Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: June 2 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1904: Ellsworth Fredricks (89 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography 1921: Frank Van der Veer (60 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Visual Effects 1935: Anthony Powell (85 at death) {6 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design Oscar Wins: Costume Design…
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Calendar Preview: June
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. JUNE There are no noteworthy precursors in June.
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Oscar History: June 1 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Frank Morgan (59 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor 1899: Werner Janssen (91 at death) {6 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score 1901: John Van Druten (56 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1907:…
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Oscar History: May 31 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Ernest Haller (74 at death) {7 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1908: Don Ameche (85 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1916: Bert Haanstra (81 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations:…
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Oscar Profile: Mark Ruffalo
Born November 22, 1967 in Kinosha, Wisconsin to a construction painter father and hairstylist mother, Mark Ruffalo was raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with his family which included two sisters and a brother, moving to San Diego and then Los Angeles after he finished high school. Ruffalo studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory and…
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Oscar History: May 30 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Howard Hawks (81 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Directing Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1912: Hugh Griffith (67 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1920: Franklin J. Schaffner (69 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination:…
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Oscar History: May 29 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Josef Von Sternberg (75 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1897: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (60 at death) {4 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring Oscar Wins: Original Score, Scoring 1903: Bob Hope (100 at death) {0 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Wins:…
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Oscar History: May 28 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1906: Robert Buckner (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1909: Irving Jacoby (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Live Action Short Film 1931: Carroll Baker (93) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1931: Gordon Willis (82 at…
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Box Office History (Week 21, 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: May 27 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Lucile Watson (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1894: Dashiell Hammett (66 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1898: Lee Garmes (80 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography…
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Oscar History: May 26 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Chandler Sprague (69 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1890: Sammy Lee (77 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Dance Direction 1891: Paul Lukas (80 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1905: Burnett…
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Oscar History: May 25 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Charles Barton (79 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1913: Sidney Carroll (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1921: Hal David (91 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar…
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Oscar History: May 24 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: Lucien Moraweck (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Score 1913: Peter Ellenshaw (93 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Visual Effects Oscar Win: Visual Effects 1919: Harold Leventhal (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination:…
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Oscar Profile: Candice Bergen
Born May 9, 1946 in Los Angeles, California to former Powers model Frances and ventriloquist-comedian-actor Edgar Beregn, Candice Bergen began performing on her father’s radio program at an early age and at 11 appeared with her father as a guest on Groucho Marx’s TV show, You Bet Your Life. Not a serious student, Bergen was…
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Oscar History: May 23 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: John Hughes (72 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1883: Douglas Fairbanks (56 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary Academy President #1: 1927-29, 3 terms; Academy Awards Host: 1st-Co, 1 time 1885: James…
