Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: June 23 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1876: Irvin S. Cobb (67 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 7th | 1 time 1892: John F. Seitz (86 at death) {7 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1894: Norman Reilly Raine (77 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win}…
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Oscar History: June 22 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Vincent Korda (81 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1900: Harry Leonard (85 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1901: Lionel Banks (48 at death) {7…
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Oscar History: June 21 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Ralph Block (84 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1904: Mack Gordon (54 at death) {9 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1905: Jean Paul Sartre (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story…
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Oscar History: June 20 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Lillian Hellman (79 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay 1910: Gene Ruggiero (91 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1914: Richard L. Van Enger (69 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1931:…
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2024 Nominations Predictions: June
We’re half way through the year and some of us see things as changing rapidly, others see it stagnating with little word about year-end releases. This week, we chose to add Sound and Visual Effects categories; however, Thomas wasn’t able to provide those predictions by publication time. We’ll update as soon as those are in…
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Oscar History: June 19 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1865: May Whitty (82 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1877: Charles Coburn (84 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1905: Mildred Natwick (89 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1906:…
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Oscar History: June 18 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: J. Theodore Reed (71 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy President #5: 1933-34, 1 term 1891: Con Conrad (47 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1902: Louis Alter (78 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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Box Office History (Week 24, 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: June 17 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Sammy Fain (87 at death) {10 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Wins: Original Song 1904: Ralph Bellamy (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1909: Ralph E. Winters (94 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar…
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Oscar History: June 16 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Jack Eaton (80 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: One-Reel Short Film Oscar Win: One-Reel Short Film 1890: Stan Laurel (74 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1895: Lew Pollack (50 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song…
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Oscar History: June 15 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Sidney Mitchell (53 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1894: Robert Russell Bennett (87 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Musical Score Oscar Win: Musical Score 1895: Fay Babcock (75 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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Oscar History: June 14 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Harold Lipstein (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) 1899: Joseph Kish (69 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1905: Steve Broidy (85 at death) {0…
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Oscar Profile: Edith Head
Born October 28, 1897 in San Bernadino, California, Edith Claire Posener became Edith Head when she married her first husband, Charles Head in 1923. The future costume designer received a Bachelor of Arts degree in letters and science with honors in French from the University of California, Berkeley (1919), and a Master of Arts degree…
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Governors Awards Recipients for 2024
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Quincy Jones and Juliet Taylor, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Richard Curtis and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The…
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Oscar History: June 13 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Basil Rathbone (75 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1902: John Meehan (60 at death) {3 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1903: Carl Anderson…
