The Oscars award ceremony(奥斯卡颁奖典礼) is one of the most famous ceremonies in the world. It (watch) live on TV around the world every year. The first ceremony(happen) in Hollywood in 1929, and all of the (prize) were for silent films. For the first ten years, the results were given to the newspapers before the ceremony. However, since 1941, the names of the winners have been secret until the last moment.
No one is (exact) sure where the name"Oscars" came from. One story is that in 1931, the director of the Academy thought that the golden award looked her uncle Oscar, so the name stayed.
No one is very interested in the men wear, but the biggest fashion houses, like Chanel and Dior, try to invite (popular) women stars in the world to wear their dresses. The stars usually get the dresses for free, and they usually look great.
The speeches that the winners make are often rather boring, as they' re usually just a list of people they want (thank). The winners often get very excited— sometimes can be almost impossible to understand what they are saying!