The annual awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honoring excellence in film since 1929. The Oscars are the industry’s highest honor. Heath Ledger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor posthumously for his Joker performance in The Dark Knight, one of the rare acting Oscars awarded after a performer’s death and a landmark moment in film history.
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