The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will honor the best films of 2009 and will take place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
It will be televised in the United States on ABC. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will host the show. This will be Martin's third time to host - the 73rd and 75th ceremonies - and will be Baldwin's first time.
The first awards were presented on May 16, 1929, at a private brunch at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with an audience of about 270 people.
Since the first year, the awards have been publicly broadcast, at first by radio then by TV after 1953. During the first decade, the results were given to newspapers for publication at 11 p.m. on the night of the awards.
That method was used until the Los Angeles Times announced the winners before the ceremony began. As a result, the Academy has used a sealed envelope to reveal the name of the winners since 1941.
Since 2002 the awards have been broadcast from the Kodak Theatre, and the actual award is that of an Oscar statuette.
The nominees have been announced, one of them, for Best Director, is Avatar's James Cameron. ~ Some past winners of an Oscar!
Academy Awards of Merit
Current Awards (in alphabetical order)
* Best Actor in a Leading Role: 1927 to present
* Best Actor in a Supporting Role: 1936 to present
* Best Actress in a Leading Role: 1927 to present
* Best Actress in a Supporting Role: 1936 to present
* Best Animated Feature: 2001 to present
* Best Animated Short Film: 1931 to present
* Best Art Direction: 1927 to present
* Best Cinematography: 1927 to present
* Best Costume Design: 1948 to present
* Best Director: 1927 to present
* Best Documentary Feature: 1943 to present
* Best Documentary Short Subject: 1941 to present
* Best Film Editing: 1935 to present
* Best Foreign Language Film: 1947 to present
* Best Live Action Short Film: 1931 to present
* Best Makeup: 1981 to present
* Best Original Score: 1934 to present
* Best Original Song: 1934 to present
* Best Picture: 1927 to present
* Best Sound Editing: 1963 to present
* Best Sound Mixing: 1930 to present
* Best Visual Effects: 1939 to present
* Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay: 1927 to present
* Best Writing - Original Screenplay: 1940 to present
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