Category: Academy Awards History
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Calendar Preview: July 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. JULY Awards Wednesday, Jul. 23 – Critics Choice – Super (Awards) (Official)
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Oscar History: July 1 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: Feed the Queue (7.1.2010 – 12.18.2014) (15) Born 1878: Waldemar Young (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1899: Charles Laughton (63 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1902: William Wyler (79 at…
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Box Office History (Week 26, 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: June 30 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1904: Irmin Roberts (74 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1917: Susan Hayward (57 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actress Oscar Win: Actress 1927: James Goldman (71 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay Oscar Win: Adapted Screenplay…
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Oscar History: June 29 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: William C. Mellor (59 at death) {4 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Wins: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1906: Tom Morahan (63 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1910: Frank Loesser (59 at death) {5 Noms, 1…
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Oscar History: June 28 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: The Morning After (15) Born 1902: Richard Rodgers (77 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1909: Eric Ambler (89 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1919: Ruggero Maccari (69 at death)…
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Oscar History: June 27 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1891: Charles Dorian (51 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1920: I. A.L. Diamond (67 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1941: Krzysztof Kieslowski (54 at death) {2 Noms,…
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534 New Academy Members Incoming
THE ACADEMY INVITES 534 TO MEMBERSHIP LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 534 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures. “We are thrilled to invite this esteemed class of artists, technologists, and professionals to join…
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Oscar Profile: Robert Donat Revisited
Born March 18, 1905 in Manchester, England, Robert Donat‘s carefully honed speaking voice was a result of the elocution lessons he took as a boy to overcome a terrible stammer. Unfortunately, he never outgrew his other childhood affliction, an asthmatic condition that caused him to turn down more film roles than he accepted. On stage…
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Oscar History: June 26 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Jeanne Eagels (39 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1891: Sidney Howard (48 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay 1907: Joan Harrison (87 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay 1909: Wolfgang…
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Oscar History: June 25 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Anne Revere (87 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1909: Daniel Fuchs (84 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Motion Picture Story, Screenplay Oscar Win: Motion Picture Story 1924: Sidney Lumet (86 at death) {5 Noms,…
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Oscar History: June 24 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Conrad A. Nervig (91 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing 1908: Tullio Pinelli (100 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay 1930: George Jenson (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Visual Effects 1940: Vittorio…
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Box Office History (Week 25, 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: June 23 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1876: Irvin S. Cobb (67 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 7th | 1 time 1892: John F. Seitz (86 at death) {7 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1894: Norman Reilly Raine (77 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win}…
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Oscar History: June 22 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Vincent Korda (81 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1900: Harry Leonard (85 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1901: Lionel Banks (48 at death) {7…
