Every year, one day around late February or early March the whole world is looking at the same place: The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. That day, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decides which film productions and performances deserves the Academy Awards, best known as the Oscars. There are many theories of why these awards got to be known as Oscars, but the most accepted one is that one of the first winners commented the man portrayed in the statuette looked like her uncle Oscar, and that name has remained till today.
The Oscar ceremony is a big event in the USA and the rest of the world, and people from all different countries gather in front of TV that day waiting for their favourite films and performers to be awarded. Before the ceremony, the whole world also pays great attention to the moment in which the best actors and actresses walk along the Red Carpet, showing their incredible designer's clothes and jewels. Those who are the most and least elegant will be commented on the media the following days, just as much as those who win the Oscars.
Now, if you click on the following links, you can watch some videos from the Red Carpet, as well as several speeches given by Oscar-winners. And the Oscar goes to...
Red Carpet
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
Leonardo DiCaprio
Interesting speeches, don't you think? What messages did the winners give and what impact can this have? Feel free to comment on Google Classroom.
Music is also present on the Oscars, since soundtrack is a very important element in a film and, as such, it's worth an award, too. The Oscar winner for Best Song last year was Remember Me, from the animated film Coco. This is the performance at the Oscars ceremony 2018.
Remember Me
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