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Annual awards granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in various categories
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Academy Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States. The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a professional honorary organization which, as of 2003, had a voting membership of 5,816. Actors (with a membership of 1,311) make up the largest voting bloc. The votes have been tabulated and certified by auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers since close to the awards' inception. ..."
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Best Picture Oscar, granted by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Those Awards, by Murray N. Rothbard, The Rothbard-Rockwell Report, Jan 1994
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"... it is already too clear that the fix is in, even more than usual, on the Academy Awards. ... The Oscars have increasingly taken on the dimensions of a racket. ... The major studios have always had special previews for Academy members (i.e., Oscar voters) for the pictures they are hyping for the awards ..."
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