Culture: The world's most important awards of film and televison

In this segment, you will get to know some culture about cinema and televisión: you will learn a brief history of the world's most important and prestigious awards of the industry: The Academy Awards, the Golden Globes Awards and the Emmy Awards.

The Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also called the Oscars, is a formal awards ceremony to honor the best achievements in filmmaking from the previous year. The Academy Awards, from the nomination and voting processes to the ceremony itself, are overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy has about 6,000 members and is a professional honorary society of people involved in all aspects of making movies.

One of the more prestigious award ceremonies in the world, The Academy Awards ceremony is televised in over 100 countries. Those who love cinema tune in to see how their favorite movies and performers fare. Those who love fashion watch to see what the celebrities are wearing — which is often the latest in couture with astronomically expensive jewelry.

The first Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in 1929, as shown in the following picture.

Sources:

• http://www.dummies.com/art-center/performing-arts/filmmaking/a-brief-history-of-the-oscars/
• http://timelines.latimes.com/academy-awards/

The Golden Globes Awards

The Golden Globe Awards are a series of awards given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for outstanding television and film. The awards are presented at a formal ceremony and dinner, which is part of the film industry’s awards season at the start of each year (honoring works from the previous year), which wraps up with the Academy Awards. The Golden Globe ceremony is televised worldwide and is the third most-watched awards show, behind the Academy Awards and the Grammys.

The first Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place in January, 1944, at 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles. Since 1961, the ceremony has been held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

The award categories for the Golden Globes are similar to the Oscars, with the exception that dramatic movies and comedies/musicals are split into different categories. The Golden Globes also give awards for outstanding television. Therefore, more actors are nominated for Golden Globes than for Oscars. (Traditionally, the nominees for Golden Globes are good indicators of who may receive an Oscar nomination.)

Sources:

• http://www.goldenglobes.com/history-golden-globes
• http://www.dummies.com/art-center/performing-arts/filmmaking/what-are-the-golden-globes/

Emmy Awards

The Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) established the Emmy Awards. The first Emmy Awards ceremony took place on January 25, 1949, at the Hollywood Athletic Club, but solely to honor shows produced and aired locally in the Los Angeles area. In the 1950s, the ATAS expanded the Emmys into a national event, presenting the awards to shows aired nationwide on broadcast television.

The Emmys are presented in various area-specific ceremonies held annually throughout the calendar year, ranging from honoring nationally televised shows to regionally and locally produced programs. Each ceremony has their own set of nominating and voting procedures, along with different rules regarding voting committees.

Sources:

• http://www.emmys.com/academy/about/history
• http://www.emmys.com/content/history-emmy-1940s
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Award#History