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Category: Academy Awards History

  • Oscar Profile #74: Joshua Logan

    Born October 5, 1908 in Texarkana, Texas, Joshua Logan’s father committed suicide when the younger Logan was just three years old. He then moved with his mother and sister to his maternal grandparents’ home in Mansfield, Louisiana. After his mother’s remarriage he was sent to a military boarding school. He became interested in acting while…

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 8, 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: February 23

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 22

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1960: 32nd Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1959} 1972: 44th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1971} 2009: 81st Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 2008}

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 21

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1966: 38th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1965} 1978: 50th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1977}

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 20

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1967: 39th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1966} 1979: 51st Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1978}

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 19

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1968: 40th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1967} 1974: 46th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1973} 1991: 63rd Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1990} 1992: 64th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 18

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1956: 28th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1955} 1957: 29th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1956} 1958: 30th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1957}

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 7, 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: February 17

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1976: 48th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1975} 1981: 53rd Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1980} 1983: 55th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1982} 1988: 60th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of…

  • Oscar Profile #73: Nina Foch

    Born April 20, 1924 in Leiden, Holland to Dutch classical music conductor Dirk Fock and his wife, American actress-singer Consuelo Flowerton, her parents divorced when she was a toddler and she moved with her mother to New York where she grew up. Although she studied music and art, she turned to acting as a teenager…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 16

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1970: 42nd Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1969} 1984: 56th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1983}

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 15

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 1996: The Oscar Guy Launched on GeoCities (16) Ceremonies 1954: 26th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1953} 2000: 72nd Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1999}

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 14

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1989: 61st Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1988} 1990: 62nd Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1989} 1995: 67th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1994}

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 13

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1948: 20th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1947} 1996: 68th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1995} 2001: 73rd Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 2000}

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