Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar History: March 28 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Flora Robson (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1905: Pandro S. Berman (91 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Picture Oscar Win: Irving G. Thalberg Award 1905: Eleanor Perry (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted…
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Contenders: A New Year
After a solid first year with the Contenders series, I wanted to try to adapt and refine my methodology to see if we could increase the accuracy. To that extent, one of my first changes was in segmenting out each film into a handful of categories if you will. Each of them represent a different…
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Oscar History: March 27 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Ferde Grofe (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score 1895: Ray June (63 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography 1897: Gloria Swanson (86 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actress 1898: Norma Koch (81 at death) {3…
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Oscar History: March 26 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Alfred Cohn (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1907: Leigh Harline (62 at death) {8 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score, Adaptation or Treatment Score Oscar Wins: Original Song, Original Score 1911: Tennessee Williams…
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Box Office History (Week 12, 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: March 25 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Bella Spewack (91 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1901: Ed Begley (69 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1901: Richard Myers (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1908:…
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Oscar History: March 24 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Stephen Goosson (84 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1894: Ralph Hammeras (75 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Special Effects, Engineering Effects 1901: Ub Iwerks (70 at…
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Oscar History: March 23 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Cedric Gibbons (67 at death) {39 Noms, 11 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 Design (Color) 1896: George James Hopkins (88 at death) {13 Noms, 4 Wins}…
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Oscar History: March 22 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Joseph Schildkraut (67 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1901: John Link (67 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1908: Louis L’Amour (80 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} 1912: Karl Malden (97 at death)…
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Oscar Profile: Michael Mann
Born February 5, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Mann studied English literature at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, graduating with a B.A. in 1965. Having fallen in love with the movies thanks to a screening of Dr. Strangelove, the fledgling filmmaker then moved to London where he earned an M.A. from the London Film…
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Oscar History: March 21 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Gilbert M. Anderson (90 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1889: W. S. Van Dyke (53 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1892: Bertram Granger (75 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production…
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Oscar History: March 20 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Hal Walker (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1907: Henry Grace (76 at death) {13 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design 1908: Michael Redgrave (77 at…
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4th Critics Choice Super Awards Nominations
With some odd category placements these nominations are a bit confusing. Nominations Tallies (5) Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (4) Godzilla Minus One, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, John Wick: Chapter 4, Poor Things (3) Evil Dead Rise, M3GAN, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2) Blue Beetle, The Creator, Extraction 2, Nimona, Scream…
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55th NAACP Image Awards
They might as well have named their awards the NAACP Color Purple Awards since that film absolutely dominated everyone else. It makes sense since the film was the only one that really seemed like an Oscar contender that wasn’t. Awards Tallies (11) The Color Purple (2) Brother, Creed III, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (1) The…
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Oscar History: March 19 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Betty Compson (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1897: Edmund Reek (74 at death) {7 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short, One-Reel Short Film Oscar Wins: Documentary Short, One-Reel Short Film 1901: Jo Mielziner (74 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win}…
