7 Academy Awards That We Should Revive

Academy Juvenile Award

What it means: An award originally given to Shirley Temple, the Academy Juvenile Award is a special category awarded to a child actor intermittently from 1934-1960 (the last recipient was Hayley Mills). The statue was a half-sized statuette of a regular Oscar and recipients didn’t compete for it – like the Lifetime Achievement Awards and the like, the award was simply given.

Why have it: Over the past few years, we’ve seen some great performances from actors like Quvenzhane Wallis and Abigail Breslin, but all have had to go up against the likes of Meryl Streep. Not fair, says I! Bringing back the Academy Juvenile Award would allow the Oscars to recognize these young performers without making them compete against much more experienced actors and actresses, and the almost inevitable disappointment that results.