Meet the Oscars in Los Angeles
January 18th, 2007 by Andre Soares
Between Feb. 9-24, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be displaying fifty Oscars, four statuettes that belonged to record-breaker Katharine Hepburn, two Testimonial Awards, and one statuette for visitors to hold while being photographed for posterity. The Academy’s press release doesn’t make it clear whether acceptance speeches will be allowed. The exhibition, named "Meet the Oscars, Los Angeles," will take place on the third level of the Hollywood & Highland Center.
As per the release, the exhibition will also include interactive "Oscar trivia" kiosks, "where visitors can test their knowledge of Oscar winners, movie quotes and Academy Awards factoids." (They can also test their Oscar knowledge — or lack thereof — here.)
By the way, Hepburn’s Oscars were for her performances in Morning Glory (1932/33), Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), and On Golden Pond (1981).
The two "Testimonial Awards" are the Honorary Academy Award to be presented to composer-conductor Ennio Morricone and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to be presented to former Paramount Pictures chairman Sherry Lansing.
The other fifty Oscar statuettes featured in the exhibition will be presented to winners at the 79th Academy Awards ceremony on February 25.
Each Oscar statuette weighs 8½ pounds and stands 13½ inches tall. Handmade annually by R.S. Owens & Company in Chicago, they are made of the metal alloy britannia, and are plated in copper, nickel, silver, and 24-karat gold.
"Meet the Oscars, Los Angeles" will be open Sunday to Thursday from noon to 8 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Saturday, February 24, the exhibition will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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