actress Bette Davis claimed that the name derived from her observation that the backside of the statuette looked like that of her husband Harmon Oscar Nelson. Columnist Sidney Skolsky maintained that he gave the award its ...

  7. ew.com › 02 › 23How the Oscar got its name - Entertainment Weekly

    Feb 23, 2018 · The most frequently cited theory is that Academy librarian Margaret Herrick said upon seeing the statue that it looked like her uncle Oscar. (Uncle Oscar was in pretty good shape, apparently ...

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    It is the oldest of the four major annual American entertainment awards. Its equivalents – the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music – are modeled after the Academy Awards. [6] The Oscar statuette depicts a knight, rendered in the Art Deco style.