# How long is someone an "Academy Award Winner"?

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**Created:** [June 22, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-someone-an-academy-award-winner/453816 "2008-06-22T19:28:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-someone-an-academy-award-winner/453816/21 "2008-06-24T16:25:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Kozmik]  
Until they win another Oscar and/or a “higher award”, i.e. a Nobel Prize.  
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Honestly, that’s really the only higher prize there is. I remember when they were promoting the TV show _Shark_, they would bill the show “starring Oscar-nominee James Woods”. So although Woods has won 2 Emmys and 0 Oscars, even the TV producers know which will impress people more.

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