Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: December 8 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Gerard Carbonara (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Drama/Comedy Score 1896: Bryan Foy (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature 1900: Irene (61 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) 1906: Daniel…
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Oscar History: December 7 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Harry Chandlee (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1887: Ernst Toch (76 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score 1891: Fay Bainter (76 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress Oscar…
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Oscar History: December 6 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Ernest Palmer (92 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1887: Lynn Fontanne (95 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1889: Abem Finkel (58 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1890:…
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Oscar Profile: George Cukor Revisited
Born July 7, 1899 on New York’s Lower East Side, George Cukor’s father was a lawyer who expected him to follow in his footsteps. Instead, young Cukor fell in love with the theatre, and shortly after brief military service toward the end of World War I, had his first job in the theatre as a…
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Oscar History: December 5 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Milan Roder (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1897: Nunnally Johnson (79 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay 1898: Grace Moore (48 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1901: Walt Disney (65 at death) {59 Noms,…
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Contenders: December Update
For our December update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 All contenders have reached Stage 2 or higher, so there will be no changes here. Moving to Stage…
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Oscar History: December 4 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Malcolm Bert (70 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1910: Alex North (80 at death) {15 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Original Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Substantially Original Score, Non-Musical Score, Drama Score Oscar Win: Special/Honorary…
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Oscar History: December 3 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1874: Arthur Wimperis (78 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay 1891: Hans Koenekamp (100 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1907: Virginia Kellogg (73 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Story and Screenplay, Motion Picture…
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Box Office History (Week 48, 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 2 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Joseph Farnham (46 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Title Writing Oscar Win: Title Writing 1894: Viola Lawrence (78 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing 1899: Peter Herman Adler (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score 1902:…
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Calendar Preview: December 2024
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. DECEMBER Nominations Wednesday, Dec. 4 – Houston Critics – Texas Independent (Nominations) (Unconfirmed) Wednesday, Dec. 4 – Spirit Awards (Nominations) (Official) Thursday,…
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Oscar History: December 1 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Otho Lovering (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1895: A. W. Watkins (74 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing 1901: William Daniels (68 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win:…
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Oscar History: November 30 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Karl Struss (95 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography 1888: Kenneth Macgowan (74 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Comedy Short Film Oscar Win: Comedy Short Film 1891: B. B. Kahane (68 at death) {0 Noms,…
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Oscar History: November 29 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Busby Berkeley (80 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Dance Direction 1907: Fred Bohanan (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1911: Walter Kent (82 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1914: Raoul Pene du Bois (70…
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Oscar Profile: Thanksgiving 2024
This year, Thanksgiving at the Movies means catching up with either Wicked or Gladiator II. If you’re looking for something that celebrates the holiday itself, don’t look to current theatrical listings or what’s streaming on your TV, look to your home video collection which should contain a smattering of holiday movies. Holidays have been celebrated in…
