Industry experts speculate that 150 Oscars have been sold since the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929--half of which are likely gray-market sales involving post-1950 statuettes.

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While the business side was always frustrating, the awards and critical acclaim continued to pile on as did his stable of high-profile clients, who range from Danes, whom he first dressed for the Academy Awards when she was 15, to Celia Cruz, the iconic Cuban singer.

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The Kodak Theatre is best known as the first permanent home of the Academy Awards.

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Singer, actress and double Oscar-winner Barbra Streisand is to perform at the Academy Awards for the first time in 36 years, organisers have announced.

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This isn't surprising, since the film's first-time director has won Academy Awards for his camera work on two of Steven Spielberg's greatest works, "Schindler's List" (1993) and "Saving Private Ryan" (1998).

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The first British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards were made 50 years ago in 1947 and were for achievement in film.

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Indeed, the jeweler to the stars was the first to loan pieces to celebrities for the Academy Awards, christening the practice with actress Jennifer Jones in 1943.

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The ad airs for the first time during the Super Bowl and for the second time during the Academy Awards on February 24.

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Presented annually by the European Film Academy, the awards are decided by its 2, 300 members and were first staged in 1988.

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