Category: Academy Awards History
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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…
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Oscar Profile #724: Joan Crawford Revisited
Born in San Antonio, Texas on March 23, 1904, Lucille LeSueur’s father abandoned her mother and older brother before she was born. By age 16 she had had three different stepfathers, one of them, although her mother’s marriage to Henry Cassin was a minor impresario in Oklahoma whose vaudeville shows gave LeSueur, then billed as…
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Oscar History: December 12 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: Harry M. Warner (76 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1893: Edward G. Robinson (79 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1897: Eddie Imazu (81 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1899: Floyd Crosby (85…
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The Contenders 2024/2025: November/January
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of November and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to January and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts November Retrospective November was…
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Oscar History: December 11 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1912: Carlo Ponti (94 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Foreign Film Oscar Win: Foreign Film 1923: Betsy Blair (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1931: Rita Moreno (93) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win:…
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Oscar History: December 10 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Victor McLaglen (72 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1893: Lew Brown (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1903: Una Merkel (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1906:…
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Box Office History (Week 49, 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 9 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Oliver Emert (72 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1905: Dalton Trumbo (70 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay, Motion Picture Story Oscar Wins: Motion Picture Story 1911: Broderick Crawford (74…
