Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: September 3 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar History: September 2 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Calendar Preview: September
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. SEPTEMBER Festivals Saturday, Sep. 2 – Telluride Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Thursday, Sep. 7 – Toronto Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Friday, Sep.…
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Oscar History: September 1 (2023)
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Oscar Profile: Walter Mirisch
Born November 8, 1921 in New York, New York, Walter Mirisch was the youngest of three sons born to Josephine and Max Mirisch, a tailor. He had two half-brothers from his father’s first marriage, his first wife having died young. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1939. His first job was as an…
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Oscar History: August 31 (2023)
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Oscar History: August 30 (2023)
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Oscar History: August 29 (2023)
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Box Office History (Week 34, 2023)
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: August 28 (2023)
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Oscar History: August 27 (2023)
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Oscar History: August 26 (2023)
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Oscar History: August 25 (2023)
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Oscar Profile: Betty Comden
Born May 3, 1917 to a Brooklyn lawyer and his English teacher wife, Basya Cohen, known professionally as Betty Comden, attended Erasmus Hall High School and New York University, graduating in 1938. In 1938, mutual friends introduced Comden to aspiring actor Adolph Green, who would become her songwriting partner. She would marry husband Steven Kyle…
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Oscar History: August 24 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
