Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 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: January 1 (2021)
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Oscar Profile #529: David Fincher
Born August 28, 1962 in Denver, Colorado, David (Andrew) Fincher was the son of Howard “Jack” Fincher, a reporter and bureau chief for Life Magazine, and his wife, Claire Mae, a mental health nurse. The family moved to San Anselmo, California where filmmaker George Lucas was a neighbor. He began making films with an 8mm…
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93rd Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – January
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 31 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 30 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2011: Friday Face-Off (9) 2015: Eyeing the Truth by Tripp Burton (5)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 29 (2020)
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Precursor: 9th North Carolina Critics Nominations (2020)
Giving traction to Da 5 Bloods and Minari, North Carolina’s film critics have helped deliver some variety to the awards season, even if only a touch of it. Nominations Tallies (7) Da 5 Bloods (6) Nomadland (5) Mank, Minari (4) Promising Young Woman (3) I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Tenet, The…
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Precursor: 5th Chicago Independent Critics Nominations (2020)
I’m not sure how much trust you can put in a group that makes Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey a 4th place finisher (in a tie with Nomadland and Da 5 Bloods) in the nominations count, but you have to respect their gumption. It’s a solid list hitting on many of the current contenders and…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 28 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 27 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 26 (2020)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Weeks 52 & 53, 2020)
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: December 25 (2020)
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Oscar Profile #528: Frank Capra Revisited
Born Francisco Rosario Capra on May 18, 1897 in Bisacquino, Sicily and raised in Los Angeles from the age of six, the future President of both AMPAS (the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) and the DGA (Directors Guild of America) would become a naturalized American citizen in 1920 at which time he legally…
