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- proper noun Plural form of
Academy Award . - proper noun The ceremony at which
Academy Award winners are announced and receive their prizes.
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Examples
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At the Academy Awards was a very big night for not only "Lord of the Rings," but for New Zealand where the Oscar pulled in record ratings.
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Granted, the Academy Awards is a marketing tool, but this tactic cheapens, maybe even embarrasses, the meaning of an Oscar nomination.
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News of Crystal's involvement with the 84th annual Academy Awards comes one day after previously announced host Eddie Murphy stepped down.
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The Academy Awards need to become relevant and meaningful again.
Julie Gray: Why I Don't Watch the Oscars Anymore Julie Gray 2011
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With 24 official Academy Awards categories and somewhere over 108 nominations announced each year a few less publicized categories vary in number of nominees from year to year, there is always a lot to parse out on Oscar nomination day.
Tribeca Film: Oscar Talking Points Tribeca Film 2011
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But something happened along the way to its Oscar climb... somewhere between its Golden Globe win for Best Drama and the Academy Awards nominations, it lost its mojo.
Jon Chattman: The Artist, Warrior, M:I, & Moneyball Top My "20" and "11" of 2011 Jon Chattman 2011
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She went on to confirm what many of us have observed -- there aren't good roles there, period, but the industry really tends to discard women after 50, even women who have won Academy Awards.
Pat Mitchell: Behind the Scenes With the Indefatigable and Bold Geena Davis Pat Mitchell 2011
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The Academy Awards need to become relevant and meaningful again.
Julie Gray: Why I Don't Watch the Oscars Anymore Julie Gray 2011
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She went on to confirm what many of us have observed -- there aren't good roles there, period, but the industry really tends to discard women after 50, even women who have won Academy Awards.
Pat Mitchell: Behind the Scenes With the Indefatigable and Bold Geena Davis Pat Mitchell 2011
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The Academy Awards need to become relevant and meaningful again.
Julie Gray: Why I Don't Watch the Oscars Anymore Julie Gray 2011
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