About the Academy Awards

Each January, the entertainment community and film fans around the world turn their attention to the Academy Awards. Interest and anticipation builds to a fevered pitch leading up to the Oscar telecast in March, when hundreds of millions of movie lovers tune in to watch the glamorous ceremony and learn who will receive the highest honors in filmmaking.

The Oscars reward the previous year’s greatest cinema achievements as determined by some of the world’s most accomplished motion picture artists and professionals. The Academy’s roughly 6,000 members vote for the Oscars using secret ballots, which are tabulated by the international auditing firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The auditors maintain absolute secrecy until the moment the show’s presenters open the envelopes and reveal the winners on live television.

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Awards are presented for outstanding individual or collective efforts in up to 25 categories. Members select winners from as many as five nominees in each category, which are determined by members of the relevant Academy branch. (For instance, only film editors may nominate for the Achievement in Film Editing award.) The only exceptions are the Best Picture category, for which nominees are selected by the entire membership, and the Best Foreign Language films, which are nominated by a committee of members drawn from all branches.

In addition to the regular annual awards conferred by the membership, the Board of Governors is empowered to bestow Scientific and Technical Awards, Honorary Awards, Special Achievement Awards and other honors.

Broadcast rights to the annual Oscar telecast provide the majority of the revenue for the organization’s rich and varied year-round activities.

Host
David

Seating
07:00 p.m.-07:30 p.m. (tentative)

Dinner
07:30 p.m. (tentative)

-Celebrity-themed dinner menu (tentative).
-House menu.
-Celebrity-themed coctails (tentative).
-Draft specials and cocktail specials throughout the night.
-Complimentary chips and salsa at each table.

82nd Academy Awards
08:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.+ on Murphy & Gonzalez's big-screen TVs.

Contests and prizes
-Murphy & Gonzalez will organize an Oscars-themed contest which will award a certificate good for lunch for two. (tentative)
-The Cinephiles Meetup Group will organize its own Oscars-themed contest which will award movie-related prizes. (tentative)
-The Cinephiles Meetup Group will organize its own winner-take-all cash pool. (tentative)

The Organizer will provide additional details as soon as possible.

Reservation
Confirmed by Padraic.

Deposit and fees
$10 security deposit+$01 Meetup group maintenance fee+.80 Amazon Payments transaction processing fee.

The Organizer will refund security deposits to attendees via Amazon Payments within 24 hours after the Meetup.

Refund policy
Posted in the pop-up window of the Meetup's page.

Final schedule and details
The Host will e-mail the final schedule and details of the Meetup after 12:00 a.m. on the day of the Meetup.

Waiting list
Respondents should state "waiting list" in their replies if they want spots on the waiting list. The Host may open additional seats and announce their availability to the waiting list based on space available at the venues, demand, the availability of a co-Host and other factors.