On March 26, 1990, while the Academy Awards« were being broadcast from Los Angeles, an official party was held in New York at
Tavern on the Green
The Plaza Hotel
Russian Tea Room*
Madison Square Garden
The famous Manhattan landmark was the East Coast locale for the first simultaneous gathering of East and West Coast Academy members in nearly four decades. East Coast members often met for "unofficial" Academy Awards viewing parties prior to 1990, often at the Russian Tea Room.
Makeup became a regular Academy Award category in 1981; the first official Oscar« recipient was honored for
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON*
QUEST FOR FIRE
AMADEUS
MASK
Makeup wizard Rick Baker's masterful metamorphoses proved to be a howling success with the Academy. Prior to 1981, extraordinary makeup work could be recognized in the Honorary Oscar category.
