Editing Academy Awards (section)

== Venues ==
In 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented at a banquet dinner at the [[Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel]]. From 1930 to 1943, the ceremony alternated between two venues: the [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|Ambassador Hotel]] on [[Wilshire Boulevard]] and the [[The Biltmore Los Angeles|Biltmore Hotel]] in downtown Los Angeles.

[[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in Hollywood then hosted the awards from 1944 to 1946, followed by the [[Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall|Shrine Auditorium]] in Los Angeles from 1947 to 1948. The [[21st Academy Awards]] in 1949 were held at the Academy Award Theatre at what had been the Academy's headquarters on [[Melrose Avenue]] in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oscars Award Venues |url=http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/venues.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061212063803/http://www.oscars.org/aboutacademyawards/venues.html |archive-date=December 12, 2006 |access-date=April 13, 2007 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>

From 1950 to 1960, the awards were presented at Hollywood's [[Hollywood Pantages Theatre|Pantages Theatre]]. With the advent of television, the awards from 1953 to 1957 took place simultaneously in Hollywood and New York, first at the [[International Theatre|NBC International Theatre]] (1953) and then at the [[New Century Theatre|NBC Century Theatre]], after which the ceremony took place solely in Los Angeles. In 1961, the Oscars moved to the [[Santa Monica Civic Auditorium]] in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], California. In 1969, the Academy moved the ceremonies back to Downtown Los Angeles, to the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] at the [[Los Angeles Music Center|Los Angeles County Music Center]]. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the ceremony returned to the Shrine Auditorium.

In 2002, Hollywood's [[Dolby Theatre]], previously known as the Kodak Theatre, became the presentation's current venue.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oscars' home renamed Dolby Theatre |publisher=[[CBS News]] |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57425417/oscars-home-renamed-dolby-theatre/ |url-status=dead |access-date=May 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502081049/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57425417/oscars-home-renamed-dolby-theatre/ |archive-date=May 2, 2012}}</ref>
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