--- title: Pawscars: Oscars for Animal Actors description: The Pawscars is the only award show that matters canonical: https://time.com/3713659/pawscars-humane-society/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-18T18:35:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T17:09:16.000Z og:title: This Monkey Just Won Big at the Oscars for Animal Actors og:description: The Pawscars is the only award show that matters og:url: https://time.com/3713659/pawscars-humane-society/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bfd9ca5775bc336/69877fd03c1639aabb451d39/screen-shot-2015-02-18-at-12-02-51-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-02-18 at 12.02.51 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Monkey Just Won Big at the Oscars for Animal Actors twitter:description: The Pawscars is the only award show that matters twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bfd9ca5775bc336/69877fd03c1639aabb451d39/screen-shot-2015-02-18-at-12-02-51-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Monkey Just Won Big at the Oscars for Animal Actors by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:09 PM UTCPublished: Feb 18, 2015 6:35 PM UTC  by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:09 PM UTCPublished: Feb 18, 2015 6:35 PM UTC **Correction appended, February 20** Four days before the Oscars, the American Humane Association hosted what is quite possibly Hollywood’s second most important awards ceremony: the [Pawscars](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/move-over-oscars-its-the-pawscars-300037816.html). The award show recognizes the industry’s most hard working animal actors. And my, didn’t they look fabulous on that red carpet: > [](https://twitter.com/sasharangel%5F/status/568091103804702720) Crystal — a Capuchin monkey who has [starred](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2640714/) in films including _Night at the Museum_ and _The_ _Hangover: Part II_ — received the Lifetime Diva Achievement award. Host Pauley Perrette (_NCIS_) [dubbed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJwZCNPqTfg) the primate, who was wearing a pink ball gown with a pearl necklace, “the Angelina Jolie of animal stars” before awarding her a trophy.  But she wasn’t the only winner. Best Young Animal Actor went to a trio of pit bull puppies — T, Puppers, and Ice — who played Rocco in James Gandolfini’s last movie _The Drop_:  Best Aquatic Performance went to Savannah the dolphin who starred in _Dolphin Tale 2_:  And Best Magical Cow obviously went to Tug from _Into The Woods:_  You can see other winners here: No animals were harmed in the making of this award ceremony. **Correction:** The original story misstated the organization that hosts the Pawscars. 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