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91st Academy Awards
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2019 American film award ceremony
The 91st Academy Awards was a 2019 ceremony honoring the best films and filmmakers in American cinema. The event matters because the Academy Awards are one of the most prestigious and widely watched awards in the entertainment industry, recognizing outstanding achievements in movies.
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Key facts
- Date
- February 24, 2019
- Site
- Dolby Theatre Hollywood , Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Preshow hosts
- Ashley Graham Maria Menounos Billy Porter Ryan Seacrest Elaine Welteroth
- Produced by
- Donna Gigliotti , Glenn Weiss
- Directed by
- Glenn Weiss
- Best picture
- Green Book
- Most awards
- Bohemian Rhapsody (4)
- Most nominations
- The Favourite and Roma (10)
- Network
- ABC
- Duration
- 3 hours, 21 minutes
- Ratings
- 29.56 million , 16.4% ( Nielsen ratings )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television program
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hollywood
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Academy Awards
- Followed by
- 92nd Academy Awards
- Follows
- 90th Academy Awards
- Location
- Dolby Theatre
- Director
- Glenn Weiss
- Producer
- Glenn Weiss
- Official website
- www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019
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- awarded for period
- 2018-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- point in time
- 2019-02-24
- edition number
- 91
- original broadcaster
- American Broadcasting Company
- native label
- 91st Academy Awards
- Commons category
- 2019 Academy Awards
- broadcast by
- American Broadcasting Company
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Encyclopedic overview
The 91st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2018 and took place on February 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and was produced by Donna Gigliotti and Glenn Weiss, with Weiss also serving as director. This was the first telecast to have no host since the 61st ceremony held in 1989.
In related events, the Academy held its 10th Annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood & Highland Center on November 18, 2018. The Academy Scientific and Technical Awards were presented by host David Oyelowo on February 9, 2019, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.
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