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Academy Awards | Remarks about animated films as children's genre | Remarks about animated films as children's genre
At the 94th Academy Awards in 2022, the award for the Best Animated Feature was presented by three actresses who portrayed Disney princess characters in live-action remakes of their respective animated films: Lily James (Cinderella), Naomi Scott (Aladdin), and Halle Ba... |
Academy Awards | Associated events | Associated events
The following events are closely associated with the annual Academy Awards:
Governors Awards, which includes the presentation of the Academy Honorary Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
The 25th Independent Spirit Awards (2010), usually held in S... |
Academy Awards | Presenter and performer gifts | Presenter and performer gifts
It has become a tradition to give out gift bags to the presenters and performers at the Oscars. In recent years, these gifts have been extended to award nominees and winners. The value of each of these gift bags can reach into the tens of thousands of dollars. In 2014, the value was repo... |
Academy Awards | Television ratings and advertisement prices | Television ratings and advertisement prices
From 2006 onwards, results are Live+SD; all previous years are live viewing.
Year Viewers,millions Ad price,USD, millions Adjusted price,USD, millions Network 2025 19.69 1.7-2.3 Not available ABC 2024 19.49 1.7-2.2 Not available 2023 18.7 2.1 Not available 2022 16.6 1.71 ... |
Academy Awards | Notable highest wins and nominees | Notable highest wins and nominees |
Academy Awards | By films | By films
The following nominees received at least 10 nominations:
Nominations Title 14 All About Eve Titanic La La Land 13 Gone with the Wind From Here to Eternity Mary Poppins Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Forrest Gump Shakespeare in Love The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Chicago The Curious Case... |
Academy Awards | By franchises | By franchises
The following nominees received at least 5 nominations:
Nominations Title No. of films 38 Star Wars 11 37 Middle-earth (consists of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit) 6 29 Batman 7 28 The Godfather 3 27 Marvel Cinematic Universe 15 19 James Bond 11 16 Looney Tunes 16 16 Star Trek 7 15 Dune 2 15 In... |
Academy Awards | By people | By people
The following nominees received at least 5 nominations:
Nominations Title Role 59 Walt Disney Producer, animator, and voice actor 54 John Williams Composer 45 Alfred Newman Composer 39 Cedric Gibbons Production designer 35 Edith Head Costume designer 32 Edwin B. Willis Production designer 29 Lyle R. Whee... |
Academy Awards | See also | See also
List of film awards
List of Academy Award-nominated films
List of actors with Academy Award nominations
List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees |
Academy Awards | Footnotes | Footnotes |
Academy Awards | References | References |
Academy Awards | Further reading | Further reading
German-language book review of the book.
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Academy Awards | External links | External links
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Academy Awards | Table of Content | Short description, History, Milestones, Oscar statuette, Overview, Naming, Engraving, Ownership of Oscar statuettes, Other awards presented by the Academy, Nomination, Voters, Rules, Academy Screening Room, Awards ceremonies, Telecast, TV ratings, Archive, Venues, Categories, Current categories, Upcoming categories, Di... |
Actrius | Use dmy dates | Actresses (Catalan: Actrius) is a 1997 Catalan language Spanish drama film produced and directed by Ventura Pons and based on the award-winning stage play E.R. by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet. The film has no male actors, with all roles played by females. The film was produced in 1996. |
Actrius | Synopsis | Synopsis
In order to prepare herself to play a role commemorating the life of legendary actress Empar Ribera, young actress (Mercè Pons) interviews three established actresses who had been the Ribera's pupils: the international diva Glòria Marc (Núria Espert), the television star Assumpta Roca (Rosa Maria Sardà), and... |
Actrius | Cast | Cast
Núria Espert as Glòria Marc
Rosa Maria Sardà as Assumpta Roca
Anna Lizaran as Maria Caminal
Mercè Pons as Estudiant |
Actrius | Recognition | Recognition |
Actrius | Screenings | Screenings
Actrius screened in 2001 at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in an American Cinematheque retrospective of the works of its director. The film had first screened at the same location in 1998. It was also shown at the 1997 Stockholm International Film Festival. |
Actrius | Reception | Reception
In Movie - Film - Review, Christopher Tookey wrote that though the actresses were "competent in roles that may have some reference to their own careers", the film "is visually unimaginative, never escapes its stage origins, and is almost totally lacking in revelation or surprising incident". Noting that the... |
Actrius | Awards and nominations | Awards and nominations
1997, won 'Best Catalan Film' at Butaca Awards for Ventura Pons
1997, won 'Best Catalan Film Actress' at Butaca Awards, shared by Núria Espert, Rosa Maria Sardà, Anna Lizaran, and Mercè Pons
1998, nominated for 'Best Screenplay' at Goya Awards, shared by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet and Ventur... |
Actrius | References | References |
Actrius | External links | External links
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Actrius | Table of Content | Use dmy dates, Synopsis, Cast, Recognition, Screenings, Reception, Awards and nominations, References, External links |
Animalia (book) | Short description | Animalia is an illustrated children's book by Graeme Base. It was originally published in 1986, followed by a tenth anniversary edition in 1996, and a 25th anniversary edition in 2012. Over four million copies have been sold worldwide. A special numbered and signed anniversary edition was also published in 1996, with a... |
Animalia (book) | Synopsis | Synopsis
Animalia is an alliterative alphabet book and contains twenty-six illustrations, one for each letter of the alphabet. Each illustration features an animal from the animal kingdom (A is for alligator and armadillo, B is for butterfly, C is for cat, etc.) along with a tongue-twister utilizing the letter of the p... |
Animalia (book) | Related products | Related products
Julia MacRae Books published an Animalia colouring book in 2008. H. N. Abrams also published a wall calendar colouring book version for children the same year.
H. N. Abrams published The Animalia Wall Frieze, a fold-out over 26 feet in length, in which the author created new riddles for each letter.
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Animalia (book) | Adaptations | Adaptations
A television series was also created, based on the book, which airs in Canada. The Australian Children's Television Foundation released a teaching resource DVD-ROM in 2011 to accompany the TV series with teaching aids for classroom use.
In 2010, The Base Factory and AppBooks released Animalia as an applica... |
Animalia (book) | Awards | Awards
Animalia won the Young Australian's Best Book Award in 1987 for Best Picture Story Book.
The Children's Book Council of Australia designated Animalia a 1987 Picture Book of the Year: Honour Book.
Kid's Own Australian Literature Awards named Animalia the 1988 Picture Book Winner. |
Animalia (book) | References | References |
Animalia (book) | External links | External links
Graeme Base's official website
A Learning Time activity guide for Animalia created by The Little Big Book Club
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Animalia (book) | Table of Content | Short description, Synopsis, Related products, Adaptations, Awards, References, External links |
International Atomic Time | Short description | International Atomic Time (abbreviated TAI, from its French name Temps atomique 1975) is a high-precision atomic coordinate time standard based on the notional passage of proper time on Earth's geoid. TAI is a weighted average of the time kept by over 450 atomic clocks in over 80 national laboratories worldwide. It is ... |
International Atomic Time | Operation | Operation
TAI is a weighted average of the time kept by over 450 atomic clocks in over 80 national laboratories worldwide. The majority of the clocks involved are caesium clocks; the International System of Units (SI) definition of the second is based on caesium. The clocks are compared using GPS signals and two-way ... |
International Atomic Time | History | History
Early atomic time scales consisted of quartz clocks with frequencies calibrated by a single atomic clock; the atomic clocks were not operated continuously. Atomic timekeeping services started experimentally in 1955, using the first caesium atomic clock at the National Physical Laboratory, UK (NPL). It was use... |
International Atomic Time | Relation to UTC | Relation to UTC
Contrary to TAI, UTC is a discontinuous time scale. It is occasionally adjusted by leap seconds. Between these adjustments, it is composed of segments that are mapped to atomic time by a constant offset. From its beginning in 1961 through December 1971, the adjustments were made regularly in fractiona... |
International Atomic Time | See also | See also
Clock synchronization
Time and frequency transfer |
International Atomic Time | Notes | Notes |
International Atomic Time | References | References
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International Atomic Time | Footnotes | Footnotes |
International Atomic Time | Bibliography | Bibliography
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International Atomic Time | External links | External links
BIPM technical services: Time Metrology
Time and Frequency Section - National Physical Laboratory, UK
IERS website
NIST Web Clock FAQs
History of time scales
NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock
Japan Standard Time Project, NICT, Japan
Standard of time definition: UTC, GPS, LORAN and TAI
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International Atomic Time | Table of Content | Short description, Operation, History, Relation to UTC, See also, Notes, References, Footnotes, Bibliography, External links |
Altruism | Short description | thumb|Giving alms to the poor is often considered an altruistic action.
Altruism is the concern for the well-being of others, independently of personal benefit or reciprocity.
The word altruism was popularised (and possibly coined) by the French philosopher Auguste Comte in French, as , for an antonym of egoism. He d... |
Altruism | The notion of altruism | The notion of altruism
The concept of altruism has a history in philosophical and ethical thought. The term was coined in the 19th century by the founding sociologist and philosopher of science Auguste Comte, and has become a major topic for psychologists (especially evolutionary psychology researchers), evolutionary ... |
Altruism | Cross-cultural perspectives on altruism | Cross-cultural perspectives on altruism
Cross-cultural perspectives on altruism show that how we view and experience helping others depends heavily on where we come from. In individualistic cultures, like many Western countries, acts of altruism often bring personal joy and satisfaction, as they align with values that ... |
Altruism | Scientific viewpoints<!--linked from 'Evolution of morality'--> | Scientific viewpoints |
Altruism | Anthropology | Anthropology
Marcel Mauss's essay The Gift contains a passage called "Note on alms". This note describes the evolution of the notion of alms (and by extension of altruism) from the notion of sacrifice. In it, he writes: |
Altruism | Evolutionary explanations | Evolutionary explanations
thumb|upright|Giving alms to beggar children
In ethology (the scientific study of animal behaviour), and more generally in the study of social evolution, altruism refers to behavior by an individual that increases the fitness of another individual while decreasing the fitness of the actor. In... |
Altruism | Neurobiology | Neurobiology
Jorge Moll and Jordan Grafman, neuroscientists at the National Institutes of Health and LABS-D'Or Hospital Network, provided the first evidence for the neural bases of altruistic giving in normal healthy volunteers, using functional magnetic resonance imaging. In their research, they showed that both pure... |
Altruism | Psychology | Psychology
The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences defines psychological altruism as "a motivational state to increase another's welfare". Psychological altruism is contrasted with psychological egoism, which refers to the motivation to increase one's welfare. In keeping with this, research in real-world ... |
Altruism | Genetics and environment | Genetics and environment
Both genetics and environment have been implicated in influencing pro-social or altruistic behavior. Candidate genes include OXTR (polymorphisms in the oxytocin receptor), CD38, COMT, DRD4, DRD5, IGF2, AVPR1A and GABRB2. It is theorized that some of these genes influence altruistic behavior by ... |
Altruism | Sociology | Sociology
"Sociologists have long been concerned with how to build the good society". The structure of our societies and how individuals come to exhibit charitable, philanthropic, and other pro-social, altruistic actions for the common good is a commonly researched topic within the field. The American Sociology Associ... |
Altruism | Religious viewpoints | Religious viewpoints
Most, if not all, of the world's religions promote altruism as a very important moral value. Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, and Sikhism, etc., place particular emphasis on altruistic morality. |
Altruism | Buddhism | Buddhism
thumb|Monks collecting alms
Altruism figures prominently in Buddhism. Love and compassion are components of all forms of Buddhism, and are focused on all beings equally: love is the wish that all beings be happy, and compassion is the wish that all beings be free from suffering. "Many illnesses can be cured by... |
Altruism | Jainism | Jainism
thumb|Sculpture depicting the Jain concept of (non-injury)
The fundamental principles of Jainism revolve around altruism, not only for other humans but for all sentient beings. Jainism preaches – to live and let live, not harming sentient beings, i.e. uncompromising reverence for all life. The first , Rishab... |
Altruism | Christianity | Christianity
Thomas Aquinas interprets the biblical phrase "You should love your neighbour as yourself" and as meaning that love for ourselves is the exemplar of love for others.Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, II:II Quaestio 25, Article 4 Considering that "the love with which a man loves himself is the form and roo... |
Altruism | Islam | Islam
In the Arabic language, "" (إيثار) means "preferring others to oneself".'iythar Google Translate
On the topic of donating blood to non-Muslims (a controversial topic within the faith), the Shia religious professor, Fadhil al-Milani has provided theological evidence that makes it positively justifiable. In fact, ... |
Altruism | Judaism | Judaism
Judaism defines altruism as the desired goal of creation. Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook stated that love is the most important attribute in humanity. Love is defined as bestowal, or giving, which is the intention of altruism. This can be altruism towards humanity that leads to altruism towards the creator or God. Ka... |
Altruism | Sikhism | Sikhism
Altruism is essential to the Sikh religion. The central faith in Sikhism is that the greatest deed anyone can do is to imbibe and live the godly qualities such as love, affection, sacrifice, patience, harmony, and truthfulness. , or selfless service to the community for its own sake, is an important concept in ... |
Altruism | Hinduism | Hinduism
In Hinduism, selflessness (), love (), kindness (), and forgiveness () are considered as the highest acts of humanity or "". Giving alms to the beggars or poor people is considered as a divine act or "" and Hindus believe it will free their souls from guilt or "" and will led them to heaven or "" in afterlife.... |
Altruism | Philosophy | Philosophy
There is a wide range of philosophical views on humans' obligations or motivations to act altruistically. Proponents of ethical altruism maintain that individuals are morally obligated to act altruistically. The opposing view is ethical egoism, which maintains that moral agents should always act in their ow... |
Altruism | Effective altruism | Effective altruism
Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement that uses evidence and reasoning to determine the most effective ways to benefit others. Effective altruism encourages individuals to consider all causes and actions and to act in the way that brings about the greatest positive impact, based upo... |
Altruism | Extreme altruism | Extreme altruism |
Altruism | Pathological altruism | Pathological altruism
Pathological altruism is altruism taken to an unhealthy extreme, such that it either harms the altruistic person or the person's well-intentioned actions cause more harm than good.
The term "pathological altruism" was popularised by the book Pathological Altruism.
Examples include depression and... |
Altruism | Characteristics of extreme altruists | Characteristics of extreme altruists
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In 1970, Schwartz hypothesised that extreme altruism is positively related to a person's moral norms and is not influenced by the cost associated with the action. This hypothesis was supported in the same study examining bone marrow donors. Schwartz discovered that indivi... |
Altruism | Possible explanations | Possible explanations
Evolutionary theories such as the kin-selection, reciprocity, vested interest and punishment either contradict or do not fully explain the concept of extreme altruism. As a result, considerable research has attempted for a separate explanation for this behaviour.
Costly Signalling Theory for E... |
Altruism | Digital altruism | Digital altruism
Digital altruism is the notion that some are willing to freely share information based on the principle of reciprocity and in the belief that in the end, everyone benefits from sharing information via the Internet.
There are three types of digital altruism: (1) "everyday digital altruism", involving e... |
Altruism | See also | See also
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Altruism | Further reading | Further reading
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Enke, Benjamin; Tungodden, Bertil (2025). "Universalism: Global Evidence". American Economic Review. 115 (1): 43–76. |
Altruism | Notes | Notes |
Altruism | References | References
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Altruism | External links | External links
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Altruism | Table of Content | Short description, The notion of altruism, Cross-cultural perspectives on altruism, Scientific viewpoints<!--linked from 'Evolution of morality'-->, Anthropology, Evolutionary explanations, Neurobiology, Psychology, Genetics and environment, Sociology, Religious viewpoints, Buddhism, Jainism, Christianity, Islam, Judai... |
Ayn Rand | Short description | Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; , 1905March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (), was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system which she named Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States ... |
Ayn Rand | Life and career | Life and career |
Ayn Rand | Early life | Early life
Rand was born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum on February2, 1905, into a Jewish bourgeois family living in Saint Petersburg, which was then the capital of the Russian Empire. She was the eldest of three daughters of Zinovy Zakharovich Rosenbaum, a pharmacist, and Anna Borisovna (). She was 12 when the October R... |
Ayn Rand | Early fiction | Early fiction
thumb|upright|alt=Poster for the play Night of January 16th|Rand's play Night of January 16th opened on Broadway in 1935.
In 1932, Rand's first literary success was the sale of her screenplay Red Pawn to Universal Studios, although it was never produced. Her courtroom drama Night of January 16th, first... |
Ayn Rand | ''The Fountainhead'' and political activism | The Fountainhead and political activism
In the 1940s, Rand became politically active. She and her husband were full-time volunteers for Republican Wendell Willkie's 1940 presidential campaign. This work put her in contact with other intellectuals sympathetic to free-market capitalism. She became friends with journal... |
Ayn Rand | ''Atlas Shrugged'' and Objectivism | Atlas Shrugged and Objectivism
thumb|upright|alt=Magazine cover with a man holding lightning bolts|Rand's novella Anthem was reprinted in the June 1953 issue of the pulp magazine Famous Fantastic Mysteries.Ralston, Richard E. "Publishing Anthem". In .
Following the publication of The Fountainhead, Rand received many... |
Ayn Rand | Later years | Later years
In the 1960s and 1970s, Rand developed and promoted her Objectivist philosophy through nonfiction and speeches, including annual lectures at the Ford Hall Forum. In answers to audience questions, she took controversial stances on political and social issues. These included supporting abortion rights, oppo... |
Ayn Rand | Literary approach, influences and reception | Literary approach, influences and reception
Rand described her approach to literature as "romantic realism". She wanted her fiction to present the world "as it could be and should be", rather than as it was.Britting, Jeff. "Adapting The Fountainhead to Film". In . This approach led her to create highly stylized situa... |
Ayn Rand | Influences | Influences
thumb|upright|alt=Photo of Victor Hugo|Rand admired the novels of Victor Hugo.
In school, Rand read works by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Victor Hugo, Edmond Rostand, and Friedrich Schiller, who became her favorites. She considered them to be among the "top rank" of Romantic writers because of their focus on moral t... |
Ayn Rand | Contemporary reviews | Contemporary reviews
thumb|right|upright|alt=Photo of Rand|Rand in 1957
The first reviews Rand received were for Night of January 16th. Reviews of the Broadway production were largely positive, but Rand considered even positive reviews to be embarrassing because of significant changes made to her script by the produc... |
Ayn Rand | Academic assessments of Rand's fiction | Academic assessments of Rand's fiction
Academic consideration of Rand as a literary figure during her life was limited. Mimi Reisel Gladstein could not find any scholarly articles about Rand's novels when she began researching her in 1973, and only three such articles appeared during the rest of the 1970s. Since her ... |
Ayn Rand | Philosophy | Philosophy
Rand called her philosophy "Objectivism", describing its essence as "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute". She considered Objectivism a systematic philosophy and ... |
Ayn Rand | Metaphysics and epistemology | Metaphysics and epistemology
In metaphysics, Rand supported philosophical realism and opposed anything she regarded as mysticism or supernaturalism, including all forms of religion.Den Uyl, Douglas J. & Rasmussen, Douglas B. "Ayn Rand's Realism". In . Rand believed in free will as a form of agent causation and reject... |
Ayn Rand | Ethics and politics | Ethics and politics
In ethics, Rand argued for rational and ethical egoism (rational self-interest), as the guiding moral principle. She said the individual should "exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself".Wright, Darryl. A Human Society': Rand's Social Philosop... |
Ayn Rand | Relationship to other philosophers | Relationship to other philosophers
Except for Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas and classical liberals, Rand was sharply critical of most philosophers and philosophical traditions known to her. Acknowledging Aristotle as her greatest influence, Rand remarked that in the history of philosophy she could only recommend "three ... |
Ayn Rand | Early academic reaction | Early academic reaction
During Rand's lifetime, her work received little attention from academic scholars. In 1967, John Hospers discussed Rand's ethical ideas in the second edition of his textbook, An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis. In 1967, Hazel Barnes included a chapter critiquing Objectivism in her book ... |
Ayn Rand | 21st-century academic reaction | 21st-century academic reaction
In 2009, historian Jennifer Burns identified "an explosion of scholarship" about Rand since 2000; however, as of that year, few universities included Rand or Objectivism as a philosophical specialty or research area. From 2002 to 2012, over 60 colleges and universities accepted grants f... |
Ayn Rand | Legacy | Legacy |
Ayn Rand | Popular interest | Popular interest
thumb|upright|alt=Dust jacket from Atlas Shrugged depicting railroad tracks|Atlas Shrugged has sold more than 10 million copies.
With over 37million copies sold , Rand's books continue to be read widely. In 1991, a survey conducted for the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club asked clu... |
Ayn Rand | Political influence | Political influence
Although she rejected the labels "conservative" and "libertarian", Rand has had a continuing influence on right-wing politics and libertarianism. Rand is often considered one of the three most important women, along with Rose Wilder Lane and Isabel Paterson, in the early development of modern Ame... |
Ayn Rand | Objectivist movement | Objectivist movement
thumb|right|upright|alt=Photo of Leonard Peikoff|Rand's heir Leonard Peikoff co-founded the Ayn Rand Institute.
After the closure of the Nathaniel Branden Institute, the Objectivist movement continued in other forms. In the 1970s, Peikoff began delivering courses on Objectivism. In 1979, Peter S... |
Ayn Rand | Selected works | Selected works
Fiction and drama
Night of January 16th (performed 1934, published 1968)
We the Living (1936, revised 1959)
Anthem (1938, revised 1946)
The Unconquered (performed 1940, published 2014)
The Fountainhead (1943)
Atlas Shrugged (1957)
The Early Ayn Rand (1984)
Ideal (1936, performed 1989)
Think T... |
Ayn Rand | Notes | Notes |
Ayn Rand | References | References |
Ayn Rand | Works cited | Works cited
Reprinted from Esquire, July 1961.
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Ayn Rand | Further reading | Further reading
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