Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: August 23 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Willard Van Der Veer (68 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography Oscar Win: Cinematography 1901: William Hornbeck (82 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1902: John Lee Mahin (81 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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Oscar History: August 22 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Lajos Biro (68 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1892: Joseph Walker (92 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Gordon E. Sawyer Award 1893: Cecil Kellaway (79 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins}…
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Oscar Profile: Vittorio De Sica Revisited
Born July 7, 1901 in Lazio, Italy, Vittorio De Sica grew up in Sicily where his first job was as an office clerk in support of his poor family. Drawn to acting, he made his film debut as the title character as a boy in The Clemenceau Affair in 1917. He did not make another film for…
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Oscar History: August 21 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Hans Dreier (81 at death) {23 Noms, 3 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 (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1892: Louis Brock (78 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short…
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2025 Nominations Predictions: August
As we enter the final stretch before Oscar season, we firm our predictions up for the inevitable changes that will come out of the Big 3 fall festivals: Telluride, Toronto, and Venice. KEY: Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Appears on One Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick Tripp Burton Thomas LaTourrette Introductions Wesley…
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Oscar History: August 20 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1904: Ralph Berger (56 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1911: George White (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1919: Walter Bernstein (101 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1942: Isaac Hayes (65…
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Oscar History: August 19 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Joseph Wright (92 at death) {12 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1902: Robert Planck (69 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Color) 1915: Ring Lardner…
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Box Office History (Week 33, 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: August 18 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1904: Horace Woodard (68 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Novelty Short Film Oscar Win: Novelty Short Film 1906: John W. Burton (71 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Animated Short Film Oscar Win: Animated Short Film 1909: Miliza Korjus (71 at death)…
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Oscar History: August 17 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Samuel Goldwyn (94 at death) {1 Nom, 2 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Irving G. Thalberg Award Oscar Wins: Irving G. Thalberg Award, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1888: Monty Woolley (74 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor 1905: Martin Obzina (73 at death)…
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Oscar History: August 16 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: W. J. Reiter (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1894: J. Arthur Ball (57 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1895: W. Howard Greene (60 at death) {7 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Color) Oscar Wins: Cinematography…
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Oscar History: August 15 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Ethel Barrymore (79 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1901: John B. Goodman (89 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design…
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Oscar Profile: Mike Nichols
Born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky November 6, 1931 to wealthy Russian-Jewish parents in Berlin, Germany, the future Mike Nichols lost his hair at the age of four due to a bad reaction to an allergic reaction to a Whooping Cough inoculation and wore wigs and false eyebrows in adulthood to hide his baldness. At the age…
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Oscar History: August 14 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Paul Wing (64 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1901: Merrill Pye (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1901: Peverell Marley (62 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography,…
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The Contenders 25: July Retrospective/September 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 July and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to September and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts July Retrospective July was…
