Category: Academy Awards History
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This Day in Oscar History: June 1 (2019)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 22, 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: May 31 (2019)
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Oscar Profile #446: Alvin Sargent
Born April 12, 1927 in Philadelphia, PA, Alvin Supowitz, known professionally as Alvin Sargent, was the son of Esther and Isaac Supowitz, who grew up in the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby. He attended Upper Darby High School but quit at age 17 to join the U.S. Navy to fight in World War II, following…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 30 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 29 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 28 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 27 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 26 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 25 (2019)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 21, 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: May 24 (2019)
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Oscar Profile #445: Curtis Hanson
Born March 24, 1945 in Reno, Nevada and raised in Los Angeles, Curtis Hanson’s mother was a real estate agent, and his father, a teacher. Hanson dropped out of school in his senior year but was later made entertainment editor of the Cal State L.A. campus newspaper, despite not being a student there. His uncle,…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 23 (2019)
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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions: The Beginning
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. As Spring turns into Summer, thoughts…
