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Academy Award: Winners
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Since 1929, the Academy Awards have awarded excellence in movies. From "Wings" and "All Quiet on the Western Front" to "Crash" and "The Departed", WhoWonWhen.com lists winners over the years in many Academy Awards categories.
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Jamie Foxx is an Academy-Award winning actor, American Music Award-winner, Grammy-nominated artist, and critically acclaimed comedian. A classically trained pianist who was raised in the church, Foxx studied at San Diego Performing Arts College before moving into comedy on television. Early in his career, Foxx did stand-up at comedy clubs. He won the 1991 Oakland Comedy Competition and that same year joined the cast of In Living Color. He went on to star in The Jamie Foxx Show and multiple feature films such as Any Given Sunday, Ali, Jarhead, Collateral, and Miami Vice.
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The entire academy membership participates in voting for the annual awards. In most award categories, a maximum of five entrants are first nominated by the academy members who work in that particular field (that is, actors select actors, directors select directors, and so on). From among these nominees all academy members select the winners by secret ballot. The winners are publicly announced at a formal ceremony each spring. One hour of the 1929 awards ceremony was broadcast on the radio, and from 1944 through 1969 the entire ceremony was broadcast. Television broadcasts began in 1953 and today attract a worldwide audience.
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