If awards interest you, then the following given details and information pieces will be of great help for you:
The Oscars
The person who’s won the most number of Oscars is Walt Disney and he has won 26 Oscars in total. Jessica Tandy is the oldest person to win an Oscar at the age of 81 whereas the youngest person to have won an Oscar is Tatum O’Neal at the age of 10. It is a fact that a woman has never been nominated in the sound or cinematography categories.
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The history of music award shows
The earliest known music awards are the Grammy’s which started in the year 1959. The next awards to follow were the Country Music association awards which began in 1967. American Music awards were started in the year 1973 whereas the MTV Video music awards were inaugurated in the year 1984.
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The 64th Emmy awards
The biggest loser of the 64th Emmy awards was the Mad Men which was nominated in 17 categories but didn’t win a single award. Modern family won the best comedy series award while the best drama series award went to Homeland.
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The place prize for dance
The key phases involved are:
- Entry
- International producers panel
- Shortlist
- Interviews
- Commissions
- Semi finals
- Finals
- Winner
Adam Linger, Nina Rajarani and Rafael Bonachela have been some of the past winners.
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The Pritzker prize
The Pritzker prize honors living architects for their work in the field of architecture. Some of the past winners of this award are Philip Johnson(1979), Richard Meier(1984), Robert Venturi(1991), Renzo Piano(1998), Zaha Hadid(2004) and Wang Shu(2012).
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The 2012 billboard music awards
The latest Las Vegas billboard music awards saw over 2.0 M social media comments and females gave almost double the comments than men. Out of these comments, about 20% were positive, 16% were negative and 64% were neutral in sentiment.
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Star wars vs. Star Trek
A total of 6 Star wars have been released till date whereas the number of Star Trek movies to have been released till date are 11. But Star Wars has fetched more domestic box office gross than the Star Trek series. The overall winner is Star Wars.
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Shark awards
The award for the largest shark goes to blue whale and the award for the shark with the largest teeth goes to the great white shark. The fastest shark award is handed over to shortfin mako shark whereas the longest tail award goes to Thresher Shark.
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The 4th annual mashable awards
The award for the best location based service is given to Foursquare whereas the award for the best mobile device has been given to iPhone. Angry Birds has been awarded with the best mobile game whereas Android got the award for the best mobile platform.
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Hip Hop awards 2012
The top 3 hip hop celebrities are Rick Ross, Kendrick Lamar and Mike Epps. The total twitter activity associated with the Hip Hop Awards 2012 was 2607321 whereas the On Air Twitter activity was 2202348.
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