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Category: Academy Awards History

This Day in Oscar History: August 1 (2014)

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August 1, 2014
Oscar Profile #197: Lana Turner

Born February 8, 1921 in Wallace, Idaho, Julia Jean “Lana” Turner was the daughter of teenage parents John (1903-1930) and Mildred (1904-1982) Turner. Her father, originally a coal miner from Montgomery, Alabama had by the time of his death at 27 become a con man who was murdered on the streets of San Francisco where…

July 31, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: July 31 (2014)

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July 31, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: July 30 (2014)

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July 30, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: July 29 (2014)

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July 29, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: July 28 (2014)

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July 28, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: July 27 (2014)

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July 27, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: July 26 (2014)

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July 26, 2014
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 30, 2014)

Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…

July 25, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: July 25 (2014)

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July 25, 2014
Oscar Profile #196: Lasse Hallstrom

Born June 2, 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden to a dentist father and a famous writer mother, Lars Sven (Lasse) Hallstrom’s maternal grandfather was Sweden’s finance minister from 1926-28 and again from 1930-33. Having studied music in Stockholm, the future award-winning film director learned his craft making music videos for ABBA in the 1970s. His first…

July 24, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: July 24 (2014)

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July 24, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: July 23 (2014)

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July 23, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: July 22 (2014)

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July 22, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: July 21 (2014)

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July 21, 2014