Peter A. Hovis

Why an Academy Award is called an “Oscar”

RJ Hamster

Why Is an Academy Award Called an “Oscar”?

ARTS & CULTURE

O ne of Hollywood’s most famous figures stands at just 13.5 inches tall, weighs only 8.5 pounds, and goes by one name: Oscar. Like a lot of old Hollywood lore, there have been competing stories through the years about how the little gold statuette — officially named the Academy Award of Merit — got its human nickname.
 
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