For more than 90 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has honored excellence in performances on the big screen, and over those decades, the Academy Awards have praised the work of both actors, directors, composers, and other professionals, but during the long journey of the academy there are many stories and situations that few know Of people.

Oscar's first TV broadcast
The American website "Brightside" said in his report that the first Academy Awards ceremony was organized in 1929, while it was first broadcast on black and white television on March 19, 1953 on NBC television, and in 1966, that is, after 13 years, viewers were able to enjoy this concert on color TV.

The first color movie to win an Oscar
"Gone with the Wind" was the first color film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture category in 1940, and in 1965 all the five films nominated for the award were color films.

"Oscar" wins the Oscars
Throughout the history of the Academy Awards, only one person named "Oscar" won two Academy Awards in 1941 and 1945, the lyric writer Oscar Hammerstein II.

The statue is worth only one dollar
Since 1950, the academy has stipulated that all Academy Award winners sign an agreement stating that they cannot sell their statue without first showing it to the academy for one dollar, yet experts predict that around 150 Academy Awards have been sold since the first concert was held in 1929.

Best actress who announces herself an Oscar winner
During the third edition of the Academy Awards in 1931, actress Norma Shearer was responsible for announcing the award for Best Actress, and she ended up announcing herself the award winner for her role in "The Absolute".

Most prizes
Walt Disney, responsible for the emergence of animated characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, won a total of 26 statues throughout his career, making him a symbol in the entertainment industry worldwide, and Disney also received 59 nominations, the majority of which were in the category of Best Short Animated.

Only five women
Nearly a hundred years after the Oscars ’history, only five women were nominated for Best Director, in 1977 Italian scriptwriter and director Lina Wertmuller was the first woman candidate in this category, followed by Jane Campione 17 years later.

In 2004, Sofia Coppola received three nominations, including nomination for Best Director, and despite losing Sofia in this category, she won the Best Original Screenplay award for the movie "Lost in Translation".

In 2010, Catherine Bigelo was nominated for the same award and was able to win her, to be the first and only woman to date award-winning best director for her work in the movie "Treasury of Pain", and in 2018, Greta Geroge became the fifth candidate at the beginning of her career as a director of "Lady" Bird. "

Oscars after death
Actor Heath Ledger died in January 2008, and with the Dark Knight film being released in July of the same year, Ledger won the Best Supporting Actor award in 2009, and his family received the award on his behalf.

Peter Finch is also considered the first actor to win an Academy Award after his death, having received an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1977, but less than three months before the awards were presented, Finch died of a heart attack.

Actress companions most Oscar awards
Katharine Hepburn's career in cinema spanned over six decades, during which she received 12 nominations from the Academy and won four Academy Awards as the best actress, and despite being the record-winning artist for winning most Oscars, Hepburn did not attend any ceremony to receive her statues.

Oscar for the first African-American actress
Hattie McDaniel is the first African American to win an Academy Award, as she won Best Supporting Actress in 1940 for her role in "Gone with the Wind".

During that time, McDaniel was subjected to a racist position, where she was prevented from attending the party at the Ambassador Hotel, and despite the intervention of the film's producer to allow her to enter, she was not allowed to sit at the table that gathered the rest of the actors, and ended up sitting at a small table away from all artists.