Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar Profile #414: Nicolas Cage
Born January 7, 1964 in Long Beach, California, Nicolas Kim Coppola, known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is the son of literature professor August Coppola and his wife, dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang. He is the nephew of Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola and Oscar-nominated actress Talia Shire. Inspired to become an actor by watching James Dean in…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 18 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 17 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 16 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 15 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 14 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 13 (2018)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 41, 2018)
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: October 12 (2018)
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Oscar Profile #413: Nicholas Musuraca
Born October 25, 1892 in Riace, Calabria, Italy, Nicola (later Nicholas) Musuraca emigrated to the U.S. with his father in 1907 when he was 14. They settled in Brooklyn where his father’s brother was already living. Musuraca began his show business career as a chauffer for silent film director and producer J. Stuart Blackton. He…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 11 (2018)
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2018 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Post-Festival
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. Oscar season is upon us and…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 10 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 9 (2018)
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91st Oscars: Foreign Language Film Submissions
The Academy has announced the 87 films that will compete for the shortlist for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy Awards. Below is the press release. 87 COUNTRIES IN COMPETITION FOR 2018 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OSCAR® LOS ANGELES, CA – Eighty-seven countries have submitted films for consideration in the…
