How did the Academy Award get that sticky Oscar nickname? Was it Bette Davis seeing her husband's rump or a gossip columnist ...

Despite being Hollywood's most prestigious award ... That's according to Academy regulations, which state that winners "shall not sell or otherwise dispose of the Oscar statuette, nor permit ...

officially calls him the Academy Award of Merit. But the familiar gold-plated statue of a sword-holding knight is universally referred to as the Oscar. The catchy nickname has been around so long ...