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Category: Academy Awards History

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 30

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1955: 27th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1954} 1987: 59th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1986} 1992: 64th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1991}

  • Oscr Profile #79: Olivia de Havilland

    Born July 1, 1916 to a British patent attorney and his wife in Tokyo, Japan, Olivia de Havilland’s parents were divorced when she was three, after which she moved with her mother and younger sister, future star Joan Fontaine, to Saratoga, California. Catching the acting bug in high school, de Havilland was spotted by the…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 29

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1951: 23rd Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1950} 1976: 48th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1975} 1982: 54th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1981} 1989: 61st Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 28

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 27

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1957: 29th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1956} 1973: 45th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1972} 1995: 67th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1994}

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 26

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1958: 30th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1957} 1990: 62nd Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1989} 2000: 72nd Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1999}

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 25

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1954: 26th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1953} 1985: 57th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1984} 1991: 63rd Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1990} 1996: 68th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 24

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1949: 21st Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1948} 1986: 58th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1985} 1997: 69th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1996} 2002: 74th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for…

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 12, 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…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 23

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1950: 22nd Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1949} 1998: 70th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1997} 2003: 75th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 2002}

  • Oscar Profile #78: Otto Preminger

    Born December 5, 1905 in Wiznitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary, now Wyschnyzja, Ukraine, Otto Preminger was born into a wealthy Jewish family. His father was a prosecutor who became Attorney General of Austria-Hungary. Although he originally intended to follow in his father’s footsteps, he fell in love with the theatre and made his first film as a…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 22

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 21

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1956: 28th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1955} 1994: 66th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1993} 1999: 71st Annual Academy Awards [Pictured]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1998}

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 20

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1948: 20th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1947} 1952: 24th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1951}

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 19

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1953: 25th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1952}

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