Academy Awards in 1929 at a private dinner hosted by Douglas Fairbanks in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The Academy Awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953. It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony and is now seen live worldwide. Its equivalents – the Emmy Awards for television, the Tony Awards for theater, and the Grammy Awards for music – are modeled after the Academy Awards. The 90th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the best films of 2017, was held on 4 March 2018, at the Dolby Theatre, in Los Angeles, California. The
84th Academy Awards winner Christopher Plummer also made Oscar history by becoming the oldest ever performer to win a competitive acting Oscar. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (). The Academy held its 3rd Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 12, 2011, during which the following awards were presented. The following 18 films received multiple nominations: The following three films received multiple awards: The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. Because of the declining viewership of recent Academy Awards ceremonies, the Academy sought ideas to revamp the show while