Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar Profile #512: Peter Ustinov
Born April 16, 1921 in London, England, Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov was the son of a Russian father and German mother. His father was a British spy and his mother a painter and ballet designer. He was educated at Westminster College in London where he excelled at acting, making his stage debut in Surrey…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 3 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 2 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2010: Oscar Profile by Peter J. Patrick (10)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 1 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2015: Top Tens (3)
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93rd Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – September
Once again, we have no certainty that any of these awards or nominations will take place as anticipated. 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…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 31 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 30 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 29 (2020)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 35, 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: August 28 (2020)
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Oscar Profile #511: Whoopi Goldberg
Born November 13, 1955 in New York, New York, Caryn Elaine Johnson, known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is the daughter of Robert James Johnson Jr., a Baptist clergyman, and Emma Johnson, née Harris, a nurse, and teacher. A high school dropout, she relocated to Southern California in the mid-1970s before moving to Berkeley, outside of…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 27 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 26 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 25 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 24 (2020)
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