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Oscar: The 78th Annual Academy Awards
The official site presents nominee list, past winners, red carpet photograph gallery, press room video clips, and voting ballot. Also has information on the Kodak Theatre.
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Academy Awards, popularly known as “Oscars” (after a librarian at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences compared the prized statue to her Uncle Oscar), the most famous awards in the film industry. Academy Awards are presented each spring for achievements in the previous year, both for individual performers and for the best film.

Three films hold the record for the most Academy Awards (11): Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). The record for the most nominations (14) is held jointly by All About Eve (1950) and Titanic. Walt Disney has the individual record for the most Oscars won (26—22 competitive and 4 honorary) and nominations received (64).