Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: December 23 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: John Cromwell (91 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 17th-Co | 1 time 1899: Richard Schweizer (65 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay, Motion Picture Story Oscar Wins: Original Screenplay, Motion Picture Story 1914: Fred Coe (64 at…
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Oscar History: December 22 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Lucien Hubbard (83 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Story 1907: Peggy Ashcroft (83 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1917: Freddie Francis (89 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White)…
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Oscar History: December 21 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Frances Goodrich (93 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Screenplay 1905: Harry Revel (52 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1914: Eustace Lycett (91 at death) {4 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Visual Effects, Special Effects Oscar Wins: Visual…
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Oscar History: December 20 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Virgil E. Miller (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1893: Stephen Avery (54 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1898: Irene Dunne (91 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actress 1907: Paul Francis Webster (76…
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Oscar Profile: Oscar Loves Christmas
While no film with Christmas as its main theme has ever won a Best Picture Oscar, one film in which the holiday is prominently featured did win the big prize. That was 1960’s bittersweet comedy, The Apartment, which takes place primarily from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve. Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Kruschen…
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Oscar History: December 19 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: George Dutton (77 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects 1902: Ralph Richardson (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1925: Robert B. Sherman (86 at death) {9 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Substantially Original…
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2024 Nominations Predictions: December
With many precursors announced (only one industry one, the editors) and the shortlists recently revealed, these are closing in on our final predictions. Please note that due to time constraints with the shortlists releasing yesterday afternoon, the precursors and changes pages of the website have not been updated but may be completed later today. For…
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Oscar History: December 18 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Gladys Cooper (82 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1891: Lewis Lewyn (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Color Short Film 1899: Rex Wimpy (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1900: Darrell Silvera (82…
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97th Oscars Shortlists Announced
My only issue with these is that Wicked is eligible for Best Original Score but Dune: Part Two was ineligible because it was too derivative. 97TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 97th Academy…
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Oscar History: December 17 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Leo Erdody (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score 1900: Katina Paxinou (72 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1906: Marlin Skiles (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score 1918:…
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Box Office History (Week 50, 2024)
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: December 16 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Norbert Brodine (73 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1898: Lud Gluskin (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Score 1899: Noel Coward (73 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1917:…
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Oscar History: December 15 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Maxwell Anderson (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Writing 1893: Victor Milner (80 at death) {8 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography 1906: Joe MacDonald (61 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White),…
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Oscar History: December 14 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1913: Dan Dailey (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1935: Lee Remick (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1945: Hawk Koch (79) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy President #34: 2012-13, 1 term 1945: Hawk Koch (79) {0 Noms, 0…
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Oscar History: December 13 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers (12) Born 1890: Marc Connelly (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1899: Sidney S. Brod (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1901: George R. Groves (74 at death) {8…
