Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar Profile #451: Laurence Harvey
Born October 1, 1928 in Joniskis, Lithuania, Laruschka Mischa Skikne, was the youngest of three children, known variously as Harry Skikne, Larry Skikne and finally Laurence Harvey, emigrated to South Africa with his parents and to London at 16. Having enrolled in RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) in London, he made his screen…
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This Day in Oscar History: July 4 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2011: Polls: What Are You Watching? (8)
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This Day in Oscar History: July 3 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: July 2 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: July 1 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2010: Feed the Queue (9)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 30 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 29 (2019)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 26, 2019)
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. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 28 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2010: The Morning After (9)
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Oscar Profile #450: Michael Curtiz
Born December 24, 1896 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary), Mano Kaminer was born into a Jewish family with two brothers and a sister. His father was a carpenter, his mother an opera singer. A born actor-director, he built a theater in the basement of his house when he was 8, performing in plays he improvised…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 27 (2019)
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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions: June
As is our tradition, May begins our first predictive look at the year’s Oscar hopefuls. A lot of factors will play into how well our guesses hold up. Expect many of them to fall by the wayside as the year progresses and new contenders to rise into their places. For our second month of predictions,…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 26 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 25 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 24 (2019)
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