Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 41, 2012)
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…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 12 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1932: 5th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1931/32}
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Oscar Profile #107: Frank Borzage
Born April 23, 1894, the son of Luigi and Maria Borzaga AKA Borzage, the future actor/producer/director’s name is pronounced Bor-zay-gee (long “a”, hard “g” as in guy) and not Borsage (rhyming with “corsage”) as it is often mispronounced by TV commentators. One of fourteen children, eight of whom survived to adulthood, one of his sisters…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 11 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 10 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 9 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 8 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 7 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 6 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 40, 2012)
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…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 5 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #106: Jennifer Jones
Born Phylis Lee Isley on March 2, 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to a minor show business couple, the future superstar’s parents owned and operated a traveling tent show that performed throughout the Midwest. The aspiring actress transferred form Northwestern University in Chicago to New York’s Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1938 where she met and…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 4 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 3 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 2 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
