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This Day in Oscar History: April 6 (2019)

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April 6, 2019
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 14, 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…

April 5, 2019
This Day in Oscar History: April 5 (2019)

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April 5, 2019
Oscar Profile #438: W. Howard Greene

Born August 16, 1895 in River Point, Rhode Island, William Howard Greene, whose nickname was “Duke”, was a pioneer in color cinematography. He won two honorary Academy Awards for his work before color cinematography became an Oscar category and was then nominated in each of the first five years in which it was a category…

April 4, 2019
This Day in Oscar History: April 4 (2019)

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April 4, 2019
This Day in Oscar History: April 3 (2019)

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April 3, 2019
This Day in Oscar History: April 2 (2019)

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April 2, 2019
This Day in Oscar History: April 1 (2019)

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April 1, 2019
This Day in Oscar History: March 31 (2019)

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March 31, 2019
Precursor: 50th NAACP Image Awards (2018)

The top nominee also became the top winner taking home a near-sweep with eight awards. Black Panther was unsurprisingly huge and its victories here make sense even if they weren’t the best nominees in each category. Award Tallies (8) Black Panther The Awards

March 30, 2019
This Day in Oscar History: March 30 (2019)

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March 30, 2019
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 13, 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…

March 29, 2019
This Day in Oscar History: March 29 (2019)

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March 29, 2019
Oscar Profile #437: Tom Berenger

Born May 31, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois as Thomas Michael Moore, the future Tom Berenger’s father was a printer for the Chicago Sun-Times and a traveling salesman. After graduating from Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois in 1967, Moore studied journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, but decided to seek…

March 28, 2019
This Day in Oscar History: March 28 (2019)

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March 28, 2019