Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: May 14 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Charles L. Lootens (93 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate) 1908: James B. Clark (92 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1936: Bobby Darin (37 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins}…
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Oscar History: May 13 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: Box Office Preview: Introductions (5.13.2010 – 12.14.2022) (12) 2010: Cinema Sight: Box Office Preview: Previews (5.13.2010 – 3.22.2023) (12) Born 1906: Edward Stevenson (62 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) Oscar Win: Costume Design…
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Oscar History: May 12 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: Achmed Abdullah (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1890: Robert N. Lee (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1899: Ira S. Webb (72 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art…
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Box Office History (Week 19, 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: May 11 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Irving Berlin (101 at death) {9 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Story, Motion Picture Story, Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1892: Margaret Rutherford (80 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1914: Haroun Tazieff (83 at death)…
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Oscar History: May 10 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Max Steiner (83 at death) {26 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score Oscar Wins: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score 1890: Clarence Brown (97 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1894: Dimitri Tiomkin (85 at death) {23 Noms,…
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Oscar History: May 9 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Richard Barthelmess (68 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1896: Richard Day (76 at death) {20 Noms, 7 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production…
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Classics Oscar Failed to Recognize Revisited
When I think of classics from Hollywood’s Golden Age that Oscar failed to recognize, I’m not talking about films that like The Wizard of Oz and It’s a Wonderful Life, modest hits that were nominated for Best Picture Oscars but failed to win the top prizes, but films that weren’t even nominated for those awards. The Wizard of…
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Oscar History: May 8 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2007: Cinema Sight: Home Viewing with Peter (formerly The DVD Report) (18) Born 1890: John Meehan (64 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Writing, Screenplay 1897: Henry Ginsberg (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Picture 1903: Walter Thompson (72 at…
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Oscar History: May 7 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Benjamin Glazer (68 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Original Story Oscar Wins: Writing, Original Story 1897: Otto Siegel (65 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1901: Gary Cooper (60 at death) {5 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar…
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Oscar History: May 6 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1902: Max Ophuls (54 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1907: Walter Bullock (46 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1908:…
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Oscar History: May 5 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1916: John Dunning (74 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1933: Bert Schneider (78 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature Oscar Win: Documentary Feature 1935: Robert Rehme (90) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy President #28 & #30:…
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Box Office History (Week 18, 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: May 4 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Valles (83 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design (Color) Oscar Win: Costume Design (Color) 1890: Percy Ikerd (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1896: Robert Odell (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production…
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Oscar History: May 3 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Beulah Bondi (92 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1899: Aline MacMahon (92 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1901: Hugo Friedhofer (80 at death) {9 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Scoring Oscar Win: Drama/Comedy Score…
