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The 1st Academy Awards were presented at a banquet dinner at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood. Subsequent banquet ceremonies in the 1930s and early 40s were held in Los Angeles at either The Ambassador Hotel or the Biltmore Hotel.
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The 80th Annual Academy Awards are taking place in Los Angeles live at this very moment. Here is a look at the winners from tonight’s celebration honoring the best films of 2007.
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LOS ANGELES, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) announced today the signing of legendary, Academy Award winning composer, Carole Bayer Sager, to an exclusive, worldwide administration agreement. Sager was previously signed to Warner Chappell.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- For mere mortals green with envy about the booty inside celebrity swag bags, feel good about what is being given to a number of environmentally conscious celebrities attending this Sunday's Academy Awards. In lieu of a gift, Caroma, a plumbing products company known for their dual flush toilets, is giving celebrities the gift of giving back by donating product on their behalf to two schools under construction. Caroma has pledged their H2Zero waterless urinals to two charter high schools being built green in South Los Angeles. Caroma, a brand well-known Down Under for helping to conserve Australia's critical water supply, is a world leader in water efficient products including dual flush toilets and waterless urinals which save billions of gallons of water annually.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Motown Records founder Berry Gordy will be honored by The Recording Academy® at its annual GRAMMY Salute To Industry Icons® event on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, immediately following the 50th Annual GRAMMY ®Awards. This exclusive reception, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, features a presentation of the President's Merit Award to Industry Icons in recognition of Gordy's significant contributions to the music industry and the impact his efforts have made on music and the business of music. Past recipients of the GRAMMY Salute To Industry Icons President's Merit Award include Ahmet Ertegun, Mo Ostin, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. The invitation-only VIP event will be attended by prominent artists and industry leaders.
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Nielsen Online monitored content on approximately 70 million blogs before, during, and after the Academy Awards. Immediately following the Academy Awards telecast on February 24, online conversations about the event shot up 500% above the last spike in Oscars-related blogging that occurred on January 22, when the award nominations were announced. Blog discussions following Sunday's awards telecast focused on post-show reactions, including thoughts on the night's winners and losers, as well as host Jon Stewart's performance.
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