Category: Academy Awards History
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This Day in Oscar History: May 14 (2021)
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Oscar Profile #548: Olympia Dukakis Revisited
Born June 20, 1931 in Lowell, Massachusetts, Olympia Dukakis was the daughter of Greek immigrants. She was a first cousin of 1988 Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis (born 1933). Dukakis majored in physical therapy at Boston University, graduating with a BA. She practiced as a therapist during the polio epidemic, later returning to Boston University where…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 13 (2021)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 12 (2021)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 11 (2021)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 10 (2021)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 9 (2021)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 8 (2021)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 19, 2021)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 7 (2021)
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Oscar Profile #547: Frances McDormand Revisited
Born June 23, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, Frances McDormand was the adopted daughter of Canadian-born parents, Noreen Eloise (Nickleson), a nurse from Ontario, and The Rev. Vernon Weir McDormand, a Disciples of Christ minister from Nova Scotia, who raised her in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. She began her stage career after graduating from Yale in…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 6 (2021)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 5 (2021)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 4 (2021)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 3 (2021)
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