Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar History: May 18 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Frank Capra (94 at death) {6 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing Oscar Wins: Directing Academy President #7: 1935-39, 4 terms; Academy Awards Host: 8th | 1 time 1902: Meredith Willson (82 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Drama Score 1908: Rodney…
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Oscar History: May 17 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Jack Patrick (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1916: Stanley Roberts (65 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1921: Bob Merrill (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1926: Stan Jolley (86 at…
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Oscar History: May 16 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Henry Fonda (77 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Actor Oscar Wins: Actor, Special/Honorary 1909: Margaret Sullavan (50 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1946: Anna Asp (79) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design Oscar Win: Art…
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Oscar History: May 15 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Allen Davey (51 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1907: Vittorio Nino Novarese (76 at death) {5 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Costume Design, Costume Design (Color) 1909: James…
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Oscar History: May 14 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Charles L. Lootens (93 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate) 1908: James B. Clark (92 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1936: Bobby Darin (37 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins}…
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The Contenders 26: April Retrospective/June 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 April and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to June and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts April Retrospective What a…
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Oscar History: May 13 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: Box Office Preview: Introductions (5.13.2010 – 12.14.2022) (12) 2010: Cinema Sight: Box Office Preview: Previews (5.13.2010 – 3.22.2023) (12) Born 1906: Edward Stevenson (62 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) Oscar Win: Costume Design…
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Oscar History: May 12 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: Achmed Abdullah (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1890: Robert N. Lee (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1899: Ira S. Webb (72 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art…
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Box Office History (Week 19, 2026)
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 11 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Irving Berlin (101 at death) {9 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Story, Motion Picture Story, Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1892: Margaret Rutherford (80 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1914: Haroun Tazieff (83 at death)…
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Oscar History: May 10 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Max Steiner (83 at death) {26 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score Oscar Wins: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score 1890: Clarence Brown (97 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1894: Dimitri Tiomkin (85 at death) {23 Noms,…
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Oscar History: May 9 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Richard Barthelmess (68 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1896: Richard Day (76 at death) {20 Noms, 7 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production…
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Classics Oscar Failed to Recognize Revisited
When I think of classics from Hollywood’s Golden Age that Oscar failed to recognize, I’m not talking about films that like The Wizard of Oz and It’s a Wonderful Life, modest hits that were nominated for Best Picture Oscars but failed to win the top prizes, but films that weren’t even nominated for those awards. The Wizard of…
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Oscar History: May 8 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2007: Cinema Sight: Home Viewing with Peter (formerly The DVD Report) (18) Born 1890: John Meehan (64 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Writing, Screenplay 1897: Henry Ginsberg (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Picture 1903: Walter Thompson (72 at…
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Oscar History: May 7 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Benjamin Glazer (68 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Original Story Oscar Wins: Writing, Original Story 1897: Otto Siegel (65 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1901: Gary Cooper (60 at death) {5 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar…
