Officially, there was no model for the Oscar. The statuette given to Academy Award winners was designed by Cedric Gibbons, chief art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, according to the Oscars.

Hollywood is no stranger to drama, but this time, it’s not happening on the big screen it’s unfolding between Conan O’Brien ...

Speaking on his Oscars head writer Mike Sweeney’s podcast Conan Needs a Friend, O’Brien set the scene: he pitched a series of ads in which he and a 9-foot tall Oscar statue were in a domestic ...

According to O’Brien, he pitched a promo in which he and a 9-foot-tall Oscar statuette were meant to be a domestic couple who were “fighting about things couples fight about.” “I thought ...

In 1951, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) implemented strict rules to prevent the sale of Oscars. If a winner wishes to sell their statuette, they must first offer it to the ...

ROCK TAVERN, New York -- The famous Oscar statues are made at a workshop in the Hudson Valley region of New York state. The iconic statuettes have been a symbol of the best in film since 1929.