Category: Academy Awards
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Contenders: July Update
For our July 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 seven films moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally had all of…
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Oscar History: July 10 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Sam Wood (66 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1893: Jimmy McHugh (75 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1901: Ralph Jester (90 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume Design (Color) 1905: Thomas Gomez…
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Oscar History: July 9 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: William Anthony McGuire (59 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1882: Richard Hageman (83 at death) {6 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score Oscar Win: Scoring 1890: Hy Heath (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins}…
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Box Office History (Week 27, 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: July 8 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Arthur Miller (75 at death) {6 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Wins: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1900: Paul Weatherwax (60 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing 1930: John Calley (81 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar…
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Oscar History: July 7 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: Film Previews / Trailer Watch (14) 2011: Cinema Sight: Polls: Oscar’s Best/Oscar Revisionist (13) Born 1898: Edward Curtiss (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1899: George Cukor (83 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Directing Oscar…
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Oscar History: July 6 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Ralph Morgan (72 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1898: Hanns Eisler (64 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score 1911: Rudi Fehr (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1912: Milton Sperling (76 at death) {1…
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Oscar History: July 5 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: Harry Wild (59 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography 1912: Mack David (81 at death) {8 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1918: Moss Mabry (87 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color)…
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Oscar Profile: Dan Dailey
Born December 14, 1915 in New York, New York, Daniel James Dailey, Jr.’s father ran a hotel for show people on Long Island. The star struck kid made his first appearance in show business as a performer in a minstrel show in 1921 when he was just five years old. He then moved on to…
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Oscar History: July 4 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2011: Cinema Sight: Polls: What Are You Watching? (13) Born 1882: Louis B. Mayer (75 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1883: William Hedgecock (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1889: Joseph Ruttenberg (93 at death) {10…
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Oscar History: July 3 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1906: George Sanders (65 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1908: Lewis J. Rachmil (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1914: George Bruns (68 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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Oscar History: July 2 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: George Folsey (90 at death) {13 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1905: James Edward Grant (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1910: Earl Robinson (81 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1911: Diego…
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Box Office History (Week 26, 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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Calendar Preview: July
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. JULY There are no major events in July.
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Oscar History: July 1 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: Feed the Queue (7.1.2010 – 12.18.2014) (4) Born 1878: Waldemar Young (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1899: Charles Laughton (63 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1902: William Wyler (79 at…
