Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: January 11 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Charles Previn (85 at death) {7 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Musical Score Oscar Win: Scoring 1894: Alexander Hall (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing 1899: Eva Legallienne (92 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1900: Borden…
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Oscar History: January 10 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1891: Bernard Herzbrun (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1898: Arthur Johnston (56 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1899: John Mescall (63 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1917: Jerry Wexler (91…
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Oscar Profile: Winton C. Hoch
Born July 31, 1905, in Storm Lake, Iowa, Winton C. Hoch is the only cinematographer of note working in the black-and-white era of film that never lensed a black-and-white feature film. Moving to California in 1924 and graduating in 1931 as a chemist from the California Institute of Technology, Hoch was a research physicist who joined…
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Oscar History: January 9 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1908: William B. Murphy (62 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1941: Susannah York (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1955: J. K. Simmons (70) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1956: Imelda…
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The Contenders 24/25: Dec. Retrospective/Feb. Forecast
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of December and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to February and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts December Retrospective Our final…
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Oscar History: January 8 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Gordon Hollingshead (60 at death) {23 Noms, 7 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Assistant Directing, Documentary Short, One-Reel Short Film, Two-Reel Short Film Oscar Wins: Assistant Directing, Documentary Short, One-Reel Short Film, Two-Reel Short Film 1903: Robert Webb (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant…
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13th Georgia Critics Awards
Georgia has spread the love with lots of selections that replicate other groups without creating much of their own identity. Awards Tallies (3) Anora (2) Challengers, Dune: Part Two, Flow (1) Conclave, Juror #2, Nickel Boys, Nosferatu, The Piano Lesson, A Real Pain, Sing Sing, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story The Awards Best Picture Anora…
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Contenders: Final Pre-Nominations Update
For our final update before the Oscar nominations are announced, several films moved on to the next stage. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. We will also take a step in a different direction for our lists at the end. In addition…
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Oscar History: January 7 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1873: Adolph Zukor (103 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1906: Herb Magidson (79 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1908: Eliot Daniel (89 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1910: Frank…
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Eligible Films for 97th Oscars
Interesting that despite recent branding, they are calling them the “Academy Awards” still in the press release. That’s neither here nor there. What’s interesting is which of the 323 films didn’t meet Best Picture eligibility requirements. All of this year’s Best Picture contenders are there, so there’s no concern of anything major missing out. 323…
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Box Office History (Week 1, 2025)
Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…
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Oscar History: January 6 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1891: Rochus Gliese (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1913: Jack Leonard (41 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1913: Loretta Young (87 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actress Oscar Win: Actress 1918:…
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Oscar History: January 5 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Leroy Stone (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1905: Richard A. Pefferle (64 at death) {6 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1905: Vladimir Pozner (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins}…
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Oscar History: January 4 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1916: Lionel Newman (73 at death) {11 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Musical Score, Adaptation or Treatment Score Oscar Win: Musical Score 1916: Robert Parrish (79 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1918: Buddy Baker (84 at death) {1…
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Oscar History: January 3 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1877: Josephine Hull (80 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1889: Robert M. Haas (73 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1898: Frederic Efrem Erich (58 at death) {2…
