The Challenger

Mohammed AL-Abdulla

2/24/13

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, is a ceremony held each year to recognize the achievements in the film industry. The first ceremony was held on May 16^th, 1929. The different categories for which the awards are given have changed over the years, but today there are more than twelve categories, including best actor, actress, director, screenplay, and others. The first ceremony was held in the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel, and over the years it was held in different locations. In 2002 the permanent location for the annual ceremony became the Kodak Theater. The name of the theater has been changed several times over the years but remains to be the same building. Today it is called the Dolby Theater. In order for a film to be nominated for an Oscar, it must be a feature length film, which has been released within the last year. Also, the films that are nominees go through a process of voting until the best of each category is chosen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award

Each year people have their own opinions on what or who they think will win in each category. According to “the polls on indiewire.com people have narrowed the most predicted winner of best picture down to 3. These are Argo, Lincoln, and zero dark thirty. http://www.indiewire.com/article/2013-oscar-predictions-best-picture

According to the Oscars on February 24^th, 2013, they first started with the red carpet entrance. The red carpet was 500 feet long. The red carpet was where the famous people walked into the Dolby Theater in Hollywood in Los Angles California and the press did interviews with them as well as taking their pictures. One of them was Naomi Watts. Another one was George Clooney. Also, they did an interview with Reese Witherspoon, and others. They also were holding a ‘best dressed’ contest through twitter, where people in public can vote. The winner for the best dress was Jennifer Lawrence. The guy who was hosting was Seth McFarlane. He is a comedian. Also, he did entertaining things such as singing a song and presenting different dances. He also, did a puppet show to entertain. Moreover, he did different skits one of them with Sandy Fields. After that they started to talk about the winners of each category. First, they started with the winner of supporting roles. The winner was Christoph Waltz from Django Unchained. Second, was with the winner for the best-animated short film, which was Paperman. Third, was the winner for the animated feature film that was for the movie called Brave. Forth, was for cinematography and the winner was Claudio Miranda for the movie Life of Pi. Fifth, was visual effects and the winner was the movie called Life of Pi. Sixth, was costume design and the winner was for the movie Anna Karenina. Seventh was the best makeup and hair styling, which the winners were Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell for the movie Les Miserables. Eighth, was live action short film and the Oscar went to the movie called Curfew. Ninth was the documentary short subject and the Oscar went to a documentary called Incident. Tenth, was the best documentary feature and the Oscar went to a documentary called Searching for Sugar Man. Eleventh, was foreign language film and the Oscar went to a movie called Amour from Austria. Twelfth was sound mixing. The winner for the sound mixing was the movie Les Miserable. Thirteenth, was sound editing and the Oscars went to two movies. The first one was Zero Dark Thirty. The second one was Sky Fall. Fourteenth was for the winners for the best performance-supporting role by female actress. The winner was Anne Hathaway. Fifteenth, was film editing and the Oscars went to the movie called Argo. Sixteenth, was production design and it went to a movie called Lincoln. Seventeenth was the best original score. The winner was the movie called Life Of Pi. Eighteenth was the best original song. The winner was the song Sky Fall sung by Adele from the movie Sky Fall. Nineteenth was the best-adapted screenplay and the winner was the movie called Argo. Twentieth was the original screenplay and the winner was the movie called Django Unchained. Twenty-first was achievement in directing, and the winner for directing was Ang Lee for the movie Life of Pi. Twenty-second was actress in the leading role, and the winner was Jennifer Lawrence for her role in the movie called Silver Linings Playbook. Twenty-third was leading actor and the winner was Daniel Day Lewis for his role in the movie called Lincoln. Twenty-fourth was best picture, and the winner was the movie called Argo. Also it was presented by Michelle Obama via life streams from the white house.

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Winners

1Actress in the leading role and the best dress: Jennifer Lawrence