Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar History: November 9 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1868: Marie Dressler (65 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actress Oscar Win: Actress 1883: Edna May Oliver (59 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1886: Ed Wynn (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1904: William…
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11th Critics Choice Doc Awards
Being treated as the second-coming, You Can See Everything was the obvious winner of most categories. Awards Tallies (3) You Can See Everything (2) Once Upon a Time in Harlem (1) The Baddest Speechwriter of All, Epic: Elvis Presley in Concert, Everest: The Other Side, The History of Concrete, The Idaho Murders, Lost Women of…
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Oscar History: November 8 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Emmet Lavery (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Story and Screenplay 1909: George Wells (91 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1913: Robert Strauss (61 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor…
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Oscar History: November 7 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Herman J. Mankiewicz (55 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1903: Ary Barroso (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1903: Dean Jagger (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting…
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Oscar History: November 6 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Gus Kahn (54 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Scoring Oscar Win: Scoring 1897: Rowland Brown (65 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Story 1911: Stephen Bosustow (69 at death) {14 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short Subject,…
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17th Hollywood Music in Media Nominations
They have an awful lot of nominations and very few of them are bound for Oscar glory. However, you should keep an eye on all the ones that make the shortlist from the Academy alongside this list. Nominations Tallies (3) Behemoth!, Brother versus Brother, Linda Perry: Let It Die Here, Michael (2) 40 Watts from…
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Oscar History: November 5 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Farciot Edouart (85 at death) {9 Noms, 17 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Wins: Special Effects, Special/Honorary, Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Plaque), Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1895: Charles MacArthur (60 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Story, Screenplay Oscar…
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Oscar History: November 4 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Will Rogers (55 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 6th | 1 time 1895: Ben Sharpsteen (85 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Live Action Short Film Oscar Wins: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject 1899: Tregoweth…
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Oscar History: November 3 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1914: Gyula Trebitsch (91 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Foreign Film 1924: Robert E. Thompson (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1933: John Barry (77 at death) {7 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Original Score, Non-Musical Score,…
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Box Office History (Week 44, 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: November 2 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Victor Baravalle (53 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1892: Alice Brady (46 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1901: James Dunn (65 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win:…
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Calendar Preview: November 2026
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. NOVEMBER Nominations Wednesday, Nov. 4 – Hollywood Music in Media Awards (Nominations) (Unconfirmed) Saturday, Nov. 14 – European Film Awards (Nominations) (Official)…
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Oscar History: November 1 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Grantland Rice (73 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: One-Reel Short Film Oscar Win: One-Reel Short Film 1895: Franz Bachelin (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1904: Jerry Fairbanks (90 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar…
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Oscar History: October 31 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2019: Upcoming Precursors (6) Born 1879: Sara Allgood (70 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1893: John Waters (71 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1896: Ethel Waters (80…
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Oscar History: October 30 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1870: Lawrence Grant (81 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 4th | 1 time 1889: Arthur Johns (57 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Win: Special Effects 1890: Edward Doherty (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination:…
