The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures.

On 14 September 2012 Brian Lara was inducted to the ICC's Hall of Fame at the awards ceremony held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

He also won the 2001 Most Popular Driver award at the end of the year in the awards ' ceremony banquet.

The film received an overwhelmingly positive reception and won four Guldbagge Awards ( Sweden's official film awards ) at the 1999 ceremony.

In 2002, the inaugural television component of the " Unböring " campaign, titled Lamp, went on to win several awards, including a Grand Clio, Golds at the London International Awards and the ANDY Awards, and the Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, the most prestigious awards ceremony in the advertising community.

The opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians ( ICM ) is where the awards are presented: Fields Medals ( two to four medals are given since 1936 ), the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize ( since 1986 ), the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize ( since 2006 ), and the Chern Medal Award ( since 2010 ).

Three finalists are named and the trophy is awarded at the NHL awards ceremony after the conclusion of the playoffs.

At the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, the creative music video for " Virtual Insanity " won four awards ; Best Video, Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography, and Breakthrough Video, and the band performed the song at the ceremony.

They were awarded an Ivor Novello Award for " Outstanding Contribution to British Music " in 1977, as well as a " Lifetime Achievement Award " at the 42nd Annual Ivor Novello awards ceremony in 1997.

In an awards ceremony in the Critics Choice Awards celebrating Tarantino, he said he got his start in filmmaking in his 20s.

In 2005, the National Secular Society held the inaugural " Secularist of the Year " awards ceremony.

They were honored at several ceremonies in Washington, D. C., including a White House ceremony where then-President George H. W. Bush presented awards to each school.

It was conceived during the awards ceremony for the 1977 Oahu Perimeter Relay ( a running race for 5-person teams ).

According to Director of the Writers and Illustrators Contests Joni Labaqui, the funds to underwrite the contest — including the cash prizes, the gala awards ceremony and the weeklong pre-awards festivities — come from the Hubbard estate.

Eisner enthusiastically participated in the awards ceremony, congratulating each recipient.

* June 26 – At a ceremony in London, Queen Victoria awards the first sixty-six Victoria Crosses to British troops, for actions during the Crimean War.

* East Coast Music Awards, an annual awards ceremony for music appreciation on the east coast of Canada

At the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, Fatboy Slim won 6 awards for " Weapon of Choice ", the most awards at the ceremony.

It was known as the Hero's Cauldron and was in the backdrop of every awards ceremony.

Queen closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing " The Show Must Go On ", " We Will Rock You " and " We Are the Champions ".

The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a widely viewed televised ceremony.

Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, as prescribed by Section 8 of this Title, an amount not exceeding the principal of each award, plus accrued interests on such awards as bear interest, certified pursuant to Section 5 of this Title, in accordance with the award.

Although there are seven other types of annual awards presented by the Academy ( the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Gordon E. Sawyer Award, the Scientific and Engineering Award, the Technical Achievement Award, the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation, and the Student Academy Award ) plus two awards that are not presented annually ( the Special Achievement Award in the form of an Oscar statuette and the Honorary Award that may or may not be in the form of an Oscar statuette ), the best known one is the Academy Award of Merit more popularly known as the Oscar statuette.

Jonathan Tunick is the most prominent arranger, being one of only twelve people to have won Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony awards.

One of the most famous contemporary buildings by an anthroposophical architect is ING House, an ING Bank building in Amsterdam, which has received several awards for its ecological design and approach to a self-sustaining ecology as an autonomous building and example of sustainable architecture.

Lara was awarded the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World awards in 1994 and 1995 and is also one of only three cricketers to receive the prestigious BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, the other two being Sir Garfield Sobers and Shane Warne.

Most contracts are awarded by the Department for Transport ( DfT ), with the exception of Merseyrail, where the franchise is awarded by Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive, and ScotRail, where the DfT awards on the advice of the Scottish Government.

The number of awards is 32, because Pauling received prizes in both Chemistry and Peace.

The best known CAMRA award is the Champion Beer of Britain, which is selected at the Great British Beer Festival, other awards include the Champion Beer of Scotland and the Champion Beer of Wales.

Currently, there is no system in place that awards only one state or national title.

A dance competition is an organized event in which contestants perform dances before a judge or judges for awards, and in some cases, monetary prizes.

The Darwin Awards books state that an attempt is made to disallow known urban legends from the awards, but some older " winners " have been ' grandfathered ' to keep their awards.

Because the Army Distinguished Service Medal is principally awarded to general officers, a list of notable recipients would include nearly every general and admiral since 1918, many of whom received multiple awards, as well as a few civilians and sergeants major prominent for their contributions to national defense.

Coppola is one of only eight filmmakers to win two Palme d ' Or awards and is the only filmmaker to win both in the same decade.

Fantasy sports are considered gambling and therefore illegal if the competition does not meet this rule: " prizes and awards offered to winning participants are established and made known to the participants in advance of the game or contest and their value is not determined by the number of participants or the amount of any fees paid by those participants.

The other five players were from West Germany's squad of 1966 – 1974, and this record is closely followed by a select group of players who have won two of the awards ( either Gold and Silver or Gold and Bronze, or Silver and Bronze ).

FIDE awards a number of organisational titles, including International Arbiter, which signifies that the recipient is competent and trusted to oversee top-class competitions.

The award is named for Alice B. Sheldon, who wrote under the pseudonym James Tiptree, Jr. By choosing a masculine nom de plume, having her stories accepted under that name and winning awards with them, Sheldon helped demonstrate that the division between male and female science fiction writing was illusory.

Their best known track is " Virtual Insanity ", which won four awards at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards.

The awards have traditionally been given in five categories: government service ; public service ; community leadership ; journalism, literature, and creative communication arts ; and peace and international understanding.

The ribbon is bright blue, a colour traditionally associated with bravery awards.

Originally held in November or December in its early years, the awards ceremony has traditionally taken place in March or April for more than 20 years.

The ceremony is held annually in Hollywood and has traditionally been considered one of the more formal children's awards ceremonies, with honorees and their chaperones " dressing-up " for the occasion, and arriving in limousines.

A letterman jacket is a jacket traditionally worn by high school and college students in the United States to represent school and team pride as well as to display personal awards earned in athletics, academics or activities.

This race is traditionally when year-end titles and awards are decided.

For some time in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries new diocesan bishops traditionally received the DD on appointment ; but since 1961 this has not been the custom and all awards are made on an individual basis.

During the Franco-Chinese War of 1884, Ding was awarded the Yellow Riding Jacket by the Qing Emperor, traditionally the highest military awards in the Qing Empire.

The winners for the 2010-2011 season were announced on May 10, 2011, with a ceremony to be held June 7 ; the awards are traditionally presented by former award winners.

In May 2012 the Union was shortlisted for NUS HE innovative student engagement award at the NUS HE awards held in Nottingham nad received the award for its work in using innovative techniques to engage traditionally hard to reach groups, techniques based upon monitoring of online memberships and online ticket purchases.

Two annual awards have traditionally been presented at TSP: The Lone Star Gazer Award ( for personal achievement, accomplishment, and expertise ) and The Omega Centauri Award ( for public awareness and / or promotion of astronomy ).

The Antenna Awards are the annual Channel 31 community television awards, held since since 2004 and traditionally hosted at a gala awards ceremony at Federation Square in Melbourne by C31 Melbourne.

" The awards party for the poll has traditionally been hosted at the Ministry of Sound nightclub in London.

The awards ceremony is traditionally held in Berlin.