As you know, people in the film world love the glamour of awards ceremonies, film festivals and film premieres.. But probably the most famous show in the world is the Academy Awards, bes
Trang 1Welcome to Los Angeles, and more specifically, welcome to Hollywood - the home of movies and movie stars! Now, before we start the tour, I'm going to tell you a little bit about some of the most important events that happen here every year As you know, people in the film world love the glamour of awards ceremonies, film festivals and film premieres Most of you will have heard of the Cannes Film Festival
in France - and many of you will have seen the stars on TV being interviewed outside famous cinemas
in London or New York just before a premiere But probably the most famous show in the world is the Academy Awards, best known as the Oscars The show takes place in late February or early March when all the other important awards ceremonies have already taken place It's held at the Kodak Theatre - which you'll see later - and, on the night, giant, golden, 24-foot-high Oscar statues stand outside the building These days of course, it's a glamorous and glittering ceremony that everybody
in the film world wants to go to, but it wasn't always so popular The first ceremony was held in 1927
at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and there were less than 250 people there Compare that with today, when more than a billion people turn on their TVs to watch the show
1 When does the Oscars usually take place?
A at the beginning of February
B at the end of the year
C after other awards ceremonies
2 How many people are estimated to watch the Oscars on
TV?
A 250 billion
B a billion
C 27 million The Golden Globes Awards is another big film awards ceremony that takes place here in Los Angeles It's held every year in January and, although the awards aren’t considered as important as the Oscars, they are still very important One of the reasons for this is that they sometimes predict the Oscar winners The first ceremony was held in 1944 at the 20th Century Fox studios, but since then, they've been held every year at different places such as the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel The awards are organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press
Association This is made up of journalists from different countries around the world who write about all the film gossip in Hollywood The Association is famous for its huge donations to
charity In the past 11 years it has donated more than $5.5 million to different charities
3 Where does the Golden Globes Awards take place?
A in a film studio
B in different places C in Beverly Hills
4 Who gives the awards?
A actors
B members of different charities
C journalists
The Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies as they are better known, are also famous in
Hollywood, but they are a very different kind of awards ceremony! They were created by a man called John Wilson in 1980 Wilson, who had worked in the film world for many years, decided that many Hollywood actors were too serious So, he decided to give awards to people for things like the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting and directing Many very famous actors,
directors and producers have received a Golden Raspberry Of course, not many people have actually collected their awards and many people have been very angry about them! However, when Halle Berry won the award for worst actress for her performance in Catwoman, she
amazed Hollywood when she held her Oscar in one hand and her Razzie in the other and gave
an acceptance speech at the Razzie ceremony
5 What are Golden Raspberry Awards given for?
A great performances
B bad acting
C good writing
6 Why did Halle Berry surprise people in Hollywood?
A She won an Oscar for Catwoman
B She wrote an angry letter to the newspapers
C She collected her Razzie award