Category: Academy Awards
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The Contenders 2024: August Retrospective/October Forecast
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of August and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to October and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts August Retrospective August and…
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Oscar History: September 11 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Herbert Stothart (63 at death) {12 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score Oscar Win: Original Score 1898: Ralph Wheelwright (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1903: Roger K. Furse (68 at death) {2 Noms, 2…
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Oscar History: September 10 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Bessie Love (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1911: Jack Davies (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1914: Robert Wise (91 at death) {7 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing, Editing Oscar Wins: Picture, Directing, Irving…
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Box Office History (Week 36, 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: September 9 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Arthur Freed (78 at death) {3 Noms, 4 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Original Song Oscar Wins: Picture, Special/Honorary, Irving G. Thalberg Award Academy President #18: 1963-67, 4 terms 1900: James Hilton (54 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay 1902: Chester…
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Oscar History: September 8 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Al Herman (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1905: William Bradford (53 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1912: Alexander Mackendrick (81 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1922: Arthur Ibbetson (75 at…
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Oscar History: September 7 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1867: Albert Basserman (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1909: Elia Kazan (94 at death) {7 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay Oscar Wins: Directing, Special/Honorary 1913: Anthony Quayle (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting…
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Oscar History: September 6 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: George Hively (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1889: Louis Silvers (64 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring Oscar Win: Scoring 1903: Murray Spivack (90 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing Oscar Win:…
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Oscar Profile: Olivia Colman
Born January 30, 1974 in Norfolk, England, Sarah Caroline Colman, known professionally as Olivia Colman, is the daughter of a nurse mother and chartered surveyor father. Privately schooled, Colman’s first acting assignment was in a school production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. She made her professional acting debut in 2000 in the British…
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Oscar History: September 5 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Darryl F. Zanuck (77 at death) {2 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: PicturePicture, Original Story, Irving G. Thalberg Award Oscar Wins: Irving G. Thalberg Award 1912: Ray Gilbert (63 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1919: Paul Claudon…
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Contenders: September Update 2024
For our September 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. Moving to Stage 2 We have twenty-one films moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally had all of…
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Oscar History: September 4 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Pete Smith (86 at death) {16 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Color Short Film, Novelty Short Film, One-Reel Short Film Oscar Wins: Color Short Film, One-Reel Short Film, Special/Honorary 1899: Ida Kaminska (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1901: Paul Osborn (86…
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Oscar History: September 3 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Anthony Collins (70 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Musical Score 1897: Sally Benson (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1903: Wilfred M. Cline (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) 1921: Ruth…
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Box Office History (Week 35, 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: September 2 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Oscar Profile by Peter J. Patrick (14) 2010: Cinema Sight: Box Office Preview: Wrap-Ups (9.2.2010 – 9.13.2023) (13) Born 1905: Lionel Lindon (66 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1923: Shinobu Muraki (73 at…
