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Category: Academy Awards History

This Day in Oscar History: February 12 (2016)

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February 12, 2016
Oscar Profile #274: Tom McCarthy

Born Thomas Joseph (Tom) McCarthy in New Providence, New Jersey on January 30, 1966, the actor-writer-director was the third of five children of Carol and Eugene McCarthy, a salesman and later president of an NYC textile company. A graduate of New Providence High School, Boston College and Yale School of Drama, he made his screen…

February 11, 2016
This Day in Oscar History: February 11 (2016)

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February 11, 2016
This Day in Oscar History: February 10 (2016)

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February 10, 2016
This Day in Oscar History: February 9 (2016)

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February 9, 2016
This Day in Oscar History: February 8 (2016)

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February 8, 2016
This Day in Oscar History: February 7 (2016)

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February 7, 2016
This Day in Oscar History: February 6 (2016)

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February 6, 2016
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 6, 2016)

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…

February 5, 2016
This Day in Oscar History: February 5 (2016)

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February 5, 2016
Oscar Profile #273: Tom Hanks

Born Thomas Jeffrey (Tom) Hanks in Concord, California on July 9, 1956, America’s Most Popular Actor (according to a January 2016 Harris Poll) is of English-German ancestry on his father’s side and Portuguese on his mother’s. Raised by his father after his parents’ divorce in 1960, he attended Chabot College and California State University at…

February 4, 2016
This Day in Oscar History: February 4 (2016)

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February 4, 2016
This Day in Oscar History: February 3 (2016)

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February 3, 2016
This Day in Oscar History: February 2 (2016)

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February 2, 2016
This Day in Oscar History: February 1 (2016)

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February 1, 2016