1st Academy Awards 1st Academy Awards The 1st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1927 and 1928 and took place on May 16, 1929 at a private dinner held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, California. AMPAS president Douglas Fairbanks hosted the show. Tickets cost $5 (which would be $ in considering inflation), 270 people attended the event and the presentation ceremony lasted 15 minutes. Awards were created by Louis B. Mayer, founder of Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation (at present merged into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). It is the only
Nigerian Academy of Science Media Awards the Nigerian Academy of Science Media Awards have 2 categories. Some of these include: Nigerian Academy of Science Media Awards The Nigerian Academy of Science Media Awards are media awards presented annually to recognize outstanding science reporting. . . The award was founded in 2010 by the Nigerian Academy of Science to honor broadcast journalists and Newspaper columnist who published science-related articles, such as articles on health, technology and environment. The award presentation is often attended by numerous media representatives, politicians, celebrities, journalists across the world. The most recent ceremony, honouring journalists in 2017, was held at Sheraton hotel, Mobolaji