Category: Academy Awards History
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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…
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Oscar History: June 21 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Ralph Block (84 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1904: Mack Gordon (54 at death) {9 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1905: Jean Paul Sartre (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story…
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Oscar History: June 20 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Lillian Hellman (79 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay 1910: Gene Ruggiero (91 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1914: Richard L. Van Enger (69 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1931:…
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Oscar Profile: Ronald Colman Revisited
Born February 9, 1891 in Richmond, Surrey, England, Ronald Colman made his professional acting debut in 1914. An ankle injury in World War I left him with a slight limp which he tried to hide for the rest of his life. In America from 1920 on, “the longer he stayed”, opined Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., “the…
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Oscar History: June 19 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1865: May Whitty (82 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1877: Charles Coburn (84 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1905: Mildred Natwick (89 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1906:…
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2025 Nominations Predictions: June
June is still early to be guessing at what the Oscars might bring but a few films have started releasing that might have diminished in terms of their chances. Others have started to rise. Regardless, here’s how we see things going right at this moment. KEY: Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Appears…
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Oscar History: June 18 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: J. Theodore Reed (71 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy President #5: 1933-34, 1 term 1891: Con Conrad (47 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1902: Louis Alter (78 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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2025 Governors Awards Recipients Announced
For the first time in a long time, there hasn’t been a questionable selection in this list. Tom Cruise was likely never going to receive a competitive Oscar so this makes sense (he should have won for Magnolia). Allen is a choreography titan and Thomas has had an impressive career (even if short by Hollywood…
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Oscar History: June 17 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Sammy Fain (87 at death) {10 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Wins: Original Song 1904: Ralph Bellamy (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1909: Ralph E. Winters (94 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar…
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Box Office History (Week 24, 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 16 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Jack Eaton (80 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: One-Reel Short Film Oscar Win: One-Reel Short Film 1890: Stan Laurel (74 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1895: Lew Pollack (50 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song…
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Oscar History: June 15 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Sidney Mitchell (53 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1894: Robert Russell Bennett (87 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Musical Score Oscar Win: Musical Score 1895: Fay Babcock (75 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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Oscar History: June 14 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Harold Lipstein (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) 1899: Joseph Kish (69 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1905: Steve Broidy (85 at death) {0…
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Oscar History: June 13 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Basil Rathbone (75 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1902: John Meehan (60 at death) {3 Noms, 3 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) 1903: Carl Anderson…
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Oscar Profile: Billy Williams
Born June 3, 1929 in London, England, William Desmond Williams, known professionally as Billy Williams, was the son of a cinematographer also known as Billy. Williams left school at 14 to go to work for his father as an apprentice cameraman, working with him for four years. At 18, he joined the RAF as a…
