Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: December 15 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Maxwell Anderson (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Writing 1893: Victor Milner (80 at death) {8 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography 1906: Joe MacDonald (61 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White),…
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Oscar History: December 14 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1913: Dan Dailey (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1935: Lee Remick (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1945: Hawk Koch (80) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy President #34: 2012-13, 1 term 1945: Hawk Koch (80) {0 Noms, 0…
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Oscar History: December 13 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers (13) Born 1890: Marc Connelly (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1899: Sidney S. Brod (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1901: George R. Groves (74 at death) {8…
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The Contenders 25/26: November Retrospective/January 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 November and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to January and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts November Retrospective Quite a…
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Oscar History: December 12 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: Harry M. Warner (76 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1893: Edward G. Robinson (79 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1897: Eddie Imazu (81 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1899: Floyd Crosby (85…
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Oscar Profile: Peggy Ashcroft Revisited
Born December 22, 1907 in Surrey, England, Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was a titan of the British stage who only occasionally appeared in films, but when she did, she was as amazing and unforgettable as she was in her lauded stage roles. Ashcroft’s mother had been an actress. Her father,…
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Oscar History: December 11 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1912: Carlo Ponti (94 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Foreign Film Oscar Win: Foreign Film 1923: Betsy Blair (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1931: Rita Moreno (94) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win:…
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Oscar History: December 10 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Victor McLaglen (72 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1893: Lew Brown (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1903: Una Merkel (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1906:…
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Oscar History: December 9 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Oliver Emert (72 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1905: Dalton Trumbo (70 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay, Motion Picture Story Oscar Wins: Motion Picture Story 1911: Broderick Crawford (74…
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Box Office History (Week 49, 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 8 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Gerard Carbonara (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Drama/Comedy Score 1896: Bryan Foy (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature 1900: Irene (61 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) 1906: Daniel…
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Oscar History: December 7 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Harry Chandlee (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1887: Ernst Toch (76 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score 1891: Fay Bainter (76 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress Oscar…
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Oscar History: December 6 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Ernest Palmer (92 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1887: Lynn Fontanne (95 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1889: Abem Finkel (58 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1890:…
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Contenders 25: December Update
For our December update, we’re looking at everything that has moved on to a new stage. There aren’t many at this early stage of the year but we have a few. Moving to Stage 2 Once all of the preliminary data has been received, a film moves to Stage 2. Here are the three who…
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Oscar History: December 5 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Milan Roder (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1897: Nunnally Johnson (79 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay 1898: Grace Moore (48 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1901: Walt Disney (65 at death) {59 Noms,…
