During a dinner at his home, M-G-M studio chief Louis B. Mayer and his  guests talked about creating an organized group to benefit the film  industry. A week later, 36 invitees from all the creative branches of  the film industry dined at Los Angeles's Ambassador Hotel to hear a proposal to found the International Academy of Motion Picture Arts and  Sciences. Articles of incorporation were soon presented and officers  were elected with Douglas Fairbanks as president... well this isn't the Oscars, it's the Bigger Movie Pod Awards!