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Oscars 2008 Pictures GalleryAdvanced Photoshop Pictures Gallery - 15 image entries
Contest Directions: 
The 80th Academy Awards night is this Sunday. There was a lot of tension and uncertainty about the upcoming Oscar night because of the Hollywood writers strike. Luckily the strike ended soon enough to still arrange Oscars in full glory, so we can expect a wonderful show.
Photoshop anything related to the Academy Awards (Oscars). Some examples are - photoshopping any of the Oscar nominee movies (think of even combining any of these movies), showing where Oscar show could be held alternatively (because of writers strike, etc.), showing who could surprisingly receive Oscars (non-actors, politicians, etc).
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| | An Oscar is an annual award presented by the American Academy of Motion
Picture Arts & Sciences. The Oscar award is the most prestigious screen
award in the USA. The presentation ceremony of the "Oscars" is telecast live
in tens of countries. It is possible to tell that even a certain “Oscar”
cult exists. Unlike the majority of film festivals, the "Oscars" are presented
according to the results of the general voting of the members of the Academy,
instead of according to the choice of a jury. Such democratic character
brought this film award deserved popularity.
History:
The first ever “Oscar” award ceremony was held in 1929. Up to 1976, the rights
to telecast the award ceremony was with channel "NBC" and after that,
the rights to telecast the ceremony live were acquired by the channel
"ABC". The latest, the 79th award ceremony of statuettes took place on
Sunday, the 25th February, 2007 in Hollywood’s “Kodak Theater”.
According to the data available in the beginning of 2007 with
the American Film academy, 5830 members had the right to vote, spread across
16 various branches. The most number of votes comes from the acting category
(1251 voting participants). Each branch votes for their category
(actors choose the best actress, the best actor, best supporting
actress, best supporting actor etc.). Special voting groups outside of
the Film academy are created for selecting the nominees and winners in
the categories “Best documentary film”, “Best foreign language film”,
“Best makeup”, “Best short films”, “Best sound” and “Best special
effects”.
All members of the Film academy vote only for one category – “Best
Picture”.
The American Film academy declared key dates, related to the 80th Jubilee
“Oscar” award ceremony. As it is informed in the official press
release, the ceremony will take place on February, 24th, 2008 and will
once again take place in the Hollywood’s Kodak Theater.
- The Oscar statuette with a height of 34cm and weight of 3.85kg is
manufactured from gold plated titanium and rests on a black marble
base. It depicts a knight with a sword, standing on a film reel.
According to legend, the founder of the image "Oscar" Cedric Gibbons outlined
its sketch in a notebook during some tiresome meetings.
- The length of the red carpet is about 150m and has a width of approximately
10m. It consists of several rolls each weighing 135kg and a gross
weight of five tons. The carpet is brought to the Film Theater four days
before the ceremony on two huge trucks. Two days and 21 persons are
required to spread-out the carpet: join all the parts, hide the joints
and level the carpet. Immediately after the beginning of the ceremony,
they start removing the carpet. 4 hours are required to completely remove
the carpet.
- Various rumors exist about the origin of the name "Oscar". Some
are convinced, that the Academy’s librarian Margarita Herrick, after
seeing the award on a table: said that the statuette clearly reminded her of her
uncle Oscar!. Others claim that Bette Davis named it in honor of her
first husband.
- The most "Oscar" awards was received by Walt Disney. The first
award was received by Walt Disney way back in 1932 for the cartoon film
series “Mickey Mouse”. Subsequent "Oscar" awards rained and Walt
Disney received them every year and in total - 29.
- Only three films received “Oscar's big five” (for best
picture, best script, best actor, best actress, best director) — “It
Happened One Night” (1934), “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest “(1975)
and “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991).
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