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Academy Award: Oscar statuettes
The Oscar statuettes presented at the 76th Academy Awards ceremony, 2003.
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Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore at the Academy Awards ceremony
Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore after winning Academy Awards for best actress...
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Halle Berry at the Academy Awards
Halle Berry accepting the Academy Award for best actress, with presenter Russell...
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Chloé Zhao after winning the Oscar for best director
Chloé Zhao at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony after becoming the first person of...
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Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford posing with her best actress Oscar for Coquette (1929).
Academy Awards
A giant Oscar statue adorning the balcony of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California,...
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Jennifer Aniston on the Academy Awards red carpet
Jennifer Aniston posing on the red carpet at the 78th Academy Awards, 2006.
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Academy Award: Oscar statuettes
Oscar statuettes being made by a worker at R.S. Owens, Chicago, 2008.
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Beyoncé performing “Be Alive”
Beyoncé performing “Be Alive” for the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony.
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Olivia Colman
Olivia Colman after winning an Academy Award for her portrayal of Queen Anne in The...
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Colin Firth
Colin Firth after winning the Academy Award for best actor, 2011.
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Tom Ford
Tom Ford at the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, Los Angeles, 2010.
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Jamie Foxx accepting the Oscar for best actor
Jamie Foxx at the 77th Academy Awards ceremony in 2005 accepting the Oscar for best...
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James Wong Howe
James Wong Howe after winning an Oscar for cinematography for The Rose Tattoo...
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Jon Landau and James Cameron
Director James Cameron (right) and producer Jon Landau after their film Titanic...
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Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney
Barry Jenkins (left) and Tarell Alvin McCraney accepting the Academy Award for best...
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Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong'o, and Jared Leto
(From left) Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong'o, and Jared Leto with...
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Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand after winning an Academy Award for her performance in Fargo...
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Melissa Leo
Melissa Leo after winning the Academy Award for best supporting actress, 2011.
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Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno after winning the Academy Award for best supporting actress, 1962.
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Randy Newman
Randy Newman after winning (2002) an Academy Award for his song “If I Didn't Have...
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Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone in a Louis Vuitton gown and Cartier jewelry at the 95th Academy...
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Richard Taylor
Richard Taylor after winning Academy Awards for his work on The Lord of the Rings:...
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Tim Robbins and Sean Penn
Tim Robbins (left) and Sean Penn after both won Academy Awards for their performances...
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Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington accepting the Academy Award for best actor, 2002.
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Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon accepting the Academy Award for best actress, 2006.
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