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The Oscar Statuette Is Hollywood’s Ultimate Recognition, Full of Lore, Mysteries and Rules – WTOP News

The statuette costs about $400 to make, while studios spend tens of millions on campaigns that fuel a billion-dollar awards-season economy.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — I’d like to thank the Academy for the Oscar. Yes, the awards might have been a mere afterthought in Louis B. Mayer’s dreams for “the Academy” — part PR ploy to persuade the public that Hollywood was not a den of sin and scandal, part consolidation of power by a group...

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The Oscar statuette is Hollywood's ultimate recognition, full of lore, mysteries and rules

The Oscar statuette is a piece of American culture. The awards started out as part PR ploy and part power consolidation.

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