He is polished and buffed, and surprisingly, not dressed in any of the currently fashionable shades of gray. It’s not George Clooney, Brad Pitt or Daniel Craig. He appears unabashedly in the nude and appeals to the hundreds that are dressed to a tee. Under his spell, they will jump out of their Dolby Theater’s comfy chairs, run up those treacherous stairs and try to give the performance of a lifetime. There will be tears, witty asides and unwitting faux pas at the end of which the naked man will be whisked away to a very prominent mantel piece in the palatial home of a star.
Yes, Oscar, the most recognized trophy in the world since 1929, will be presented again on February 22, during the 87th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.
In my research on the Oscar statuette’s facts I learned that the 24-karat gold plated statuette, designed in 1928 by Cedric Gibbons, an MGM Studio’s art director, and sculpted by George Stanley, is thirteen and a half inches in height and weights eight and a half pounds.
