The Movie Industry Holds its Breath for the Academy Awards
Oscar night is Hollywood’s biggest event
24 February 2012
Workers prepare Wednesday for the Academy Awards which will be presented Sunday in Hollywood.
This is IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English.
Hollywood is making final preparations for its biggest night of the year. The Academy Awards show takes place on Sunday. The awards, known as Oscars, are the American film industry’s highest honors.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences organizes the event each year. The Academy has almost six thousand members. They work in the film industry as actors, writers, directors and so on. Members from each group choose their group’s award nominees. All Academy members take part in choosing the nominees for Best Picture.
The nominations for the eighty-fourth Academy Awards were announced last month. There are five nominees each for best actor and best actress. There are nine nominees for best picture.
(Sound from “Hugo”)
“Hugo” leads all films with eleven nominations, including best picture. The film is set in nineteenth century Paris. It tells the story of a boy who lives hidden inside a train station and keeps its clocks working.
(Sound from “The Artist”)
“The Artist” is a French-made silent film about old time Hollywood. It tells about an actor who loses popularity with the end of silent films. “The Artist” received ten nominations, including best actor for its star, Jean DuJardin.
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