Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Profile #448: Sydney Greenstreet
Born December 27, 1879 in Sandwich, Kent, England, Sydney Greenstreet was one of seven children of Ann (née Baker) and John Jarvis Greenstreet, a tanner. He left home at the age of 18 to make his fortune as a tea planter in Ceylon, but drought forced him out of business. He then managed a brewery…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 13 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 12 (2019)
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2019-20 Board of Governors Elected
The Academy has elected their Board of Governors for this year with familiar faces and new ones joining the board. THE ACADEMY ELECTS 2019–20 BOARD OF GOVERNORS Runoff election required for Film Editors Branch LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2019–20 Board of Governors.…
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Dates Set for 92nd Academy Awards
The Academy has set the timeline for this year’s Academy Awards as well as set the air dates for the 93rd and 94th Oscars. The announcement is below. THE ACADEMY AND ABC ANNOUNCE OSCARS® 2022 DATE LOS ANGELES, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC today announced the 2022 Oscars®…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 11 (2019)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jun. 7-9, 2019
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Secret Life of Pets 2 When looking at potential Best Animated Feature nominees, one must look at a number of elements before determining if the film is capable of inclusion. Is it a sequel? If so, was the series a…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 10 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 9 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 8 (2019)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 23, 2019)
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. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 7 (2019)
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Oscar Profile #447: Walter Matthau
Born October 1, 1920 in New York City’s Lower East Side to a mother who worked in a sweatshop and a father who was a peddler and electrician, Walter John Matthow (later Matthau) had several jobs before his service during World War II where he was a radioman-gunner in the same 453rd Bombardment Group as…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 6 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 5 (2019)
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