96 years ago today, February 18, 1929 (January 9, 1929, the first Academy Awards were held. On May 16, 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded the Academy Award for the first time in Hollywood to the most artistic achievements at home and abroad. The award was later called the "Oscar" Award. In 1927, shortly after the founding of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a dinner held in the Crystal Rotunda of the Baltimore Hotel in Los Angeles, people discussed ways to reward outstanding achievements in improving the level of filmmaking in all aspects. Opinions focused on creating a prize to represent film achievements. Cedric Gibbons, artistic director of MGM Films, came up with the idea and gave it to several Los Angeles artists to design it. Sculptor George Stanley created a statue of a knight standing on a film box with a sword in both hands. This was how this world-famous statue was born in the future. The Academy Awards are held annually. The first Academy Award winner was selected on February 18, 1929, and its award ceremony was held at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood on May 16, 1929. It has been 77 years since then. The official name of the golden statue is the "Academy Award", but it is more famous by the nickname "Oscar" whose origin is unclear. A popular saying is that Margaret Harrick, a librarian at the academy, thought the golden statue resembled her uncle Oscar, and college staff began to call it Oscar. The 15 golden statues awarded at the first awards ceremony were made of gold-plated bronze. The golden statue is 13.5 inches tall and weighs 8.5 pounds. The appearance of the golden statue has not changed since its birth, except that its base was raised after 1945. It has enjoyed a high reputation for more than half a century. It does not reflect the development process and history of American film art, and has a non-negligible influence on the film art of many countries around the world.