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This Day in Oscar History: July 11 (2020)

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July 11, 2020
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 28, 2020)

Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…

July 10, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: July 10 (2020)

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July 10, 2020
Oscar Profile #504: Eileen Heckart

Born March 29, 1919 in Columbus, Ohio, (Anna) Eileen Herbert was an only child who went with her mother when her parents separated when she was 2. Her mother was an alcoholic who married five times. She was often shunted off to her mother’s mother and her second husband who eventually adopted her, changing her…

July 9, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: July 9 (2020)

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July 9, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: July 8 (2020)

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July 8, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: July 7 (2020)

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July 7, 2020
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jul. 3-5, 2020

We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

July 6, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: July 6 (2020)

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July 6, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: July 5 (2020)

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July 5, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: July 4 (2020)

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July 4, 2020
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 27, 2020)

Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…

July 3, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: July 3 (2020)

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July 3, 2020
Oscar Profile #503: Henry Koster

Born Hermann Kosterlitz on May 1, 1905 in Berlin, Germany, the future Henry Koster was the grandson on his mother’s side of famed operatic tenor Julius Salomon who died of tuberculosis in the 1880s. His father, who was a salesman of women’s underwear, abandoned his family when the future director was 5. His mother got…

July 2, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: July 2 (2020)

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July 2, 2020