Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: June 4 (2019)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of May 31-Jun. 2, 2019
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Rocketman Last year, a film called Bohemian Rhapsody about the rise and fall of Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, became a surprise Oscar hit after opening to a stellar $51 million and finishing with $216 million. The film picked up…
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2019 Governors Awards Recipients Announced
When I first saw Geena Davis listed, I was curious, then I realized it was for the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and it made perfrect sense. The other three are legends of Hollywood, David Lynch and Lena Wertmuller being giants of the directorial field and Wes Studi being an important contributor to the depiction of…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 3 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 2 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 1 (2019)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 22, 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: May 31 (2019)
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Oscar Profile #446: Alvin Sargent
Born April 12, 1927 in Philadelphia, PA, Alvin Supowitz, known professionally as Alvin Sargent, was the son of Esther and Isaac Supowitz, who grew up in the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby. He attended Upper Darby High School but quit at age 17 to join the U.S. Navy to fight in World War II, following…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 30 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 29 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 28 (2019)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of May 24-26, 2019
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Aladdin With the spate of live action reimaginings that Disney has put out slowly running dry, the last few of these will be competing at the Oscars for a handful of slots. As with the prior outings in this series of…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 27 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 26 (2019)
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