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The Oscars, The Academy Awards. The 1st Annual Academy Awards Presentations on May 16, 1929, establishing this annual tradition which continues to this day.

The Academy Awards or The Oscars (the official title was rebranded as The Oscars in 2013.

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The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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The 1st Annual Academy Awards Presentations on May 16, 1929, establishing this annual tradition which continues to this day.

The cost of guest tickets for that night's ceremony was $5. Fifteen statuettes were awarded, honoring artists, directors and other personalities of the film-making industry of the time for their works during the 1927–28 period; the ceremony ran for 15 minutes.

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Best Picture: From Here to Eternity: Buddy Adler

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Stalag 17: William Holden

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Roman Holiday: Audrey Hepburn

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: From Here to Eternity: Frank Sinatra

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: From Here to Eternity: Donna Reed

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Best Picture: "BEN-HUR"

Best Actor: CHARLTON HESTON in "Ben-Hur"

Best Actress: SIMONE SIGNORET in "Room at the Top"

Best Supporting Actor: HUGH GRIFFITH in "Ben-Hur"

Supporting Actress: SHELLEY WINTERS in "The Diary of Anne Frank"