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• 9 greatest best picture winners at the Oscars - "As the awards celebrate their ninth decade, we look back on the times the Academy got it right when it came to the biggest prize."
• 9 Oscars hosts who gave the most - "Ninety years from the start of the Oscars, we look back on its greatest masters of ceremonies."
• 9 Oscars red-carpet outfits once mocked - now iconic - "From Babs to Bjork, here are the bold looks that were once derided at the Oscars but are now celebrated and deemed cool."
• 13 Celebrities Who Have (Surprisingly) Never Won an Oscar - "An actor that you could swear is drowning in Academy Awards actually has no wins to their name. Is it fair? No. Should you and all the attendees at your Oscars party fight for hours about why these actors actually deserve the industry’s biggest awards? Yes."
• 19 of the Best Oscars Beauty Looks of All Time - "Dakota Johnson made her Academy Awards debut with a bold red single-strap Saint Laurent gown offset by a youthful ponytail, a smudged smoky eye, and a simple wash of lip stain. Both Natalie Portman and Lupita Nyong’o found timeless winning looks via a glowing décolletage echoed by a thin, shimmering headband. Gwyneth Paltrow was ever the minimalist with a simple, side-slicked chignon. Zendaya complemented her rose-hued glow with a cascade of hip-skimming waves that fell all the way down her back to mermaid-like effect. And Lauren Hutton’s golden glow and laid-back waves were the stuff of naturalist dreams. From Elizabeth Taylor’s bold brows and expertly delineated lipstick to Winona Ryder’s ’20s-inspired pixie, here, 19 beauty moments to inspire this year’s Academy Awards attendees - and proof that you don’t have to take home an Oscar to go down in red carpet history."
• 20 great actors who've never been nominated for an Oscar - The Telegraph.
• 20 greatest Oscar snubs ever - Ranked! - The Guardian.
• 41st Golden Raspberry Awards | Razzies - awards ceremony that honored the worst the film industry had to offer in 2020. April 24.
• 43rd Razzie Nominations 2023 - "Blonde, Disney’s Pinocchio and Morbius Among Top Contenders."
• 50 ways to make the oscars more entertaining
• 70 Incredible Forgotten Photos From Oscar Nights Past - "Ahead of Oscar night 2022, immerse yourself in vintage photographs that capture the magic of Hollywood’s biggest night - from Cindy Crawford in full bombshell mode as Richard Gere’s date, to a red-carpet appearance from a young Lily Collins."
• 2022 Golden Globes: West Side Story & The Power of the Dog win at subdued event - "This year's event was dramatically pared down - it took place without any celebrities in attendance and the ceremony was not even televised."
• 2022 SAG Awards Nominations: List Of Movie & TV Nominees - "SAG Awards Nominations: ‘House Of Gucci’, ‘Power Of The Dog’, ‘Succession’, ‘Ted Lasso’ Top Lists."
• 2023 BAFTA Awards: See the full list of winners - "The German film 'All Quiet on the Western Front' was the sweeping victor of the night, winning seven awards including best film and best director."
• 2023 BAFTA Nominations - "The 2023 BAFTAs will be held on Sunday, February 19."
• 2023 Best red carpet fashion at the SAG Awards - "From Zendaya to Michelle Yeoh, see the best-dressed celebrities at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles."
• 2023 GOLDEN GLOBES AWARDS: How to Watch the Show’s Rehabilitation Attempt - "The group that puts on the ceremony has promised reforms since it plunged into scandal two years ago. On Tuesday, it will try to win back viewers."
• 2023 Golden Globes: List of Nominees - "A complete list of the nominees for the 2023 Golden Globes in 27 categories across film and TV."
• 2023 Golden Globes red carpet: Margot Robbie, Jenna Ortega, Michelle Yeoh & others - in pictures - "On this year’s red carpet many of the men wear colour, while others embrace a more gothic mood."
• 2023 Golden Globes: Several celebrities announce Covid days after awards - "A number of celebrities have tested positive for Covid-19, following appearances at the Golden Globes. Several stars, including Collin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Pfeiffer announced they had contracted the virus in the days following the awards."
• 2023 Golden Globes: The Banshees of Inisherin & The Fabelmans win big - "The 80th annual ceremony saw a diverse slate of winners as host Jerrod Carmichael took shots at its troubled history."
• 2023 Golden Globe winners list - "See who won at the Golden Globes."
• 2023 Oscars Ballot - Here’s every nominee. Cast your vote and predict the winners.
• 2023 Oscars: Crisis team in place for ceremony, after the Will Smith slap - "A 'crisis team' will be introduced at this year's Oscars, to handle any real-time incidents as a response to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock during the 2022 ceremony."
• 2023 Oscars: Everything We Know So Far About Hollywood’s Biggest Night of the Year - "The 2022 Oscars were historic to say the least: Apple TV+’s life-affirming CODA became the first film released by a streaming service to win best picture; its raucous star Troy Kotsur became the first deaf man to secure an acting Oscar; West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose became the first openly queer woman of color to scoop best supporting actress; and, before he took home best actor, Will Smith was involved in a jaw-dropping viral moment which will be remembered for decades to come. So, what on earth will the 2023 ceremony bring? Here’s everything we know so far."
• 2023 Oscars winners - "Full List of the 95th Academy Awards Winners!"
• 2023 SAG Awards: Everything Everywhere All At Once dominates ahead of Oscars - "Everything Everywhere All At Once has cemented its status as the Oscars frontrunner after several big wins at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards."
• Amy Schumer, Regina Hall & Wanda Sykes to host the Oscars 2022 - "The comedic trio are expected to be formally announced as hosts, the show’s first since 2018, on Good Morning America on Tuesday."
• A shocking moment in Oscars history, 50 years on - "Few Academy Awards ceremonies have been as eventful as the one held in 1973, when Marlon Brando sent Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather to explain why he was rejecting his award. Christina Newland reflects on the controversy."
• An Inside Look At The Luxury Trips In This Year’s 2021 Oscar Gift Bags - "With the Oscars just days away, Hollywood is slowly getting back into its groove of showering A-List celebrities with jewelry, wine, gourmet food, and beauty treatments - but like most of the rest of us celebrities love to travel, and this year the trips they are being gifted do not disappoint. With trips valued at over $25,000 they span the globe and all abide with pandemic protocol to ensure that every star that visits will be safe."
• And the loser is ... why everyone is sick of award shows - The Guardian.
• And the winners aren’t: 2022’s Oscarbait films the Academy shunned - "While The Power of the Dog and Dune lead the pack, a host of once-hyped star-led projects failed to resonate with voters."
• BAFTA Awards 2022: See the full list of winners - "The 75th British Academy of Film Awards were presented Sunday. The ceremony at London's Royal Albert Hall returned to an in-person event after going virtual in 2021 due to the pandemic. The Western drama 'The Power of the Dog,' directed by Jane Campion, won best film. The sci-fi film 'Dune,' which led nominations going into the night, won five awards."
• Behind the scenes at the 2023 Baftas - in pictures - Guardian photographer Sarah Lee enjoyed backstage access to the biggest night in British cinema.
• Best Dressed Stars at the 2022 Oscars - "There is no greater stage than the Oscars when it comes to red carpet fashion. Informed by decades of Hollywood glamour, the event is an opportunity for actors to become movie stars, presenting themselves in high drama custom looks that highlight the best aspects of their public personas. Fittingly, 2022’s guests explored modern movie star glamour with outfits that nodded to the past while keeping in step with current concerns."
• Best Dressed Stars at the 2023 BAFTAs - "Tonight’s 76th annual BAFTAs are hosted by actor Richard E. Grant at London’s Royal Festival Hall for the very first time. The British film ceremony honors the year’s best performances on-screen, and is an unmissable part of awards season. And as usual, the red carpet affair before the grand ceremony was just as much of a spectacle as the actual event. At the BAFTAs, A-listers decided to lean into modern glamour, favoring quirky accents that made an impact."
  
• Biggest mistake in Oscars history after La La Land wrongly named Best Picture winner - The Telegraph.
• Can a blockbuster still win big at the Oscars? - "Sony’s bullish FYC campaign for smash hit Spider-Man: No Way Home has reignited a debate over what kind of film the Academy should be rewarding."
• CÉsar film awards ban nominees investigated for sexual violence - "France's version of the Oscars has announced it will ban anyone facing a potential prison sentence for sexual assault from its 2023 ceremony."
• Chris Rock’s GI Jane 2 joke explained after Will Smith smack at Oscars 2022 - "Chris Rock directed a GI Jane 2 joke at Will Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia."
• Coda’s best picture win overshadowed by Smith slap - BBC Entertainment & Arts.
• Everything Everywhere sweeps Independent Spirit Awards 2023 - "Everything Everywhere All at Once swept the Independent Spirit Awards Saturday, taking home wins in nearly every major category and solidifying its Oscar frontrunner status."
• Everything We Know So Far About the 2022 Oscars - "Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the biggest night in film."
• Everything You Need to Know About the 2022 BAFTAs - "This year’s ceremony is set to take place at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday, March 13."
• Golden Globes lose their shine as A-listers shun ‘unethical’ ceremony - "There’s no red carpet or even TV coverage - so film fans will have to wait until the Baftas for pre-Oscar glamour."
• Highbrow Films Aimed at Winning Oscars Are Losing Audiences - "The kind of critically praised dramas that often dominate the awards season are falling flat at the box office, failing to justify the money it takes to make them."
• How to make the Oscars great again - a four-point plan - "Viewing numbers have tanked, but fear not - here’s how the Academy Awards can beat the bloat and compete in awards season."
• How to Watch the 2023 Oscars Online Without Cable - "Hollywood's biggest night takes place Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles - here's how to stream it live without cable. After returning with a trio of emcees last year, the 95th Oscars will be once again hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The 2023 Academy Awards will air live on ABC Sunday, March 12, at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET."
• Inside The $126,000 2023 Oscars Gift Bags: From An Italian Getaway To Home Renovation To Plastic Surgery - "No matter which names are announced when the envelopes are opened on March 12 at the 95th annual Academy Awards, one thing is guaranteed - even the losers will go home with lavish Oscars gift bags. Since 2002, the Los Angeles-based marketing company Distinctive Assets has distributed its unofficial and often six-figure 'Everyone Wins' gift bags to Oscar nominees in the four main acting categories as well as Best Director. Distinctive Assets’ founder, the 'Sultan of Swag' Lash Fary, first began giving away lucrative vacations, jewelry, and other trinkets at the Grammys in 2000 - where he’s still the official gifter - and added the Oscars a couple of years later."
• Inside The $225,000 Oscars 2020 Gift Bag - "From An Antarctic Cruise To A Gold Vape Pen To A Smart Bra."
• Inside the ‘Blood Sport’ of Oscars Campaigns - "War rooms. Oppo dumps. Eight-figure budgets. How the quest for awards-season glory got so cutthroat."
• LIST OF FILM AWARDS - Wikipedia.
• NBC refuses to air Golden Globes over lack of diversity - "US cable network NBC is the latest media giant to boycott the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) over a lack of diversity."
• Oscar Winners 2021: the complete List | 93rd Academy Awards - "Watch acceptance speeches from the Oscars 2021 winners!" Official Website.
• Oscars 2017 Gaffe Sees Photo Of Living Woman Used During ‘In Memoriam’ Segment - Huffington Post.
• Oscars 2019: who should be the host? - "The Academy is yet to announce who’ll take charge of next year’s ceremony, and with dwindling ratings, the time is ripe for a major change."
• Oscars 2020: Ten things we spotted in the class photo - "Hollywood stars had their Knives Out (along with their forks) for the traditional Oscars luncheon on Monday."
• Oscars 2020 TV audience hits record low in 'driverless' ceremony - "The U.S. television audience for the 2020 Oscars fell to an all- time low for a ceremony that brought big wins for South Korean satire “Parasite” but was criticized by reviewers as long and haphazard."
• Oscars 2021 ceremony pushed back & eligibility period extended - "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to push back next year’s Oscars ceremony by two months. Awards ceremony to be held on 25 April next year. Majority of new releases paused amid coronavirus pandemic."
• Oscars 2021: how shifting the awards later favours the old guard - "Embracing streaming was a step in the right direction, but the calendar shift has given distributors an extra two months to get their big-ticket releases into cinemas."
• Oscars 2022: Hollywood gears up for its biggest night - "Hollywood is gearing up for its biggest night of the year, as the stars get ready to attend the 94th Academy Awards in Los Angeles later."
• Oscars 2022: the after parties - in pictures - "Award winners and nominees celebrate into the night in Los Angeles after the 94th Oscars ceremony including the Governors Ball and the Vanity Fair party."
• Oscars 2022: the full list of winners - Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
• Oscar nominations 2022 - "See the full list of nominees. The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday and included films in a wide range of genres."
• Oscars Reject Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Bid to Appear on Telecast - "For the past year, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been greeted with open arms by awards shows, film festivals and even the New York Stock Exchange. But when it comes to landing airtime on the most coveted telecast of all - the Oscars - the Ukrainian leader is being met with a cold shoulder."
• Oscars reveal new diversity requirements for best picture nominees - "Nominees must satisfy two of four key standards addressing onscreen and offscreen representation."
• Oscars voting body invites 819 members in campaign to diversify the Academy - "Eva Longoria, Zendaya and Awkwafina are among the new class of invitees which is 36% people of color and 45% women."
• Polanski film nominations prompt Cesar board to resign en masse two weeks before awards - "The director launched his new film last year, just days after a French actress accused him of rape in 1975."
• Razzies 2022: Diana the Musical named worst film at the awards - "Netflix’s filmed version of a Broadway show based on the Princess of Wales joins Jared Leto, LeBron James and Bruce Willis as the evening’s ‘winners’."
• Razzie nominations 2022 - "'Diana the Musical,' Jared Leto and Bruce Willis make the list."
• Razzie nominations 2023: Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde leads with eight - "A biopic of Marilyn Monroe's life, Blonde, has received the most nominations for this year's Razzies with eight."
• Razzies rescind Bruce Willis award after family reveals actor has aphasia - "The Razzies, a tongue-in-cheek award show that hands out honors to the worst cinema of the year, has rescinded its prize for Bruce Willis after the actor's family revealed he is struggling with aphasia, a medical condition that affects his cognitive abilities."
• RED CARPET - traditionally used to mark the route taken by heads of state on ceremonial and formal occasions, and has in recent decades been extended to use by VIPs and celebrities at formal events. The earliest known reference to walking a red carpet in literature is in the play Agamemnon by Aeschylus, written in 458 BC.
• Richard Dreyfuss on new Oscars diversity rules: ‘They make me vomit’ - "Officials announced in 2020 that beginning in 2024, movies must meet certain criteria for representation to be eligible for the Academy Award for best picture. Films have to meet at least two of four benchmarks, which cover - among other things - whether the lead actors are from underrepresented groups or if at least 30% of the cast and crew come from these groups."
• Rolex & Cinema - "A movement perpetually reinvented." In 2017 Rolex became a partner to the film industry's highest authority, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. For the sixth consecutive year, Rolex is the Proud Sponsor of the Oscars ceremony held at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood.
• Rotten fruit: why it's time to give up on the Razzies - The Guardian.
• SAG Awards 2022: The winners list - "The 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards, which honor some of the year's best television and film performances by actors, aired Sunday."
• The Best, Worst, & Wildest Moments From the 2022 Oscars - TIME Magazine.
• The big question at 2022’s Oscars - will anyone watch the ceremony? - "The last few years have broken records for low ratings. Can the Academy save the annual film awards spectacle?"
• The Golden Globes Are Coming Back in 2023. Here’s Everything You Need to Know - "Once a fixture in the awards season calendar - the raucous party known for boosting the campaigns of Oscar hopefuls—the Golden Globes have become mired in controversy and were not broadcast by NBC in 2022. From the criticisms leveled against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the small group of international journalists who vote on the awards) to the news that it will be returning to screens in 2023, here’s what you need to know."
• The Man With the Most Oscars on Earth - Bloomberg.
• 'The most glamorous, radical and scandalous' Oscar looks & the stories behind them - "New book reveals real stories behind history's most unforgettable Oscar looks."
• The Most Memorable Moments in Oscar Hosting History - "As a hostless 2019 ceremony approaches, a look at the strangest, funniest, and most awkward hosting moments over 90 years of Academy Awards."
• The Oscars: the 87 films to win Best Picture - The Oscars.
• THE ROOM - described as "one of the worst movies ever made" and "the Citizen Kane of bad movies". A 2003 American independent drama film written, directed, produced by & starring Tommy Wiseau.
• Tom Cruise hands back awards & NBC drops broadcast - "Actor and network join industry figures distancing themselves from Hollywood Foreign Press Association after exposé."
• This Year's Oscars Will Be the Queerest Ever. But There's a Bigger Story Behind the Numbers - TIME Magazine.
• Triple Crown of Acting - "Three competitive awards." The people have each won three out of the four major entertainment awards in competitive categories.
• What Makes a Movie the Greatest of All Time? - "The much-respected Sight and Sound poll of the best films ever shows that what is valued onscreen has changed over time, sometimes radically."
• What’s Going On With the 2022 Golden Globes? - "Once a fixture in the awards season calendar - the raucous party known for boosting the campaigns of Oscar hopefuls - the Golden Globes have become mired in controversy and will not be broadcast by NBC this year. From the criticisms leveled against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the small group of international journalists who vote on the awards) to the possibility of its return to screens in 2023, here’s what you need to know."
• Will Smith hits Chris Rock over joke about Jada Pinkett Smith at Oscars - "During the third hour of the telecast, Rock took the stage to present the award for best documentary, and cracked a joke about Pinkett-Smith as being in 'GI Jane 2' - seemingly a reference to her shaved head. (Pinkett-Smith has been open in the past about suffering from alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss.)."

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• ACADÉMIE DES CÉSAR | ACADÉMIE DES ARTS ET TECHNIQUES DU CINÉMA - the César Award is the national film award of France.
• ACADEMY AWARD - Wikipedia.
• ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES | AMPAS - since 1929. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards. Organized and overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are given each year at a formal ceremony.< /li>
• ACE AWARDS - the ACE Awards was created in 1996 to pay homage to those individuals and groups that have made great strides in raising the awareness of the accessories industry.
• AFI | AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE AWARDS
• AFI | LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS
• ALMA AWARDS - a distinction awarded to Latino performers. The word alma means spirit or soul.
• Annie Award - since 1972. American award for accomplishments in animation. The Annies have been presented by the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood since 1972. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation, since 1992 it has given awards to individual films.
• ARTIOS AWARDS - since October 1985, the Casting Society of America has presented the Artios Awards for excellence in casting. Members are honored in over eighteen different theatrical casting categories in simultaneous events held in New York City and Beverly Hills, California.
• ASC AWARDS | THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS
• ASIAN FILM AWARDS
• AUTEUR AWARD - by International Press Academy.
• AWARDS WATCH - by Hollywood Reporter.

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• BAFTA AWARDS | BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM & TELEVISION ARTS - since 1947. BAFTA presents awards for film, television and games, including children's entertainment, at a number of annual ceremonies across the UK and in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
• Bambi Award - since 1948. German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields 'with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year', both domestic and foreign.
• Bravo Otto - since 1957. German accolade honoring excellence of performers in film, television and music. The award is presented in gold, silver and bronze and, since 1996, an honorary platinum statuette presented for lifetime achievement.
• Bernhard Wicki Film Prize
• BLACK REEL AWARDS
• BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS AWARDS
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - "Founded in 1995, the BFCA presents its Critics’ Choice Awards each year to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking." The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the largest film critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 300 television, radio and online critics.

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• CÉSAR AWARD - the national film award of France, first given out in 1975.
• CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS - presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming.
• CRIME THRILLER AWARDS - British awards ceremony dedicated to crime thriller fiction.
• CRITIC'S CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS - founded in 1995. (Formerly known as the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award) is an awards show presented annually by the American-Canadian Critics Choice Association (CCA) to honor the finest in cinematic achievement.

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• David di Donatello Awards - since 1955. Named after Donatello's David, a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award categories as of 2021. The Italian equivalent of an Academy Award.
• DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS - The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America. The first DGA Award was an "Honorary Life Member" award issued in 1938 to D. W. Griffith. The statues are made by New York firm, Society Awards.
• D.W. GRIFFITH AWARD - in 1953, the Directors Guild of America instituted the D. W. Griffith Award, its highest honor.

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• EGOT - an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.
• EMMY AWARDS - since 1949. Television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards.
• EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - since 1988. The "European Oscars." The awards are presented in a total of 17 categories.

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• FIPRESCI PRIZE | THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS
• FRANK CAPRA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

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• GENIE AWARDS - (1980-2012). The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed the statuette).
• GOLDEN BEAR - since 1951. (German: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin.
• GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS - since 1944. Accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association starting in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of the HFPA. The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented is normally held every January and has been a major part of the film industry's awards season, which culminates each year in the Academy Awards, although the Golden Globes' relevance has been declining in recent years. The eligibility period for the Golden Globes corresponds to the calendar year (from January 1 through December 31).
• GOLDEN GLOBE CECIL B. DEMILLE AWARD - since 1952. Honorary Golden Globe Award bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment". The HFPA board of directors selects the honorees from a variety of actors, directors, writers and producers who have made a significant mark in the film industry. It was first presented at the 9th Golden Globe Awards ceremony in February 1952 and is named in honor of its first recipient, director Cecil B. DeMille. The HFPA chose DeMille due to his prestige in the industry and his "internationally recognized and respected name".
• GOLDEN LION - since 1949. (Italian: Leone d'Oro) is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes.
• Golden Nymph Awards - since 1961. Are the prizes awarded to the winners of the Official Competition of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
• Golden Raspberry Awards - since 1981. (Also known as the Razzies and Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic under-achievements. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, the Razzie Awards' satirical annual ceremony has preceded its opposite, the Academy Awards, for four decades. The statuette itself is a golf ball-sized raspberry atop a Super 8mm film reel spray-painted gold, with an estimated street value of $4.97. The Golden Raspberry Foundation have claimed that the award 'encourages well-known filmmakers and top notch performers to own their bad.' To date, Sylvester Stallone is the most awarded actor ever with 10 awards won while Madonna is the most awarded actress with nine awards.
• Golden Reel Awards - since 1983. The Golden Reel Awards are an annual ceremony dedicated to honoring outstanding achievement in sound editing in film, television, and across the entertainment industry.
• Gotham Awards - since 1991. American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in New York City, the city first nicknamed "Gotham" by native son Washington Irving, in an issue of Salmagundi, published on November 11, 1807. Part of the Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)), "the largest membership organization in the United States dedicated to independent film" (founded in 1979), the awards were inaugurated in 1991 as a means of showcasing and honoring films made primarily in the northeastern region of the United States.
• Goya Awards - since 1987. Spain's main national annual film awards.
• Gregory Peck Award - since 2008. The Gregory Peck Award for Cinematic Excellence is an award given at the San Diego International Film Festival (SDIFF) to honor the career achievement of a film actor, producer or director. It is named in memory of iconic actor Gregory Peck with the support of his family.
• Grolla d'oro (Golden Grail) - One of the oldest Italian film awards. The award was founded in 1953 and ran until 1981; after some years of hiatus, it was relaunched in 1989 by journalist Maurizio Costanzo and, above all, by the film critic Felice Laudadio (1990-2001). The ceremonies are held in Saint-Vincent, Aosta Valley.

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• HAMPTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
• HOLLYWOOD Film AWARDS - since 1977. The Hollywood Film Festival is an annual film festival which is located in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
• HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME - as of January 22, 2010 2,398 stars on The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• HONG KONG FILM AWARDS | HKFA

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• IIFA | INTERNATIONAL INDIAN FILM ACADEMY AWARDS
• IMAGE AWARDS
• INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS - since 1984. (Abbreviated Spirit Awards and originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Since 2006, winners have received a metal trophy depicting a bird with its wings spread sitting atop of a pole with the shoestrings from the previous design wrapped around the pole.
• Ingmar Bergman Award - Swedish film award, distributed between 1978 and 2007.
• International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam | IDFA AWARDS - world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam.
• IRISH FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS - "Celebrating a wealth of talent."
• IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

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• JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD
• JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

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• KENNEDY CENTER HONORS - awarded annually for exemplary lifetime achievement in the performing arts.
• KIDS CHOICE AWARDS - as voted by Nickelodeon viewers.

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• LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA AWARDS
• LONDON FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
• LumiÈre AWARD

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• MARY PICKFORD AWARD - by International Press Academy.
• MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• MONTE-CARLO TELEVISION FESTIVAL AWARDS - the best programmes are awarded with the prestigious Golden Nymph.
• MR. ABBOTT AWARD
• MTV MOVIE AWARDS - since 1992. Presented annually on MTV. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV. Winners are decided online by the general public.

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• NAACP Image Award - since 1967. Accolade presented by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature.
• National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards
• National Society of Film Critics Awards - "The Truth, Once Every 12 Months."
• NATIONAL TELEVISION AWARDS - a British television awards ceremony, broadcast by the ITV network.
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards - since 1935. The NYFCC Awards are the oldest given by film critics in the country, and one of the most prestigious.
• New Zealand film & television awards
• NIKOLA TESLA AWARD - by International Press Academy.

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• OBIE AWARD | Off-Broadway Theater Awards
• OSCARS - since 1929. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards. Organized and overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are given each year at a formal ceremony.< /li>

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• PALME D'OR - the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the highest prize at the festival was the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film. In 1964, The Palme d'Or was replaced again by the Grand Prix, before being reintroduced in 1975. The Palme d'Or is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry.
• PEABODY AWARDS - since 1941. Annual, international awards for excellence in radio and television broadcasting.
• PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS - an awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture in movies, music & TV. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is voted on by the general public.
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
• PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS - first awarded in 1949.
• PRIX EUROPA - since 1987.
• Prix Un Certain Regard - since 1998. To recognize young talent and to encourage innovative and daring works by presenting one of the films with a grant to aid its distribution in France. Since 2005 the prize consists of €30,000.
• PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS

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• ROBERT B. ALDRICH AWARD
• ROSE D'OR - since 1961. One of the most important international festivals in entertainment television.

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• SATELLITE AWARDS - since 1997. Annual awards given by the International Press Academy that are commonly noted in entertainment industry journals and blogs. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards. The award ceremonies take place each year at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles.
• SATURN AWARDS - annual awards given by the International Press Academy that are commonly noted in entertainment industry journals and blogs. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards. The award ceremonies take place each year at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles.
• SCREAM AWARDS
• SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS | SAG - since 1995. "Achievements in movie and prime time television performances." Accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The award was founded in 1952 to recognize outstanding performances in movie and prime time television. SAG Awards have been one of the major awards events in the Hollywood film industry since 1995. The awards focus on both individual performances as well as on the work of the entire ensemble of a drama series and comedy series, and the cast of a motion picture.
• SILVER BEAR - the most important prizes at the Berlinale are the Golden and Silver Bears.
• SPIKE GUYS' CHOICE AWARDS
• SPIRIT AWARDS - since 1984. Awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Usually awarded on the day before the Academy Awards.
• STREAMY AWARDS - since 2009. Popularly known as the Streamys, are presented annually by the International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) to recognize excellence in the arts and science of web television production, including directing, acting, producing, and writing.
• SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS - since 1982.

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• TAURUS WORLD STUNT AWARDS
• TEDDY AWARD - since 1987. "The official queer award at the Berlin International Film Festival." International film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale).
• THE GOLDEN MARC'AURELIO AWARD
• THE GOLDEN RASBERRY AWARD - aka 'The Razzie Awards'. Intended to counterpoint the Academy Awards' Oscars by dishonoring (or honoring) the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films.
• The Golden Turkey Awards - 1980 book by film critic Michael Medved and his brother Harry Medved. The book awards "Golden Turkey Awards" to films judged by the authors as poor in quality, and to directors and actors judged to have created a chronically inept body of work.
• THE OSCARS - since 1929. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards. Organized and overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are given each year at a formal ceremony.
• TONY AWARDS - recognize achievement in live American theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City.

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• Volpi Cup - the principal award given to actresses at the Venice Film Festival.

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• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association AWARDS
• WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS - for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio.

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• YouTube Awards - since 2007. Awards given out as formalized recognition of the best YouTube videos of the preceding year, such as favorite music or comedy genres, as voted by the YouTube community.