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Category: Academy Awards History

Oscar in Box Office History (Week 19, 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…

May 8, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: May 8 (2015)

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May 8, 2015
Oscar Profile #234: Raymond Massey

Born August 30, 1896 in Toronto, Canada, Raymond Massey was the son of an American mother and a wealthy Canadian father, the owner of the Massey-Harris Tractor Company. His older brother was Vincent Massey who became the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada from 1952 to 1959. He often said that American audiences thought he…

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

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May 7, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: May 6 (2015)

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

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

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

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

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May 2, 2015
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 18, 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…

May 1, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: May 1 (2015)

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May 1, 2015
Oscar Profile #233: Joaquin Phoenix

Born Joaquin Rafeal Bottom in Puerto Rico on October 28, 1974, the middle child of five of a New York Jewish mother and California father of mostly English heritage, his parents who were then members of the Children of God missionaries changed the family name to Phoenix. With older siblings named River and Rain and…

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

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April 30, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: April 29 (2015)

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

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April 28, 2015