Editing Academy Awards (section)

== History ==
The [[1st Academy Awards|first Academy Awards]] presentation was held on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner function at the [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]], with an audience of about 270 people.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 16, 1929 |title=The 1st Academy Awards {{!}} 1929 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1929 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001234905/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1929 |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |access-date=October 29, 2019 |website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>

The post-awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel.<ref name="history"/> The cost of guest tickets for that night's ceremony was {{USD|5|long=no}} ({{Inflation|US|5|1929|r=0|fmt=eq|cursign=$}}). Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors, and other participants in the film-making industry of the time, for their works during the 1927–28 period. The ceremony ran for 15{{spaces}}minutes.

For this first ceremony, winners were announced to the media three months earlier.<ref>{{cite web |title=First Academy Awards announced |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-academy-awards-announced |access-date=May 22, 2024 |website=HISTORY |date=November 13, 2009 |language=en}}</ref> For the second ceremony in 1930, and the rest of the first decade, the results were given to newspapers for publication at 11:00{{spaces}}pm on the night of the awards.<ref name="history"/> In 1940, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' announced the winners before the ceremony began. As a result, in 1941 the Academy started using a sealed envelope to reveal the names of the winners.<ref name="history"/>

The term "Oscar" is a registered trademark of the AMPAS.

=== Milestones ===
The first Best Actor awarded was [[Emil Jannings]], for his performances in ''[[The Last Command (1928 film)|The Last Command]]'' and ''[[The Way of All Flesh (1927 film)|The Way of All Flesh]]''. As he had to return to Europe before the ceremony, the Academy agreed to give him the prize early, making him the first Academy Award recipient. For the [[1st Academy Awards|first Awards]], winners were recognized for multiple films during the qualifying period; Jannings received the award for two films in which he starred, and [[Janet Gaynor]] won the first [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] award for performances in three films. Beginning with the second ceremony, performers received separate nominations for individual films; no performer has received multiple nominations in the same category since the [[3rd Academy Awards]].

For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period ran from August 1 to July 31. The [[6th Academy Awards]]' eligibility ran from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933, and as of the [[7th Academy Awards]], subsequent eligibility periods have matched the calendar year (with the exception of the [[93rd Academy Awards]], which, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], extended the eligibility period to February 28, 2021).<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=History of the Academy Awards |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706040444/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/about/history.html |archive-date=July 6, 2010 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>

Best Foreign Language Film, now known as [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best International Feature Film]], was introduced at the [[20th Academy Awards]] as a special award, and became a competitive category at the [[29th Academy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Academy Awards History |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/academy-awards-history |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=January 26, 2025}}</ref>

The 74th Academy Awards, held in 2002, presented the first [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]],<ref>{{cite news |date=February 28, 2014 |title=Disney hoping to win first Oscar for Best Animated Feature |work=New York Post |url=https://nypost.com/2014/02/28/disney-hoping-to-win-first-oscar-for-best-animated-feature/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 26, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053447/https://nypost.com/2014/02/28/disney-hoping-to-win-first-oscar-for-best-animated-feature/ |archive-date=April 19, 2018}}</ref> won by [[Shrek]].

Since 1973, all Academy Awards ceremonies, except for 2021, have ended with the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]. Traditionally, the previous year's winners for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor present the awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, and [[vice versa]]. In 2009, this model was replaced by each acting award being introduced by five previous winners, each of whom introduces one of the nominated performances, referred to as the "Fab 5" presenters format.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2024-03-07 |title=Why the Oscars Are Bringing Back the 'Fab 5' Presenters Format from the 2009 Telecast |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/oscars-creative-team-press-conference-fab-5-presenters-format-1235625336/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> The Fab 5 model returned in 2024 after a 15-year hiatus.

On February 9, 2020, ''[[Parasite (2019 film)|Parasite]]'' became the first foreign-language film to win Best Picture at the [[92nd Academy Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Farhi |first=Paul |date=February 10, 2020 |title=''Parasite'' Makes Oscars History as the First Foreign-Language Film to Win Best Picture |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/parasite-makes-oscars-history-as-the-first-foreign-language-film-to-win-best-picture/2020/02/10/93b7e5f8-49fa-11ea-9164-d3154ad8a5cd_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116212321/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/parasite-makes-oscars-history-as-the-first-foreign-language-film-to-win-best-picture/2020/02/10/93b7e5f8-49fa-11ea-9164-d3154ad8a5cd_story.html |archive-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref>

The [[93rd Academy Awards]] ceremony, honoring the [[2020 in film|best films of 2020]] and [[2021 in film|early 2021]], was held on April 25, 2021, after it was postponed from its original February 28, 2021, schedule due to the [[impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema]]. As with the two previous ceremonies, there was no host. The ceremony was broadcast on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. It took place at the [[Dolby Theatre]] in Los Angeles, California for the 19th consecutive year, with satellite locations at [[Los Angeles Union Station|Union Station]] also in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 15, 2020 |title=The Academy and ABC Set April 25, 2021 as New Show Date for 93rd Oscars® |url=https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-and-abc-set-april-25-2021-new-show-date-93rd-oscarsr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203203950/https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-and-abc-set-april-25-2021-new-show-date-93rd-oscarsr |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |access-date=February 5, 2021 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref> Because of the virus impact on films and TV industries, Academy president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson announced that for the [[93rd Academy Awards|2021 Oscar Ceremony]], [[List of streaming media services|streaming films]] with a previously planned theatrical release were eligible.<ref>{{cite news |last=Madani |first=Doha |date=April 28, 2020 |title=Streaming films will be considered for Oscars for the first time |work=[[NBC]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/oscars-allow-eligibility-streaming-only-films-during-coronavirus-pandemic-n1194631 |url-status=live |access-date=April 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116212313/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/oscars-allow-eligibility-streaming-only-films-during-coronavirus-pandemic-n1194631 |archive-date=November 16, 2020}}</ref> The theatrical requirement was reinstated starting with the [[95th Academy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Pete |first=Hammond |title=Academy Issues New Regulations & Rules For 95th Oscars, Films Must Qualify Again Only In Theatres |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/oscars-rules-movie-theatres-no-digital-1235027194/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=May 18, 2022}}</ref>