Here's What The Inside Of An Oscar Envelope Looks Like
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When the 86th Academy Awards air this Sunday, you'll tune in to watch presenters tear open 24 little envelopes to deliver the night's Oscar trophies. <span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span>
<p class="p1">While we only get to see the outside of a golden envelope, presenters get to see much more than just a winner's name.
<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The envelope and inside nominee card were simply cream up until four years ago when the Academy hired Marc Friedland, CEO of Couture Communications, to liven up the stationery. </span>
<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Since then, the winner's names are housed inside a golden envelope. We spoke with Friedland to find out more about the creation of the envelopes.</span>
<h3>3 sets of 24 envelopes and 121 nominee cards will be made for this year's Academy Awards.</h3>
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<h3>Here's how we'll see the envelope Oscar night.</h3>
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<h3>And here are what this year's award envelopes will look like from presenters' points-of-view:</h3>
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<h3>The old Oscar envelopes were a bland off-white as seen in this image from the 74th Academy Awards in 2002.</h3>
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<h3>Marc Friedland has been designing the Oscar stationery for the four years to give the envelopes a more glamorous look to match that of the stars.</h3>
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<h3>Since 2011, they've been packaged in a golden envelope.</h3>
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<h3>Friedland tells us it takes 110 man hours to create all 72 envelopes and 363 nominee cards.</h3>
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<h3>One entire set is made in case of an emergency at the ceremony.</h3>
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<h3>Here's a closer look at the finished product. There are little Oscar trophies lining the inside!</h3>
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<h3>And, the card tucked inside doesn't just say the winner's name. It gives the presenter their entire script.</h3>
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<h3>The "pwc" seal on the envelope are the initials of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accounting company that tallies the votes.</h3>
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<h3>Here are both together as they'll be seen on stage:</h3>
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<h3>What happens to the winning envelopes and cards? They're kept by the winners.</h3>
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<h3>Friedland tells us nominee cards that aren't selected as winners get destroyed so they don't turn up on auction sites like eBay. </h3>
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<h3>Hear more about the envelopes from the designer himself: </h3>
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<h3>You've seen inside the envelope ...</h3>
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<h2> Now check out the snubs and surprises from this year's nominations > </h2>
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