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This Day in Oscar History: January 27 (2014)

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

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January 26, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: January 25 (2014)

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January 25, 2014
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 4, 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…

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

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January 24, 2014
Oscar Profile #170: Lew Ayres

Born December 28, 1908 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Irma and Louis Ayres II, an amateur musician and court reporter, Louis III (Lew) was a member of Henry Halstead’s orchestra in 1927 when he left to pursue an acting career. Discovered by a talent agent in 1929, he had two uncredited roles before being cast opposite…

January 23, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: January 23 (2014)

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

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

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January 21, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: January 20 (2014)

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January 20, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: January 19 (2014)

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January 19, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: January 18 (2014)

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January 18, 2014
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 3, 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…

January 17, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: January 17 (2014)

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January 17, 2014
Oscar Profile #169: Oscar Hammerstein II

Born July 12, 1895 to Alice (née Nimmo) and William Hammerstein, the vaudeville producer who invented the pie-in-the-face routine, he was named after his paternal grandfather, a well-known theatre impresario of the day. Hammerstein began writing songs for musicals while studying law at Columbia University. The first Broadway show he contributed to was 1917’s Furs…

January 16, 2014