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This Day in Oscar History: September 9 (2013)

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September 9, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: September 8 (2013)

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September 8, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: September 7 (2013)

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September 7, 2013
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 36, 2013)

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…

September 6, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: September 6 (2013)

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September 6, 2013
Oscar Profile #150: Miriam Hopkins

Born October 18, 1902 to wealthy parents in Savannah, Georgia, Miriam Hopkins attended the finest schools before becoming a chorus girl at the age of 20. On Broadway first in musicals, then dramatic roles, she had her first starring role on screen in 1930’s Fast and Loose featuring Carole Lombard and Frank Morgan but attracted…

September 5, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: September 5 (2013)

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September 5, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: September 4 (2013)

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September 4, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: September 3 (2013)

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September 3, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: September 2 (2013)

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September 2, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: September 1 (2013)

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September 1, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: August 31 (2013)

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August 31, 2013
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 35, 2013)

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…

August 30, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: August 30 (2013)

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August 30, 2013
Oscar Profile #149: Dolores Hart

Born October 20, 1938 to actor Bert Hicks and his former actress wife, Harriett, who divorced when she was three, Dolores Hicks, stage name Dolores Hart, grew up wanting to be an actress. Celebrated singer-actor Mario Lanza was her uncle by marriage, an Army buddy of her father’s who fell in love with Hicks’ sister…

August 29, 2013