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This Day in Oscar History: October 30 (2015)

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October 30, 2015
Oscar Profile #259: Maureen O’Hara Updated

This is an update of the profile I wrote on the legendary Irish-born red-headed screen icon, Maureen O’Hara, five years ago. I said at the time that she may well be the greatest living actress never to have been nominated for an Oscar. The Academy rectified that deficiency when they presented her with an honorary…

October 29, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 29 (2015)

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October 29, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 28 (2015)

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October 28, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 27 (2015)

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October 27, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 26 (2015)

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October 26, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 25 (2015)

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October 25, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 24 (2015)

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October 24, 2015
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 43, 2015)

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…

October 23, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 23 (2015)

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October 23, 2015
Oscar Profile #258: Ridley Scott

Born November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Northumberland (now Tyne and Wear), England, Ridley Scott was the middle of three sons of an officer in the Royal Engineers. While he intended to follow his father into the Army, his older brother Frank having gone into the Royal Nany, his father encouraged him to pursue his…

October 22, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 22 (2015)

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October 22, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 21 (2015)

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October 21, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 20 (2015)

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October 20, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 19 (2015)

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October 19, 2015