25th Academy Awards 25th Academy Awards The 25th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 19, 1953. It took place at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, and the NBC International Theatre in New York City. It was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be televised, and the first ceremony to be held in Hollywood and New York City simultaneously. It was also the only year that the New York ceremonies were to be held in the NBC International Theatre on Columbus Circle, which was shortly thereafter demolished and replaced by the New York Coliseum convention center. A major upset occurred when the
83rd Academy Awards Leo's respective wins in the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories, "The Fighter" became the first film since 1986's "Hannah and Her Sisters" to win both supporting acting categories. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double-dagger (). The Academy held its Second Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 13, 2010, during which the following awards were presented. The following 14 films received multiple nominations: The following six films received multiple awards: The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers. In June 2010, the AMPAS hired Oscar-winning producer Bruce Cohen and veteran television