Category: Academy Awards History
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Academy Re-Elects Janet Yang as President
JANET YANG RE-ELECTED ACADEMY PRESIDENT ACADEMY BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2023-2024 OFFICERS ELECTED LOS ANGELES, CA – Producer Janet Yang was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors. Also elected to officer positions by the Board: Bonnie Arnold, Vice President (chair, Membership Committee) Howard Berger, Vice…
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Calendar Preview: August
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 organization. Here’s what’s coming up this month. AUGUST Festivals Wednesday, Aug. 2 – Locarno Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Wednesday, Aug. 30 – Venice Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Friday,…
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Oscar History: August 1 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Box Office History (Week 30, 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: July 31 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar History: July 30 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar History: July 29 (2023)
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Oscar History: July 28 (2023)
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Oscar Profile: Alan Arkin
Born March 26, 1934 in Brooklyn New York, Alan Arkin was the son of artist-writer-lyricist David I. Arkin and his wife Beatrice, a teacher. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1946 where the senior Arkin was employed by the Hollywood studios until he ran afoul of the “red scare” in 1950. The younger Arkin…
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Oscar History: July 27 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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2023 Nominations Predictions: July
Once again, our prognosticators have been hard at work putting together revised lists. There aren’t a lot of changes this month, but enough to create some interesting new match-ups. Further, we’ve added the Animated Feature and Visual Effects categories to expand our lists to ten categories. Next month, we’ll add another two. They will probably…
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Oscar History: July 26 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar History: July 25 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Box Office History (Week 29, 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: July 24 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
