Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar History: October 14 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Lillian Gish (99 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1899: A. Arnold Gillespie (78 at death) {12 Noms, 4 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Wins: Special Effects, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1909: Dorothy Kingsley (87 at…
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Oscar History: October 13 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1906: Edward Carrere (78 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design 1909: Carlo Bernari (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1915: Cornel Wilde (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0…
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Oscar History: October 12 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1944: Alex Funke (80) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Visual Effects Oscar Win: Visual Effects 1949: Richard Price (75) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1957: Debra Chasnoff (60 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature Oscar Win: Documentary Feature 1967:…
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Oscar History: October 11 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Everett Douglas (65 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1918: Jerome Robbins (79 at death) {1 Nom, 2 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing Oscar Wins: Directing, Special/Honorary 1941: Charles Shyer (83) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1962: Joan Cusack (62) {2…
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Oscar Profile: Howard Hawks Revisited
Born May 30, 1896 in Goshen, Indiana, Howard Winchester Hawks was the eldest of five children of one of the Midwest’s wealthiest families. The family moved to Pasadena, California due to his mother’s poor health after the birth of her fifth child in 1906. Hawks attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York studying mechanical engineering…
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Oscar History: October 10 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Helen Hayes (92 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress Oscar Wins: Actress, Supporting Actress Academy Awards Host: 44th-Co | 1 time 1908: Johnny Green (80 at death) {14 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation or Treatment Score, Scoring, Musical Score, One-Reel…
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Contenders 2024: October Update
For our October 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 the movement, a couple of notes on this month’s update. Four films were pulled from the 2024 contenders…
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Oscar History: October 9 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Irving Cummings (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing 1890: Samuel Hoffenstein (56 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Screenplay, Scoring 1896: Robert Armbruster (97 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation or Treatment Score 1902: Sheila O’Brien…
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Oscar History: October 8 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1911: Irvine Warburton (70 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1912: Gaston Diehl (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Two-Reel Short Film Oscar Win: Two-Reel Short Film 1912: Ralph Kemplen (91 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar…
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Box Office History (Week 40, 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: October 7 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Robert Z. Leonard (78 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1889: Max Ree (63 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design 1895: René Hubert (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume…
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Oscar History: October 6 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Mitchell Leisen (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1901: Ted J. Kent (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1904: Folmar Blangsted (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1906: Janet Gaynor (77 at…
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Oscar History: October 5 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Louise Dresser (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1894: Del Andrews (48 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Writing 1897: William V. Skall (78 at death) {9 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1901: John…
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Oscar History: October 4 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Buster Keaton (70 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1910: James R. Webb (63 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1921: James Poe (58 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Adapted Screenplay Oscar…
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Oscar Profile: Maggie Smith Revisited
Born December 28, 1934 in Essex, England, Maggie Smith made her stage debut in 1952, her TV debut in 1955 and her screen debut in 1958. She was the recipient of seven BAFTAs, two Oscars, two Golden Globes, four Emmys and a Tony. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1990. Although…
