But the winners could not be more happy and relaxed. This is one of the best nights of their lives, the ultimate goal. Each statue is given a serial number and, during the awards, one of the team records the number of each winner as it comes in. We make a bit of a show of it. The statues are pre-drilled, ready for the plaques to be fitted, so all we have to do is show the winner the plaque, check the details are right, attach it, give it a polish and hand it back.
I grew up in Los Angeles in the industry my father is a director so I enjoy talking to actors. The first thing I do is congratulate them. But you do gush sometimes: a few years ago, I was a bit star-struck meeting Malik Bendjelloul , the director of Searching For Sugar Man , a documentary about the rumoured death of a musician from Detroit called Rodriguez. The concept, designed by MGM art director Cedric Gibbons, has simplified over the years to become the poised golden man we know today, but the sword still remains.
From until , a Chicago-based factory, R. Before then they were manufactured in Batavia, Illinois. Now they're made about an hour and a half outside of New York City, at Polich Tallix, a fine art foundry. They were later found in the garbage by a junk dealer. Every year since, the Academy has had an extra set made that's locked safely in a vault—just in case.
The extras accommodate the possibility of a tie or multiple winners per category. In order to guarantee secrecy, the awards aren't engraved with the winner's name ahead of time. Which means no one knows just who or how many winners there are on Oscar night until that fateful envelope has been opened. Beneath that sheath of karat plating is actually bronze —not gold.
For three years the prizes were made of painted plaster , but the winners were later given gold and metal replacements once the war had ended. It's safe to assume they have a shorter shelf-life than the pewter and gold statuettes of today.
Today it's a classic photograph of Oscar winners sharing a kiss with their award but it wasn't always a go-to celebrity pose. I wouldn't know. Leo reportedly partied at Ago restaurant to celebrate his win and TMZ reports he exited the building with a bottle of booze - before someone ran out after him with his Oscar.
Leonardo DiCaprio earned a standing ovation after finally winning his first Oscar after six nominations. Oscars host Chris Rock didn't pull any punches when it came to addressing the OscarsSoWhite controversy.
I wouldn't know'. Close Leonardo DiCaprio has his Oscar engraved. PIC: Variety video.
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