It’s that time of year again. February 22nd is quickly impending, and for viewers in over 200 countries the evening will be spent in front of televisions “ooh-ing” and “ahh-ing” over runway fashion and paying more attention to the host than to the nominees for best actor or actress.

But how much do you really know about the Superbowl of awards shows?

Sunday, February 22, marks the 87th Academy Awards. Ten venues have been home to the Academy Awards since 1929 including the  Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Pantages Theatre and Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, but this year they will be at the Dolby Theatre, as they have been since 2001.

The show will not officially start until 5:30 p.m. PST, but many news outlets begin covering the red-carpet as early as 4 p.m.

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The first Academy Awards show ran just fifteen minutes, but the run time has greatly increased since then. The longest show ran four hours and twenty minutes in 2002, but most average just over three hours.

Last year the awards show cost $38.3 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Of $38.3 million, the Academy spent about $45,000 on the 24-karat plated, statuettes given to winners.

This year, Neil Patrick Harris will host the Academy Awards. Although he has not hosted the event before, he has plenty of experience at award shows. Harris has hosted the Emmy awards twice and the Tony awards four times.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, for whom the show is named, is comprised of over 7000 men and women in cinema, according to the academy’s website. To become a member of the academy, candidates must submit an application and be sponsored by two current members.

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There are 17 branches of the academy which nominate recipients for awards. For the most part members only vote to select nominee in the category that corresponds with their own branch with the exception of Best Picture nominations, which all members of the academy are invited to vote for.

The nominations are announced mid-January at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. It is also up to the members of the academy to elect a winner of each category. At this time members are able to vote in all categories. 

The number of categories at the Academy Awards has changed over time, but this year there are twenty-four. They include everything from Best Foreign Language Film to Best Sound Mixing but the most highly anticipated categories each year always seem to include Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Best Actress in a Leading Role.

This year the nominee’s for Best Picture are “Whiplash,” “American Sniper,” “Birdman,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Imitation Game,” “Selma,” “The Theory of Everything,” and “Boyhood.”

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Four of the five nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role are from the films: Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Keaton and Bradley Cooper. In addition, Steve Carell is nominated for his role in “Foxcatcher.”

The nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role are Marion Cotillard, Felicity Jones, Rosamund Pike, Reese Witherspoon, and Julianne Moore. There has been controversy surrounding the nominations this year because all ten of the nominated actors and actresses are caucasian. 

Almost 3,300 guests attended the Academy Awards last year, according to the International Business Times. There were also 388 television crew members and 75 photographers in attendance.

Most of the guests at the show are from the cinema industry, but it possible to attend the show as a “seat-filler,” even if you are not part of the industry. “Seat-fillers,” sit in a celebrity’s chair if he or she needs to get up at any point during the show, to prevent empty seats from being shown on camera. “Seat fillers” must be over 18-years-old and can apply at Seatfiller.com.

Reach Staff Reporter Brooke Gignac here.