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Category: Academy Awards History

This Day in Oscar History: August 9 (2015)

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August 9, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: August 8 (2015)

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August 8, 2015
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 32, 2015)

Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals in the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that 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…

August 7, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: August 7 (2015)

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August 7, 2015
Oscar Profile #147: Agnes Moorehead

Born December 6, 1900 in Clinton, Massachusetts to a Presbyterian minister and his mezzo-soprano wife, Agnes Moorehead was encouraged by her mother to perform and was singing church solos at age three. At ten she joined the St. Louis Municipal Opera where she sang and danced for four years. At her father’s insistence she left…

August 6, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: August 6 (2015)

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August 6, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: August 5 (2015)

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August 5, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: August 4 (2015)

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August 4, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: August 3 (2015)

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August 3, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: August 2 (2015)

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August 2, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: August 1 (2015)

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August 1, 2015
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 31, 2015)

Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals in the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that 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…

July 31, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 31 (2015)

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July 31, 2015
Oscar Profile #246: Marcello Mastroianni

Born September 28, 1924 in Fontana Liri, Lazlo, Italy, Marcello Mastroianni soon moved with his family to Turin and then Rome. He made his film debut as an extra in 1939’s Marionettte at the age of 14. His first starring role was in 1951’s The Accusation aka The Charge Is Murder. He became a major…

July 30, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: July 30 (2015)

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July 30, 2015