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? for Oscar viewers

RINGER — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 14:02:37 GMT

How did the Oscar get its name and when was the first award given??

Re: ? for Oscar viewers

Deb1010again — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 14:22:34 GMT

Date of first Academy Awards held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel: May 16, 1929

As for why the statue is called "Oscar", no one knows for sure although there is one theory that a librarian and future Director of the Academy saw the statue and said it looked like her Uncle Oscar.

Re: ? for Oscar viewers

LilacTree — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:21:46 GMT

Google also credits Bette Davis after her husband.

Re: ? for Oscar viewers

stilltamn8r — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:58:27 GMT

They renovated the old Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, which had fallen into disrepair- This was about 20 years ago, and it is now back to its former glory...