OSCARS TO BE PERSONALISED AT THE GOVERNOR’S BALL
Oscar winners won’t have to wait to get their awards personalised this ye= ar (10) - nameplates will be added while they dine after the Academy Awar= ds.
In previous years, Oscar winners had to send their awards to the Academ= y in the weeks following the ceremony, so engraved nameplates could be af= fixed to the statuettes.
But, next month (Mar10), the Oscars will be personalised at the post-ce= remony Governors Ball, which will be take place at the Grand Ballroom at = the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles.
Academy Award winners will be invited to enter a specially designed are= a, where Academy technicians will affix the personalised nameplates to ea= ch Oscar.
In preparation for the night, the Academy will create 197 nameplates, o= ne for each nominee in every category. The engraving will include the nom= inee=E2=80=99s name, category, film title and year. After the winners ha= ve been announced, the unused nameplates will be recycled.
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