Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: November 7 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Herman J. Mankiewicz (55 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1903: Ary Barroso (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1903: Dean Jagger (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting…
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Contenders 24: November Update
For our November 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. Before we get to that, please note that I have also removed four films from this year’s contenders list as it does…
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Oscar History: November 6 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Gus Kahn (54 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Scoring Oscar Win: Scoring 1897: Rowland Brown (65 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Story 1911: Stephen Bosustow (69 at death) {14 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short, Animated…
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Oscar History: November 5 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Farciot Edouart (85 at death) {9 Noms, 17 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Wins: Special Effects, Special/Honorary, Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Plaque), Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1895: Charles MacArthur (60 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Story, Screenplay Oscar…
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Box Office History (Week 44, 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: November 4 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Will Rogers (55 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 6th | 1 time 1895: Ben Sharpsteen (85 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Live Action Short Film Oscar Wins: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short 1899: Tregoweth Brown (84…
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Oscar History: November 3 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1914: Gyula Trebitsch (91 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Foreign Film 1924: Robert E. Thompson (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1933: John Barry (77 at death) {7 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Original Score, Non-Musical Score,…
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Oscar History: November 2 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Victor Baravalle (53 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1892: Alice Brady (46 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1901: James Dunn (65 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win:…
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2024 Calendar Preview: November
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. NOVEMBER Nominations Wednesday, Nov. 6 – Seattle Critics – PNW Filmmaking (Nominations) (Unconfirmed) Wednesday, Nov. 6 – European Film Awards (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)…
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Oscar History: November 1 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Grantland Rice (73 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: One-Reel Short Film Oscar Win: One-Reel Short Film 1895: Franz Bachelin (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1904: Jerry Fairbanks (90 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar…
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Oscar Profile: James Stewart Revisited
Born May 20, 1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, James Stewart was the son of a hardware store owner and his wife. He was educated at a local prep school where he was an athlete (football and track), musician (singing and accordion), and sometime actor. In 1929, he went to Princeton University where he studied architecture and…
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Oscar History: October 31 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2019: Upcoming Precursors (5) Born 1879: Sara Allgood (70 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1893: John Waters (71 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1896: Ethel Waters (80…
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Oscar History: October 30 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1870: Lawrence Grant (81 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 4th | 1 time 1889: Arthur Johns (57 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Win: Special Effects 1890: Warren Doane (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination:…
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Oscar History: October 29 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Hope Emerson (62 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1899: Akim Tamiroff (72 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1901: Daniele Amfitheatrof (81 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1935: Isao Takahata…
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Box Office History (Week 43, 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…
