Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar Profile #396: Glenda Jackson
Born May 9, 1936 in Birkenhead, England to working class parents, Glenda Jackson was named after actress Glenda Farrell. Having performed with a local acting group while in her teens, she received a scholarship to the London based Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1954. She made her professional acting debut in a RADA production…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 14 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 13 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 12 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 11 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 10 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 9 (2018)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 23, 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: June 8 (2018)
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Oscar Profile #395: Stanley Donen
Born April 13, 1924 in Columbia, South Carolina to Moses and Helen Donen, Stanley Donen was a lonely and unhappy child who spent much of his youth in movie theatres. His favorite film was the 1933 Astaire-Rogers film, Flying Down to Rio which he saw between thirty and forty times. He shot and screened home…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 7 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 6 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 5 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 4 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 3 (2018)
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