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
3rd Edda Awards 3rd Edda Awards The 3rd Edda Awards were held on 11 November 2001 at Broadway Night Club in Reykjavik. The awards were hosted by actress Edda Heiðrún Backman and singer Valgeir Guðjónsson. The show was broadcast live on RÚV. Short films were also included for the first time in the Best television program (staged). As in the previous awards the public was given the right to vote online in all categories. The academy had 70% say in the results and the public 30%. Except for the Best Television Personality which the public had 100% say in the results. The film