The Academy Awards are run in America.
The Academy Awards , now known officially as the Oscars , is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry , given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership . The Ambassador Hotel was a hotel in Los Angeles , California , and location of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub until it was demolished in 2005 .