Claim: Debbie Reynolds was nominated for an Oscar.
Evidence: Her performance as Brown earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
The Academy Awards , now known officially as the Oscars , is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry , given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -LRB- AMPAS -RRB- , to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership.