Why are they called
The most popular explanation, and one generally given by AMPAS officials, goes back to 1931.
The story goes that when an Academy Awards librarian named Margaret Herrick first saw the golden figures...
...she exclaimed that the blank face and stern eyebrow reminded her of her Uncle Oscar.
The first documented use of the term in relation to the Academy Awards actually comes from columnist Sidney Skolsky.
The Oscars statuette has changed since it was first officially announced as the Academy Award of Merit in 1929.
The initial version saw the figure standing on a reel of film with five spokes to represent the five branches of the Academy...
...but shortly before the first ceremony Los Angeles sculptor George Stanley redesigned to model and removed the reel.
The first awards were gold-plated solid bronze but that was later replaced with gold-plated metal.
During the Second World War a metal shortage meant that three years of Oscar winners were given statuettes made of plaster.
Since 1982 the Oscar mould has been cast by the R.S. Owens & Company with a 24-karat gold finish on the figures.
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"Kwa nini wanaitwa ""Wafalme"" - maelezo maarufu zaidi, na moja kwa ujumla kutolewa na maafisa AMPAS, ni nyuma ya 1931." "Mwanamke mmoja wa maktaba ya Oscar, Margaret Herrick, aliposikia picha za dhahabu, alisema: ""Uso wa mtu huyo na nywele zake zimemkumbusha kuhusu mjomba wake Oscar.""" Matumizi ya kwanza ya maandishi ya neno hilo kuhusiana na Tuzo za Academy kwa kweli hutoka kwa mwandishi wa safu Sidney Skolsky. Tuzo ya Oscar ilitolewa kwa mara ya kwanza rasmi mnamo 1929. "Toleo la awali lilionyesha takwimu hiyo ikisimama kwenye reel ya filamu na matawi matano kuwakilisha matawi matano ya Chuo, lakini muda mfupi kabla ya sherehe ya kwanza, mchongaji wa Los Angeles George Stanley alibadilisha muundo na kuondoa reel.""" Tuzo za kwanza zilikuwa za shaba iliyofunikwa kwa dhahabu lakini baadaye zilibadilishwa na chuma kilichofunikwa kwa dhahabu. Wakati wa Vita vya Pili vya Ulimwengu, ukosefu wa chuma ulifanya washindi wa tuzo za Oscar wapewe sanamu za plaster kwa miaka mitatu. Tangu mwaka 1982 Oscar imekuwa ikitengenezwa na kampuni ya R&D. Owens & Co. ina rangi ya dhahabu ya karati 24 kwenye takwimu. Kufuatia yote ya karibuni Oscars habari juu ya AS USA