Category: Academy Awards History
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This Day in Oscar History: October 1 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: September 30 (2012)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 29 (2012)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 39, 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: September 28 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #105: Ruth Chatterton
Born Christmas Eve, 1892 in New York City, Ruth Chatterton was of English and French extraction. She was related to poet Thomas Chatterton who died of arsenic poisoning at age 17 in 1770. Chatterton went on the stage at age 12 to help support the family after her parents separated. She became a major star…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 27 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: September 26 (2012)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 25 (2012)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 24 (2012)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 23 (2012)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 22 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 38, 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: September 21 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #104: Charles Coburn
Born June 19, 1877 in Macon, Georgia to Scots-Irish American parents, Charles Coburn began his show business career as an usher and doorman in a Savannah theatre which he became manager of in 1895 at the age of 18. By 1901 he was already starring on Broadway in the first of twenty-seven plays he appeared…
