Category: Academy Awards History
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Box Office History (Week 22, 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 2 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1904: Ellsworth Fredricks (89 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography 1921: Frank Van der Veer (60 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Visual Effects 1935: Anthony Powell (85 at death) {6 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design Oscar Wins: Costume Design…
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Calendar Preview: June 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. JUNE Nominations Wednesday, Jun. 11 – Critics Choice – Super (Nominations) (Official)
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Oscar History: June 1 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Frank Morgan (59 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor 1899: Werner Janssen (91 at death) {6 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score 1901: John Van Druten (56 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1907:…
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Oscar History: May 31 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Ernest Haller (74 at death) {7 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1908: Don Ameche (85 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1916: Bert Haanstra (81 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations:…
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Oscar History: May 30 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Howard Hawks (81 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Directing Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1912: Hugh Griffith (67 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1920: Franklin J. Schaffner (69 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination:…
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78th Cannes Film Festival
And our third and most recent festival, Cannes. The Festival Palme d’Or It Was Just an Accident Grand Prix Sentinmental Value Prix du Jury Sirât Sound of Falling Best Director Kleber Mendonça Filho – The Secret Agent Camera d’Or (Best First Film) The President’s Cake Best Actor Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent Best Actress…
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75th Berlin Film Festival
Covering the other early-year festival entry, here are the results from the Berlin Film Festival, also referred to as Berlinale The Festival Golden Bear Dreams (Sex Love) Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (2nd Place) The Blue Trail Silver Bear Jury Prize (3rd Place) The Message Silver Bear for Best Director Huo Meng – Living the…
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48th Sundance Film Festival
In the first of our festival postings for the new year, here’s what happened at the Sundance Film Festival this year. The Festival Grand Jury Prize U.S. Dramatic Atropia Audience Award U.S. Dramatic Twinless Directing Award U.S. Dramatic Rashad Frett – Ricky Screenwriting Sorry, Baby Editing André Is an Idiot Grand Jury World Cinema Dramatic…
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Oscar Profile: Edward Norton
Born August 18, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts, Edward Harrison Norton is the son of an environmental attorney who was a prosecutor in the Carter administration and an English teacher whose father, James Rouse, was a famed real estate developer known as the father of the modern shopping mall. Norton was attracted to acting at an…
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Oscar History: May 29 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Josef Von Sternberg (75 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1897: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (60 at death) {4 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring Oscar Wins: Original Score, Scoring 1903: Bob Hope (100 at death) {0 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Wins:…
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Oscar History: May 28 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1906: Robert Buckner (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1909: Irving Jacoby (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Live Action Short Film 1931: Carroll Baker (94) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1931: Gordon Willis (82 at…
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Oscar History: May 27 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Lucile Watson (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1894: Dashiell Hammett (66 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1898: Lee Garmes (80 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography…
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Box Office History (Week 21, 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: May 26 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Chandler Sprague (69 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1890: Sammy Lee (77 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Dance Direction 1891: Paul Lukas (80 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1905: Burnett…
