How did the Oscar award come about? The trophy's origins are clear. MGM art director Cedric Gibbons sketched the figure of an impressively ripped knight as an art crusader for the first Academy ...

An Oscar statuette is technically worth $1. You read that right. The rare, prestigious and seemingly priceless golden trophy is only worth $1, according to the Academy's regulations.Winners aren't ...

An Academy Award is priceless to those who win.. But when you get down to brass tacks, a shiny Oscar statue costs roughly $400 to make, CBS News reports. Since 2016, the gold-covered trophies have ...

Oscar winner Springsteen's biopic, starring Jeremy Allen White, will be in theaters October 24, a week after the iconic ...

An Oscar statuette given to winners at the Academy Awards is simultaneously a priceless and nearly worthless prize.Several more prizes will be handed out to lucky winners at tonight’s 97th ...

Tom Cruise, Debbie Allen and Wynn Thomas are set to receive honorary Oscars, while Dolly Parton will be honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award ...

T he Academy Awards may not always possess the best track record of commemorating the best films of any given year, but there's no doubt that winning an Oscar is a big deal. It's essentially a ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed that 14 scientific and technical achievements, represented by 37 individual recipients, will be honored at its annual Scientific and ...

Compared to today's Academy Awards, the first Oscars held in 1929 was a quaint dinner party that honored a history-making best picture.

Yes, the Academy Awards are famous for striking up the orchestra if a speech starts to go a tad long. So how much time do winners get on stage before the band begins to play? There's actually a ...