Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar Profile #504: Eileen Heckart
Born March 29, 1919 in Columbus, Ohio, (Anna) Eileen Herbert was an only child who went with her mother when her parents separated when she was 2. Her mother was an alcoholic who married five times. She was often shunted off to her mother’s mother and her second husband who eventually adopted her, changing her…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 9 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: July 8 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: July 7 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2010: Film Previews / Trailer Watch (10) 2011: Polls: Oscar’s Best (9)
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This Day in Oscar History: July 6 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: July 5 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: July 4 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2011: Polls: What Are You Watching? (9)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 27, 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: July 3 (2020)
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Oscar Profile #503: Henry Koster
Born Hermann Kosterlitz on May 1, 1905 in Berlin, Germany, the future Henry Koster was the grandson on his mother’s side of famed operatic tenor Julius Salomon who died of tuberculosis in the 1880s. His father, who was a salesman of women’s underwear, abandoned his family when the future director was 5. His mother got…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 2 (2020)
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93rd Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – July
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: July 1 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2010: Feed the Queue (10)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 30 (2020)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 29 (2020)
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