I 'm delighted to introduce to you the school's professor of manufacturing science, Jacqueline Allen, who again chaired the panel of judges. Jacqueline.
And the reason that I did that was because even though all of you are dressed to the nines, and all of you are leaders in your respective industries, I think of this evening as more than just an awards show.
And more than 3,000 of them have been presented since May 16th, 1929 when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held its first award ceremony.
It was probably used to make the window you daydream out of and when people thank the academy for the Oscars they just won, the statuettes they're holding are mostly made of tin.
With tens of millions of viewers, the Oscars are one of the, if not the most watched show in America that isn't a sports event, but in recent years the Academy Awards have seen a decline in TV viewership.
If you see, like, the Oscars or any awards shows, there's always going to be some sort of a newspaper or a magazine, saying: " She made a faux pas, a fashion faux pas. Very bad."
The last week of the season we usually have a dinner and presentation of prizes to the players, and more information about this will be given to you later in the season.
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