Category: Academy Awards History
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2026 Nominations Predictions: January
Tomorrow’s the big day. After months of predictions and critics awards, it’s time to see how much the Academy agrees with the critics and prognosticators. We agreed fully on only two categories: Animated Feature and Actor. Beyond that, we are largely in agreement with several small discrepancies in each category, so predictable? Maybe. KEY: Appears…
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98th Oscar Morning: Final Nomination Thoughts
Tomorrow morning, the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be announced. They’ll be revealed by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman. Want to follow along tomorrow. See the checklist at the end of this article and mark off the selections as they are revealed. Before the nominations are announced, I wanted to put down in…
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Oscar History: January 21 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: J. Carrol Naish (77 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1898: Rudolph Mate (66 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1903: William Lyon (71 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing…
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Oscar History: January 20 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Mildred Griffiths (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1896: George Burns (100 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1907: Waldon O. Watson (79 at death) {6 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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Box Office History (Week 3, 2026)
Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…
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Oscar History: January 19 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Elliott Clawson (59 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Writing 1902: Gene Milford (89 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing 1906: Millen Brand (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1907: Charles Henderson (63 at…
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Oscar History: January 18 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Anton Grot (90 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate) 1887: Frank Harling (71 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score Oscar Win: Scoring 1891: M.…
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Oscar History: January 17 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Mack Sennett (80 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short Film, Novelty Short Film Oscar Wins: Novelty Short Film, Special/Honorary 1912: Morton Scott (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1914: Irving Brecher (94 at death) {1…
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Oscar History: January 16 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Harry Carey (69 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1884: Hans Kraly (66 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Writing, Original Story Oscar Win: Writing 1890: Claudine West (53 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay Oscar Win:…
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Oscar Profile: Terence Stamp Revisited
Born July 22, 1938 in London, England, Terence Stamp was the eldest of five children of Ethel and Thomas Stamp, a tugboat stoker. With his father away for long periods of time with the Merchant Navy, he was raised mostly by his mother, grandmother, and aunts. His family endured heavy bombing during the World War…
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Oscar History: January 15 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Cinema Sight: Polls: Best Of… (13) Born 1890: Irving Ries (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1905: Allie Wrubel (68 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1907: Marcello Pagliero (73 at…
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The Contenders 25/26: December Retrospective/February Forecast
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of December and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to February and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts December Retrospective Back in…
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Oscar History: January 14 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Hal Roach (100 at death) {3 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short Film, One-Reel Short Film Oscar Wins: Comedy Short Film, One-Reel Short Film, Special/Honorary 1896: Hans J. Salter (98 at death) {6 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1898: Margaret Booth…
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Oscar History: January 13 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Herbert Brenon (78 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Drama Directing 1885: James Monaco (60 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1901: A. B. Guthrie Jr. (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1901: Sidney Wagner (46…
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Box Office History (Week 2, 2026)
Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…
