Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Profile #641: Oscar Couldabeens Revisited
Anyone who ever tried to put together a list of films that that should have been nominated for Academy Awards but weren’t, can tell you that it is an almost impossible task to sort out eligibility dates for the years 1927/28-1981 for to a number of reasons. The first awards were supposed to be for…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 23 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies
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This Day in Oscar History: March 22 (2023)
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New Awards Subsite Announcement?
When I originally started this site back in 1996, I was known as The Oscar Guy and that was also my site name. It meant a broad array of people visited the site in hopes of finding out the latest predictions for the Oscars. When the Academy sent a cease and desist letter saying I…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 21 (2023)
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Oscar Preview: Weekends of Jan. 6-Mar. 12, 2023
At the beginning of each year, I close off the Oscar Preview article until after the Oscars and then once those are in the rearview mirror, I look at everything released to that point to see where the potential Oscar contenders could be. Looking back at the last two-and-a-half months reveals three films that had…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 20 (2023)
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This Day in Oscar History: March 19 (2023)
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This Day in Oscar History: March 18 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2002: The Oscar Guy Launched oscarguy.com Domain (21)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 11, 2023)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 17 (2023)
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Oscar Profile #640: Brendan Fraser
Born December 3, 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana to traveling Canadian parents, Brendan Fraser holds dual American-Canadian citizenship. He grew up in Ottawa, Detroit, Seattle, London, and Rome as his parents who were in the travel business, frequently moved. His early exposure to theatre, especially in London, led him to Seattle’s Cornish Institute where he perfected…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 16 (2023)
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This Day in Oscar History: March 15 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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95th Oscars: Reflections
Our contributors have watched the Oscars, looked at the winners, and have decided to share with you their thoughts of Sunday night’s ceremony and results. Before we get to our contributors’ thoughts, let’s look at how they did at predicting this year’s Oscars. In a decently tight race for first, Thomas came out on top…
