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The Academy Award for best picture is considered the highest honor in movies. Winning that marquee Oscar also means cementing a place in the history books–though the anointed films are not exempt from ...

That little gold man bestowed as filmmaking's highest honor at the Academy Awards has a name. It's Oscar. Yes, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the governing body for the glitzy annual ...