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Category: Academy Awards History

This Day in Oscar History: January 8

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January 8, 2012
This Day in Oscar History: January 7

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January 7, 2012
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 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…

January 6, 2012
This Day in Oscar History: January 6

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January 6, 2012
Oscar Profile #67: Jane Wyman

The only wife of a future president of the U.S. to win an Oscar, and the only Oscar winning actress to be buried in a nun’s habit, the facts of Jane Wyman’s life are somewhat obscured and confusing. Born Sarah Jane Mayfield on January 5, 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri, young Sarah Jane’s parents were…

January 5, 2012
This Day in Oscar History: January 5

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January 5, 2012
This Day in Oscar History: January 4

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January 4, 2012
This Day in Oscar History: January 3

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January 3, 2012
This Day in Oscar History: January 2

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January 2, 2012
This Day in Oscar History: January 1

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January 1, 2012
This Day in Oscar History: December 31

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December 31, 2011
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 52, 2011)

Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 (starting in January) 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…

December 30, 2011
This Day in Oscar History: December 30

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December 30, 2011
Oscar Profile #66: Carole Lombard

Born Jane Alice Peters on October 6, 1908 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the young tomboy was discovered by director Allan Dwan at the age of 12 and cast as Monte Blue’s sister in 1921’s A Perfect Crime under her original name. She was Carol Lombard throughout the 1920s and Carole Lombard by 1930’s The Arizona…

December 29, 2011
This Day in Oscar History: December 29

Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

December 29, 2011