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The first Academy Awards ceremony
On May 16, 1929, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out its first award at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood.
The academy was organized two years earlier...
The First Oscar Winners
- The first president and the host of the May 1929 ceremony was actor Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
- The first Best Picture was awarded to Wings, directed by William Wellman. It was the most expensive movie at the time, with a budget of $2 million.
- Another film, Sunrise, was considered a dual winner for the best film of the year.
- German actor Emil Jannings won Best Actor for his roles in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh.
- 22-year-old Janet Gaynor won the Best Actress award for her roles in Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, and Sunrise.
- A special honorary award was presented to Charlie Chaplin.
Where the nickname Oscar comes from
The unconfirmed story about the source of the name is that Academy executive director Margaret Herrick mentioned that the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar.
The Academy officially started using the nickname Oscar for its awards in 1939.
Morgan E.
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Hollywood's Apocalypse Obsession Ignores Reality - Foundation for Economic Education
Apocalyptic movies
Ever since 1950, movies dealing with topics such as climate change, asteroid impacts, nuclear holocausts, pandemic etc have greatly increased in number. Especially between 2010 and 2019, these ...
Thanos, the character
In 'Avengers: Infinity War', Thanos is one of the main characters: a purple giant warlord, who believes that there are too many people in the Universe with not enough resources. Furthermore, he plans and eventually succeeds to make half of the world population disappear by snapping his jeweled fingers.
However, the truth seems to be quite the opposite: the more individuals we are, the more resources we can enjoy.
Humanity and its improving pace
Individuals tend to generally believe that things cannot go but from bad to worse. However, history has always proven that there is place for and improvement will forever happen, at its own pace.
Humanity might have lost most of its faith in the ability of improving, however, this process is real and occurring over and over again.
Omar King
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The Mardi Gras Festival
- Mardi Gras is a Christian holiday celebrated in many countries around the world - mostly those with large Roman Catholic populations.
- Mardi Gras dates back thousands of years to pa...
Mardi Gras Incorporated Into Christianity
When Christianity arrived in Rome, religious leaders decided to incorporate the pagan celebrations of spring and fertility into the new faith. This was an easier task than to abolish them altogether.
Consequently, the excess and debauchery of Mardi Gras season became a prelude to Lent - the 40 days of fasting and penance between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday.
Mardi Gras Around the World
- In Brazil, the weeklong Carnival festivities show colourful European, African and native traditions.
- In Canada, Quebec City hosts the Quebec Winter Carnival.
- In Italy, Venice's Carnevale is famous for its masquerade balls.
- The German celebration, known as Karneval, Fastnacht or Fasching, includes parades, costume balls, and a tradition that empowers women to cut off men's ties.
- Denmark's Fastevlan let children dress up and gather candy.
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