Category: Academy Awards History
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Contenders 25: Final Update Delay
Our final update of the 2025 contenders season will be unfortunately delayed. One of my data sources has gone through a recent site change and all of their features aren’t available yet so I can’t fully update this year’s contenders. The new contenders series should begin in April but I can’t finalize the 98th Oscar…
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Oscar History: March 25 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Bella Spewack (91 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1901: Ed Begley (69 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1901: Richard Myers (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1908:…
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Oscar History: March 24 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Stephen Goosson (84 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1894: Ralph Hammeras (75 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Special Effects, Engineering Effects 1901: Ub Iwerks (70 at…
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Box Office History (Week 12, 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: March 23 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Cedric Gibbons (67 at death) {39 Noms, 11 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1896: George James Hopkins (88 at death) {13 Noms, 4 Wins}…
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Oscar History: March 22 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Joseph Schildkraut (67 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1901: John Link (67 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1908: Louis L’Amour (80 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} 1912: Karl Malden (97 at death)…
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Oscar History: March 21 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Gilbert M. Anderson (90 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1889: W. S. Van Dyke (53 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1892: Bertram Granger (75 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production…
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Oscar History: March 20 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Hal Walker (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1907: Henry Grace (76 at death) {13 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design 1908: Michael Redgrave (77 at…
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Oscar Profile: Sean Penn
Born August 17, 1960 in Santa Monica, California, the second son of actor-director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, Sean Penn is the fourth actor to receive three Oscars and the first since Walter Brennan to win all three on successive nominations. The actor’s older brother is composer Michael Penn (born 1958). His younger brother…
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Oscar History: March 19 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Betty Compson (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1897: Edmund Reek (74 at death) {7 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short Subject, One-Reel Short Film Oscar Wins: Documentary Short Subject, One-Reel Short Film 1901: Jo Mielziner (74 at death) {1 Nom,…
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Oscar History: March 18 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2002: The Oscar Guy Launched oscarguy.com Domain (23) Born 1891: Truman Talley (50 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short Subject 1905: Robert Donat (53 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1915: Richard Condon (81 at…
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98th Oscars: Post-Oscars Review
Before we get into our individual re-caps of this year’s Oscars, let’s get the plaudits and results posted for our predictions this year. Coming in first with 18 correct predictions, 5 runners-up, and 1 miss is Wesley Lovell. He narrowly beat out Thomas who got 17 correct with 7 runners-up, and 0 misses. Pete came…
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Oscar History: March 17 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Sid Grauman (70 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1888: Nugent Slaughter (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Engineering Effects 1894: Paul Green (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1901: Alfred Newman (68 at death) {45…
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Box Office History (Week 11, 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: March 16 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Gene Havlick (65 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1897: Conrad Nagel (72 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary Academy President #4: 1931-33, 1 term; Academy Awards Host: 3rd, 5th-Co, 25th-Co | 3 times 1908: Robert Rossen…
