Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars

Disqualifications
Nine films have been disqualified before
an official award ceremony because they
violated the regulations:
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The Circus (1928) – The film was
voluntarily removed by the Academy
from competitive categories, to award
Charlie Chaplin a special award.
Hondo (1953) – Removed from the
Best Story ballot after letters from the
producer and nominee questioned its
inclusion in the category.
High Society (1955) – Withdrawn from
screenwriting ballot after being
mistaken for the 1956 movie of the
same title.
The Godfather (1972) – Initially
nominated for eleven awards, its
nomination for Best Original Score was
revoked after it was discovered that its

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main theme was very similar to music
that the score's composer had written
for an earlier film. None of its other
nominations were revoked, and it
received three Oscars, including Best
Picture.
A Place in the World (1992) – Removed
from the Best Foreign Language Film
ballot after it was discovered that the
country who submitted the film
exercised insufficient artistic control.
Tuba Atlantic (2012) – Removed from
the Best Live Action Short Film ballot
when it was discovered that the film
aired on television before its theatrical
release.

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Alone Yet Not Alone (2014) – The film's
title song, "Alone Yet Not Alone", was
removed from the Best Original Song
ballot after Bruce Broughton was
found to have improperly contacted
other members of the academy's
musical branch; this was the first time
that a film was removed from a ballot
for ethical reasons.
One film was disqualified after winning
the award, and had the winner return the
Oscar:
Young Americans (1969) – Initially won
the award for Best Documentary
Feature, but was later revoked after it
was revealed that it had opened

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theatrically prior to the eligibility
period.
The following events are closely
associated with the annual Academy
Awards:
BAFTA Awards
César Awards
Nominees luncheon
Governors Awards
The 25th Independent Spirit Awards
(2010), usually held in Santa Monica,
California the Saturday before the
Oscars, marked the first time it was
Associated events

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moved to a Friday and a change of
venue to L.A. Live
The annual "Night Before", traditionally
held at the Beverly Hills Hotel, begun in
2002 and generally known as the party
of the season, benefits the Motion
Picture & Television Fund, which
operates a retirement home for SAG
actors in the San Fernando Valley
Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy
Award Party airs the awards live at the
nearby Pacific Design Center
The Governors Ball is the Academy's
official after-party, including dinner
(until 2011), and is adjacent to the
awards-presentation venue

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The Vanity Fair after-party, historically
at the former Morton's restaurant, has
been at the Sunset Tower since 2009
It has become a tradition to give out gift
bags to the presenters and performers at
the Oscars. In recent years, these gifts
have also been extended to award
nominees and winners.
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 The value of
each of these gift bags can reach into the
tens of thousands of dollars. In 2014, the
value was reported to be as high as
US$80,000.
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 The value has risen to the
point where the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service issued a statement regarding the
Presenter and performer
gifts

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gifts and their taxable status.
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 Oscar
gift bags have included vacation
packages to Hawaii and Mexico and
Japan, a private dinner party for the
recipient and friends at a restaurant,
videophones, a four-night stay at a hotel,
watches, bracelets, spa treatments,
bottles of vodka, maple salad dressing,
weight-loss gummie candy and up to
$25,000 worth of cosmetic treatments
and rejuvenation procedures such as lip
fillers and chemical peels from New York
City facial plastic surgeon Konstantin
Vasyukevich.
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 Some of
the gifts have even had a "risque"
element to them; in 2014, the adult
products retailer Adam & Eve had a

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"Secret Room Gifting Suite". Celebrities
visiting the gifting suite included Judith
Hoag, Carolyn Hennesy, Kate Linder,
Chris Mulkey, Jim O'Heir, and John
Salley.
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From 2006 onwards, results are Live+SD;
all previous years are live viewing.
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Television ratings and
advertisement prices

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