No one can say for certain who gave the name “Oscar” to the Academy Awards statuette. Bette Davis said it was she, because it reminded her of then-husband Harmon O. (Oscar) Nelson. Some say the Academy librarian, Margaret Herrick, named it after her Uncle Oscar. Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky says he named the statuette Oscar to “erase the phony dignity”.¹ … Continue reading Why Do We Have the Oscars?