Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: August 3 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Louis Gruenberg (80 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score 1895: Leslie I. Carey (88 at death) {6 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing Oscar Win: Sound/Sound Mixing 1896: Maurice Ransford (72 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins}…
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Oscar History: August 2 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Bob Burns (65 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 10th | 1 time 1892: Jack L. Warner (86 at death) {1 Nom, 2 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Picture Oscar Wins: Picture, Irving G. Thalberg Award 1894: Hal Mohr (79 at death) {2 Noms, 2…
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Calendar Preview: August 2025
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. AUGUST 2025 Festivals Wednesday, Aug. 27 – Venice Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Friday, Aug. 29 – Telluride Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Awards…
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Oscar History: August 1 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Anthony Coldeway (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1898: Morris Stoloff (81 at death) {18 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score Oscar Wins: Musical Score 1910: Walter Scharf (92 at death) {10 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar…
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Oscar Profile: Richard Burton Revisited
Born November 10, 1925 in Pontrhydyfen, Wales to Welsh speaking parents, Richard Walker Jenkins, Jr. was the twelfth of thirteen children. His mother died shortly after giving birth to his younger brother when Richard was just two years old. His father, a coal miner, soon abandoned the family and he was raised by his older…
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Oscar History: July 31 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Tom Barry (46 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Writing 1886: Fred Quimby (79 at death) {13 Noms, 7 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Animated Short Film Oscar Wins: Animated Short Film 1901: Renie (90 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume…
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Oscar History: July 30 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: William Kellner (95 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1907: Milton Holmes (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1908: Lawrence W. Butler (80 at death) {4 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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Oscar History: July 29 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1876: Maria Ouspenskaya (73 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1892: William Powell (91 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor 1896: William Cameron Menzies (60 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production…
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Box Office History (Week 30, 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: July 28 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1914: Carmen Dragon (69 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score Oscar Win: Musical Score 1916: David Brown (93 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Picture Oscar Win: Irving G. Thalberg Award 1927: Pasquale Festa Campanile (58 at death) {1 Nom, 0…
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Oscar History: July 27 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Donald Crisp (91 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1908: Nancy Hamilton (76 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature Oscar Win: Documentary Feature 1914: Miles White (85 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar…
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Oscar History: July 26 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1856: George Bernard Shaw (94 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay 1892: Charles Boyle (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) 1894: Lesser Samuels (86 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Story and Screenplay 1897:…
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Oscar History: July 25 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2011: Oscar Preview (14) Born 1878: William C. de Mille (76 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy President #2: 1929-31, 2 terms; Academy Awards Host: 1st-Co, 2nd | 2 times 1894: Walter Brennan (80 at death) {4 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor…
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Oscar Profile: Julie Andrews Revisited
Born October 1, 1935 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England as Julia Elizabeth Wells, the internationally acclaimed superstar known professionally as Julie Andrews took the last name of her stepfather (Ted Andrews) when her mother remarried in 1944. Andrews began performing at early age with her mother and stepfather who were both music hall performers. Just after…
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Oscar History: July 24 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Edward R. Robinson (85 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1898: Bernard B. Brown (82 at death) {11 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects Oscar Wins: Sound/Sound Mixing, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1899: Dan George…
