Category: Academy Awards History
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Predictions: Critics Choice Awards
The first televised awards show of the year comes a bit too early in the season to have much impact. CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Wesley Lovell: When a group this large votes, they tend to vote to support trends…
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Oscar History: January 2 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Cinema Sight: Polls: Most Anticipated (13) Born 1893: Ernst Marischka (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1911: Jack Martin Smith (82 at death) {9 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production…
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Calendar Preview: January 2026
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. JANUARY Festivals Thursday, Jan. 22 – Sundance Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Thursday, Jan. 1 – Casting Society (Nominations) (Unconfirmed) Monday, Jan.…
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Oscar Profile: Ethan Hawke Revisited
Born November 6, 1970 in Austin, Texas, Ethan Hawke has been actor since the age of 13. He is a great-grandnephew of Tennessee Williams on his father’s side. His maternal grandfather, Howard Lemuel Green, served five terms in the Texas Legislature and was a minor-league baseball commissioner. Hawke made his stage debut in a school…
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Oscar History: January 1 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Herman Rossse (78 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design 1887: Joseph T. Rucker (70 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography Oscar Win: Cinematography 1891: Boris Morros (72 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins}…
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Oscar History: December 31 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Philip Stevenson (68 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1897: Frank Skinner (70 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score 1897: Orry-Kelly (66 at death) {4 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume Design…
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Box Office History (Week 53, 2025)
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: December 30 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2011: Cinema Sight: Friday Face-Off (14) 2023: Awards Landscape Launches (2) 2023: Awards Landscape: Contenders (2) Born 1897: Lawrence Weingarten (77 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Picture Oscar Win: Irving G. Thalberg Award 1901: Henry Blanke (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0…
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Box Office History (Week 52, 2025)
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: December 29 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: John Sturtevant (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1891: Alfred Gilks (78 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1900: C. C. Coleman Jr. (71 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar…
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Oscar History: December 28 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Frank Butler (76 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay 1908: Lew Ayres (88 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1934: Herb Gardner (68 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1934: Maggie…
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Oscar History: December 27 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Sydney Greenstreet (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1892: Albert S. D’Agostino (77 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1894: Wesley C. Miller (67 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations:…
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Oscar History: December 26 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Monckton Hoffe (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1894: Stephen Dunn (85 at death) {4 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing Oscar Wins: Sound/Sound Mixing, Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Plaque) 1899: Irmgard Von Cube (77 at death) {1 Nom,…
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Oscar Profile: Rob Reiner Revisited
Born March 6, 1947 in the Bronx, Robert Norman Reiner was the son of Estelle and Carl Reiner, the renown comedian, actor, writer, producer, director. It would only be a matter of time before Rob followed his father into show business. Sure enough, he began his acting career in TV’s Manhunt in 1961 when he was only…
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Oscar History: December 25 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Joseph M. Schenck (82 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1888: Sonya Levien (71 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Story and Screenplay Oscar Win: Story and Screenplay 1889: Nathaniel Shilkret (92 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination:…
