That sort of frazzled energy wasn't a part of the first Academy Awards: The ceremony took place three months after the winners were announced. Academy President Douglas Fairbanks emceed the event ...

including the Oscar nominees luncheon (initially set for Monday, Feb. 10, and now canceled), and the Scientific and Technical Awards (initally scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 18, and now indefinitely ...

Compared to today's Academy Awards, the first Oscars held in 1929 was a quaint dinner party that honored a history-making ...