Category: Academy Awards History
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2025 Nominations Predictions: Opening
Our first set of predictions are always wildly divergent with a handful of agreements between us. Things will of course get more complex as the year goes on but this is of many monthly updates with our new predictions. KEY: Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Appears on One Lists Wesley Lovell Peter…
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Oscar History: April 23 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1876: John DuCasse Schulze (67 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1893: Frank Borzage (69 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing, Drama Directing Oscar Wins: Directing, Drama Directing 1898: Ernest Laszlo (85 at death) {8 Noms, 1 Win}…
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98th Oscars: Rules and Dates Set
There’s not a lot to say about these rule changes. The AI stance is weak and the mandating of viewership of all nominees is overdue but flawed. Their rules regarding AI needed to be a more in depth rather than leaving it up to the individual voter to decide. The viewership requirement sucks for active…
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Oscar History: April 22 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Charles LeMaire (88 at death) {16 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) 1899: Byron Haskin (84 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award –…
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Box Office History (Week 16, 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: April 21 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: William Ferrari (61 at death) {2 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) 1904: Daniel L. Fapp (82 at death) {7 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography…
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Oscar History: April 20 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: This Day in Oscar History (15) Born 1888: Charles D. Hall (81 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design 1892: Roy Pomeroy (55 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Engineering Effects Oscar Win: Engineering Effects 1893: Harold Lloyd…
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Oscar History: April 19 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1858: May Robson (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1894: Leonard Smith (53 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1903: Frederic Ullman Jr. (45 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Feature, Documentary…
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Oscar History: April 18 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Leopold Stokowski (95 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1893: Jo Swerling (71 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1897: Ralph Dawson (65 at death) {4 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing 1902: Harry Owens (84 at…
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Oscar Profile: Natalie Wood Revisited
Born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko in San Francisco, California on July 20, 1938, the future Natalie Wood’s parents were Russian and Ukraine immigrants who barely spoke English. They changed the family name to Gurdin when they became U.S. citizens. At the age of four, while the family was living in Santa Rosa, the production company for…
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Oscar History: April 17 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1907: Ross Dowd (58 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1910: Ivan Goff (89 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1911: George Seaton (68 at death) {5 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing,…
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The Contenders 25: March Retrospective/May 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 March and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to May and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts March Retrospective What could…
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Oscar History: April 16 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: R. T. Layton (57 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1889: Charles Chaplin (88 at death) {4 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor, Original Screenplay, Drama Score Oscar Wins: Drama Score, Special/Honorary 1889: Arthur Lange (67 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins}…
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Oscar History: April 15 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: William McGann (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1896: Harry Jackson (57 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) 1906: Jack D. Moore (92 at death) {7 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design…
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Box Office History (Week 15, 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…
