Motion Picture Academy’s annual Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony, which was among events postponed due to the L.A.
depicts an Academy Award statuette resting atop rubble. The sword-wielding Oscar is scuffed up and missing some bronze and gold plating; the black film reel he’s standing on is melted and misshapen.
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The Oscar statuette, officially named the "Academy Award of Merit," stands 13.5 inches tall and weighs about 8.5 pounds. Despite its glittering appearance, the statuette is not made entirely of gold.
While officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is affectionately known as Oscar, a nickname popularized by Academy librarian Margaret Herrick and adopted by the Academy in 1939.