10 things we bet you didn’t know about the Oscars
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While we anxiously anticipate the approach of the 2021 Oscars on Sunday April 25, let’s go over some of the fun facts you never knew about this famous Hollywood ceremony.
#1: The Oscar Statue isn’t made of gold.
The Oscar statuette looks as if it is made of gold, but it is simply plated in 24-karat gold. In actuality, it’s made of solid bronze, weighing in at about 8.5 pounds. For a short time after World War II, there was a metal shortage, and Academy Award winners received plastered figures rather than gold plated ones. Seems like a rip-off to me.
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Technically you had 45 seconds, but the countdown started the moment your name was announced. You fumble for words, trying to remember the name of everyone who needs to be thanked. But the screen now reads: “PLEASE WRAP UP,” and you aren’t finished. You start speeding through names, and then you hear it. An orchestral swell. You overran and now you’re being played off-stage. Your big moment has ended in ignominy, with the world watching. You know whose fault this is? Greer Garson.
When Greer Garson won her best actress Oscar in 1943, it was already 1am. The ceremony had been long and the audience was flagging. Nevertheless, Garson approached the stage and proceeded to deliver the longest speech in Oscars history. Some say it lasted five and a half minutes. Others claim it was closer to seven. Either way, Garson rambled on for so long that Joan Fontaine, the presenter, wandered off and sat down before it had finished. Not long after this, the Academy started to impose time li