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35-509: The 11th Academy Awards were held on February 23, 1939, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California , and hosted by Frank Capra. Frank Capra became the first person to win three Best Director awards, to be followed by John Ford (who would go on to win four) and William Wyler . La Grande Illusion was the first non-English language film to be nominated for Best Picture . This

70-425: A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) (2001); Britney Spears , Overprotected (Darkchild Remix) (2002); Simple Plan , Shut Up! (2005); The Wallflowers (2005); Daniel Powter (2005); Lostprophets (2009); Anjulie , "Rain" (2009); Daughtry (2009); Tank (2010); Alexander Kogan (2011); Chris Price , Homesick (2012); Ed Sheeran , Thinking Out Loud (2014); John Legend (featuring Chance

105-565: A grand Spanish Baroque Revival bronze doorway, whose astrological clock still keeps time today. Two figures appear on the stairwell front—on the left is the Roman goddess of agriculture Ceres , while on the right is the Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa . The current main lobby is located in the rear of the building, in the former Music Room, at the hotel's Grand Avenue entrance. It still has its original travertine walls and oak paneling, as well as

140-609: A linen Biltmore napkin and sketched the design for the Oscar statue on it. Eight Oscar ceremonies were held in the Biltmore Bowl during the Academy's early years of 1931, 1935–1939, and 1941–1942. The band leader Shep Fields conducted his "Rippling Rhythm Orchestra" during the 1939 ceremonies at the Biltmore. Decades later in 1977, Bob Hope hosted the Academy's 50th Anniversary banquet in

175-569: A row; the other, Tom Hanks , also did so in 1994. George Bernard Shaw 's screenplay win for Pygmalion made him the first—and, for over 60 years, only—person to win both a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award until Bob Dylan received Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 after having won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2001. Shaw protested his win, roaring, from London: It's an insult! It's perfect nonsense. My position as playwright

210-424: A staircase leading down to the huge Biltmore Bowl ballroom, in the hotel's basement. Also of interest is the hotel's health club and indoor pool, which was modeled after the decks of 1920s luxury ocean liners. Solid brass trim on windows, doors and railings, teakwood deck chairs and hand-laid Italian mosaic tile on the walls and in the pool are original. The Los Angeles Biltmore is known for being an early home to

245-510: Is known throughout the world. To offer me an award of this sort is an insult, as if they have never heard of me before—and it's very likely they never have. Radio coverage was banned at the ceremony. A reporter, George Fischer from Los Angeles' Mutual Radio Network station, KHJ , which had been reporting from the Academy Awards since 1930, locked himself in a booth and was able to broadcast for about 12 minutes before security guards broke down

280-622: The Academy Awards ceremony—the Oscars. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded at a luncheon banquet in the Crystal Ballroom in May 1927, when guests such as Louis B. Mayer met to discuss plans for the new organization and presenting achievement awards to colleagues in their industry. Legend has it that MGM art director Cedric Gibbons , who was in attendance, immediately grabbed

315-753: The Castilian heritage of Los Angeles. The "Biltmore Angel" is heavily incorporated into the design—as a symbol of the city as well as the Biltmore itself. With a thick steel and concrete frame, the structure takes up half a city block and rises over 11 stories. The interiors of the Biltmore Hotel are decorated with: frescos and murals ; carved marble fountains and columns; massive wood-beamed ceilings; travertine and oak paneled walls; lead crystal chandeliers ; cast bronze stairwells and doorways; fine artisan marquetry and mill work; and heavily embroidered imported tapestries and draperies. Most notable are

350-584: The Biltmore Bowl, the world's largest nightclub, in the hotel's basement. In 1951, the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Company was sold to Corrigan Properties for more than $ 12 million. In 1969, The Biltmore Hotel was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument by the City of Los Angeles . The decaying hotel was sold for $ 5 million in 1976 to developer Gene R. Summers and his business partner Phyllis Lambert . They spent millions more to restore

385-507: The Christ which ran for 14 weeks in 1926 and silent Academy Award winner Wings , which stayed over 20 weeks in 1928. In 1929, Germany's Graf Zeppelin airship soared over the hotel on its round-the-world voyage, sponsored by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst . Crew and passengers were fed by Biltmore culinary staff, who also replenished their on-board supplies. The Los Angeles Biltmore hotel also featured notable recordings from

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420-1312: The Line of Fire (1993), Independence Day (1996), The Italian Job (2003), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007), The Nutty Professor (1996), Ocean's 11 (1960), Oppenheimer (2023), A Family Affair (2024), Pretty in Pink (1986), Prom Night (2008), Something New (2006), Splash (1984), A Star Is Born (1937), They Live (1988), The Omega Man (1971), True Lies (1994), Wedding Crashers (2005), The Wedding Ringer (2015), Rocky III (1982). The hotel's exterior can also be seen in Fight Club (1999) and Heat (1995). Grey's Anatomy , 24 , Ally McBeal , Beverly Hills, 90210 , Black Monday , Bosch , Charlie's Angels , Columbo , CSI: NY , Drop Dead Diva , Entourage , ER , Glee , The Good Place , Heroes , House , Leverage , Mad Men , Mob City , Nip/Tuck , NYPD Blue , The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills , Timeless , Scandal , That '70s Show , War and Remembrance , The West Wing , Dinner for Five , Hacks , The Golden Girls , Murder, She Wrote , The L Word: Generation Q . The hotel

455-613: The Millennium brand to The Biltmore brand and renamed The Biltmore Los Angeles . That same year, it was inducted into Historic Hotels of America , a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation . The architectural firm Schultze & Weaver designed the Biltmore's exterior in a synthesis of the Spanish-Italian Renaissance Revival , Mediterranean Revival , and Beaux Arts styles, meant as an homage to

490-706: The Music Room (now the Lobby), with running mate Lyndon B. Johnson across the hall in the Emerald Room. Their press conferences in the Crystal Ballroom were heavily photographed and documented. The Beatles paid a visit to the Presidential Suite in August 1964 during their first U.S. tour. Due to the overwhelming number of fans crowding the sidewalks in front of the hotel, the band was forced to access their room by landing atop

525-621: The Rapper ), Penthouse Floor (2016); Taylor Swift , Delicate (2018); Jennifer Lopez , El Anillo (2018); Meek Mill & Drake , Going Bad (2019); Justin Bieber , Yummy (2020); Jisoo , Flower (2023). Millennium %26 Copthorne Hotels The group's origins date to the early 1970s, when Singapore billionaire Kwek Leng Beng opened the King's Hotel through the Hong Leong Group ,

560-679: The US market, purchasing The Millennium Hilton and the Macklowe Hotel , both in New York. In 1995, CDL Hotels acquired Copthorne Hotels for £219 million. British Caledonian Airways had acquired the Copthorne Hotel at Copthorne, West Sussex , near Gatwick in 1972 and later launched the Copthorne Hotels brand in 1985. CDL merged the two chains into Millennium & Copthorne Hotels. In 1996,

595-423: The cast-plaster ceiling beams. The Tiffany Room was originally a foyer for the adjoining Crystal Ballroom. Its decor centers around exploration, with relief sculptures and panels depicting Queen Isabella I of Castile , and Christopher Columbus and other Spanish New World explorers . The split-level Gold Room, once a dining room for elite guests, features Prohibition-era hidden liquor compartments and panels along

630-421: The ceiling for press photographers to take pictures of the event below. It is decorated with a gold cast-plaster ceiling, hand-oiled wood paneling, and nine mirrored windows along three sides. The South Galleria is painted with floral friezes inspired by the decor of ancient Roman Pompeii , and features a vaulted ceiling, marble balustrades and heavy Roman piers. Gold-painted wrought iron gates open to

665-770: The chain was listed on the London Stock Exchange . In 1999, the company acquired the 17-property Regal Hotels chain in the United States and in 2001 it expanded into the Middle East with several management contracts secured in the United Arab Emirates. In 2006 the chain expanded to China, and opened the first of six more hotels in China in 2008. In 2015, the group announced four new hotels to open in Dubai . Still in 2015,

700-664: The door. Partial radio coverage was permitted again beginning with the 1942 ceremony. Nominees were announced on February 5, 1939. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface . Academy Juvenile Awards were presented to: Millennium Biltmore Hotel The Biltmore Los Angeles is a historic hotel opened in 1923 and located opposite Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles , California . The hotel has 70,000 square feet (6,500 m ) of meeting and banquet space. Built with 1500 guestrooms, it now has 683. The Los Angeles Biltmore opened on October 1, 1923. It

735-510: The early 1930s on the Brunswick record label by Earl Burtnett & His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra, with songs such as the popular "Putting on the Ritz" being recorded with an orchestra attributed to the hotel. During World War II , the Biltmore served as a military rest and recreation facility, with the entire second floor equipped with cots for military personnel on leave. On March 7, 1952,

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770-572: The frescoed mural ceilings in the main Galleria and the Crystal Ballroom, which were hand painted in 1922 by Italian artist John B. Smeraldi , known for his work in the Vatican and the White House . Smeraldi and his team famously painted the ballroom's colorful, seamless fresco over a period of seven months, decorating it with figures of Greek and Roman gods, angels, cupids and other mythological creatures. It

805-470: The group's financial results slightly declined due to troubled events affecting tourism worldwide which led to the resignation of its CEO Aloysius Lee. Tan Kian Seng began serving as the interim CEO after Jennifer Fox stepped down as the group's CEO in September 2018, just three months after her appointment. In 2019, CDL, which owned a controlling 62.5% stake in Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, bought back

840-1226: The hotel in a helicopter. The Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel served the International Olympic Committee as their headquarters during the 1984 Summer Olympics . In 1988, the Duke & Duchess of York were hosted by Armand Hammer at a Biltmore gala. Recently the Biltmore has hosted the semi-finals for American Idol , the yearly awards for the Cinemal Audio Society, visiting teams for the World Baseball Classic , and multiple Grammy Awards after-parties. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Alien Nation (1988), Bachelor Party (1984), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Blow (2001), Blue Streak (1999), Bugsy (1991), Chinatown (1974), Cruel Intentions (1999), Daredevil (2003), Dave (1993), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), The Game (1997), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), Ghostbusters (1984), Heartbreakers (2001), In

875-526: The hotel over the next five years, before selling it to Westgroup Inc. in 1984. Westgroup redeveloped the property to designs by Seattle architect Barnett Schorr. The guest rooms in the rear portion of the structure, facing Grand Avenue, were converted to office space known as Biltmore Court. Directly adjacent on Grand Avenue, an adjoining 24-story office tower was constructed on the property, the Biltmore Tower. The remaining hotel portion facing Pershing Square

910-426: The large artificial skylighted ceiling, reflected in the custom carpet below. Each ballroom on the Galleria level is themed either after the room's original function or the hotel's overall California-heritage premise. The Crystal Ballroom was the hotel's original main ballroom. The Emerald Ballroom was once the hotel's main dining room; its decor features images of hunt and harvest, with hand-painted animals and fish on

945-619: The parent company of City Developments Limited (CDL). In 1989, CDL Hotels International, which now owned six hotels in Asia, was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange . In 1993, CDL made its first move outside Asia, purchasing the 548-room Gloucester Hotel and The Bailey's Hotel , both in London. In the same year CDL took control of a 13-hotel chain in New Zealand. In 1994, CDL entered

980-616: The remaining shares for £776.29 million and de-listed the company from the London Stock Exchange. Clarence Tan was appointed CEO of Millennium and Copthorne Hotels in March 2020, and left the role in July 2020 four months after his appointment. In May 2020, Millennium & Copthorne announced 910 job losses from its 20 hotels in New Zealand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . In reaction to

1015-496: The same room. The Biltmore Theater was situated at the corner of 5th and Grand, now the Biltmore Court & Tower location. Will Rogers emceed the opening of the theater in 1924, which then hosted plays starring Helen Hayes , Katharine Hepburn , Alfred Lunt , Lynn Fontanne , Bela Lugosi and Mae West until it closed in 1967. It also occasionally booked high-profile films such as the 1925 silent epic Ben Hur: A Tale of

1050-572: The well-known yogi and author Paramahansa Yogananda , collapsed and died of a heart attack after finishing a speech at a banquet in honor of the Indian ambassador Binay Ranjan Sen . This site within the hotel is now revered by many as the place of the yogi's mahasamadhi , or conscious leave of the body. The 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles chose John F. Kennedy as the party's presidential nominee. He set up his campaign headquarters in

1085-528: Was completely renovated. Regal Hotels purchased The Biltmore in 1996 and it was renamed the Regal Biltmore Hotel . Regal was sold to Millennium & Copthorne Hotels in 1999, and the hotel was renamed the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on April 9, 2001. In 2016, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels established a separate luxury brand called The Biltmore, and in 2024, the hotel was moved from

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1120-650: Was developed by the nationwide Bowman-Biltmore Hotels chain. At the time, it was the largest hotel in the United States west of Chicago . The hotel was sold to nightclub owner Baron Long in 1933, in the depths of the Great Depression . Long also owned the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego and had developed the Agua Caliente resort in Tijuana. Long renovated the hotel and renamed it The Biltmore Hotel . He established

1155-587: Was featured in Visiting... with Huell Howser Episode 625, as well as a commercial for Stanton Optical, a company based in Palm Springs, Florida . The hotel's exterior can also be seen in Curb Your Enthusiasm , and in the thirty-fifth season of The Amazing Race . The hotel hosted Miss Teen USA 2024 and Miss USA 2024 on August 4, 2024. Steve Perry , Oh Sherrie (1984); Janet Jackson , Son of

1190-504: Was meticulously restored in the 1980s by Smeraldi's apprentice, Anthony Heinsbergen . The imported Austrian crystal chandeliers that adorn it are 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter. The hotel's original main lobby is today known as the Rendezvous Court, and is used for afternoon tea. It is decorated with a Moorish Revival styled plaster ceiling painted with 24 Carat Gold accents, two original imported Italian chandeliers from 1923, and

1225-535: Was the first of only two times in Oscar history in which three of the four acting winners had won before; only Fay Bainter was a first-time award winner. The only other time that this happened was at the 67th Academy Awards in 1994. Fay Bainter was the first performer in the Oscars history to receive two acting nominations in the same year , while Spencer Tracy became the first of two actors to win Best Actor two years in

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