Category: Academy Awards History
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This Day in Oscar History: October 31
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 30
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 29
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 43, 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…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 28
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #57: Greer Garson
Born September 29, 1904 in London, England, the daughter of a Scottish father and Irish mother, Greer Garson was educated at King’s College, London and the University of Grenoble in France. Intent on becoming a teacher, she instead went to work in an advertising agency and did some acting on the side, eventually turning to…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 27
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 26
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 25
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 24
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 23
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 22
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 42, 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…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 21
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #56: David Lynch
Born January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana, David Lynch’s father was a research scientist for the Department of Agriculture and his mother an English language tutor. Because of his father’s job, the family moved around a lot, the future writer-director having spent most of his formative years in Virginia. After attending the School of the…
