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While officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is affectionately known as Oscar, a nickname popularized by Academy librarian Margaret Herrick and adopted by the Academy in 1939.—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025 Like Wicked, the three statuettes that she's already snagged also had their roots in a Broadway musical: the 2015 revival of The Color Purple.
Want more movie news?—Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025 Grande and Erivo continue to be lauded by fans and many in Hollywood, but will that buzz be enough to get them the Oscar statuettes?—Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025 Vying for the marquee Motion Pictures: Live Action statuette are the sound-mixing teams behind four the 10 top-grossing non-toon films of 2024 — Deadpool & Wolverine, Dune: Part Two, Gladiator II and Wicked — along with the young Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for statuette
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