Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar History: September 17 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Jules White (84 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short Film, Two-Reel Short Film 1903: Elmo Veron (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1920: Annie Dorfmann (105) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Foreign Film 1931: Anne Bancroft (73…
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The Contenders 26: August Retrospective/October 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 August and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to October and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts August Retrospective There were…
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Oscar History: September 16 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Samuel Spewack (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1903: Russell Harlan (70 at death) {6 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1911: Jerry Wald (50 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Picture Oscar Win: Irving G.…
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Oscar History: September 15 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Jean Renoir (84 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Directing Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1895: Frank X. Shaw (81 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1908: Jules Schermer (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1910:…
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Box Office History (Week 37, 2026)
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: September 14 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: William S. Darling (82 at death) {7 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1899: Hal B. Wallis (87 at death) {4 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Irving G. Thalberg Award…
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83rd Venice Film Festival
Venice boosted the candidacy of John Malkovich for certain with Woman Unknown a little less certain at this juncture but it certainly puts that film and star Mathilde Arcel (Best Actress winner) into the conversation. Golden Lion Woman Unknown Grand Jury Prize Possible Love Special Jury Prize NAZA Silver Lion Ilya Khrzhanovsky – DAU Volpi…
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Oscar History: September 13 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Gladys George (54 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1902: Leland Hayward (68 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Picture 1903: Claudette Colbert (92 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actress Oscar Win: Actress Academy Awards Host: 28th-Co |…
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Oscar History: September 12 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: William Slavens McNutt (52 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Story, Screenplay 1888: Maurice Chevalier (83 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Actor Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1907: Ruby Levitt (84 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design,…
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Oscar History: September 11 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Herbert Stothart (63 at death) {12 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score Oscar Win: Original Score 1898: Ralph Wheelwright (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1903: Roger K. Furse (68 at death) {2 Noms, 2…
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Oscar History: September 10 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Bessie Love (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1911: Jack Davies (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1914: Robert Wise (91 at death) {7 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing, Editing Oscar Wins: Picture, Directing, Irving…
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Contenders 26: September Update
It’s time to review the stage shifts that have occurred in the last month. Moving to Stage 2 Once all of the preliminary data has been received, a film moves to Stage 2. Here are the two that have done in the past month. Madden (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility) Sense and Sensibility (Stage…
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Oscar History: September 9 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Arthur Freed (78 at death) {3 Noms, 4 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Original Song Oscar Wins: Picture, Special/Honorary, Irving G. Thalberg Award Academy President #18: 1963-67, 4 terms 1900: James Hilton (54 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay 1902: Chester…
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Oscar History: September 8 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Al Herman (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1905: William Bradford (53 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1912: Alexander Mackendrick (81 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1922: Arthur Ibbetson (75 at…
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Box Office History (Week 36, 2026)
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…
