The 97th Academy Awards went underway on Monday (India Time) at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Comedian Conan O'Brien hosted the Oscars 2025 and took the internet by storm when he greeted everyone by saying Namastey. It was the first time Conan hosted the Academy Awards. However, Conan hosted the Emmy Awards in 2002 and 2006. 5. This year, the films of all five actresses nominated in the Best Actress category were also nominated for Best Picture. This happened for the first time since 1977. Actor Kieran Culkin took home Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and Zoe Saldana won the best supporting actress for Emilia Perez. On the other hand, the 97th Academy Awards for Best Actress was won by Mikey Madison for Anora, and Adrian Brody won the title of Best Actor for The Brutalist.
Since you have landed on this page, True Scoop assumes that you are also wondering about the presitious Academy Award trophy that the winners got. Below is everything you need to know abut Oscar Trophy-
Can a person sell an Oscar Award?
The answer is a big no. According to the official regulations of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 'No winner or any other person may sell the Oscar Award in the market.'
Before taking the trophy home, the winners have to sign an agreement on which the conditions of not selling or destroying it are written. The official website of the Academy says, "The award winners will not sell the Oscar trophy, will not dispose of it. However, if the winner wants, he can return it to the Academy for 1 dollar, i.e. 87 rupees. These rules apply even after the death of the winner."
How much does it cost to make an Oscar Award?
As per reports, it costs about US $400 or about Rs 35,000 to make one Oscar award trophy.
What happened for the first time at Oscars 2025?
For those who are unaware, this year the films of all the five actresses nominated in the Best Actress category were also nominated for Best Picture. This happened for the first time since 1977.
This time, two such actresses, whose mothers had won this award, were nominated for an Oscar. Fernanda Montenegro, mother of 'I'm Still Here' movie star Fernanda Torres, won an Oscar Award once, and Ingrid Bergman, mother of 'Conclave' movie star Isabel Rossellini, won the Oscar Award twice. Netflix's Emilia Perez movie received the most nominations, with 13. It is the first non-English language movie to do so.