Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar History: August 15 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Ethel Barrymore (79 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1901: John B. Goodman (89 at death) {4 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…
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Oscar History: August 14 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Paul Wing (64 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1901: Merrill Pye (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1901: Peverell Marley (62 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography,…
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Oscar History: August 13 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Haldane Douglas (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1899: Alfred Hitchcock (80 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Directing Oscar Win: Irving G. Thalberg Award 1904: Charles Rogers (94 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win:…
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The Contenders 26: July Retrospective/September 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 July and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to September and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts July Retrospective In my…
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Oscar History: August 12 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: Cecil B. DeMille (77 at death) {3 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing Oscar Wins: Picture, Special/Honorary, Irving G. Thalberg Award 1892: Alfred Lunt (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1898: Oscar Homolka (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar…
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Oscar History: August 11 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: William C. Thomas (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature 1914: Hugh Martin (96 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1925: Arnold Schulman (97 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay 1954: Terry…
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Box Office History (Week 32, 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: August 10 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Marcel Vertes (66 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color), Costume Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design (Color), Costume Design (Color) 1896: Walter Lang (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing 1902: Norma Shearer (80 at death)…
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Oscar History: August 9 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Leo Genn (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1906: Hugh Prince (53 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1906: Robert L. Surtees (78 at death) {16 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar…
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Oscar History: August 8 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Owen Marks (61 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing 1899: Victor Young (57 at death) {22 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score Oscar Win: Drama/Comedy Score 1900: Robert Siodmak (72 at death) {1…
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Oscar History: August 7 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Billie Burke (85 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1901: Ann Harding (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1909: Ben Maddow (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1909: Joseph Newman (96 at death) {2…
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7th Critics Choice Super Awards
This mid-year award splits across two and while most of the winners (all but two) are 2026 releases, these are wins that don’t translate to Oscar consideration. Nominations Tallies (2) The Furious, Obsession, Project Hail Mary, Superman (1) 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Apex, Disclosure Day, Good Boy, Supergirl, Weapons The Nominations Best Villain…
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Oscar History: August 6 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Oliver G. Wallace (76 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score Oscar Win: Musical Score 1895: Ernesto Lecuona (68 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1895: Phil Boutelje (83 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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Contenders 26: August Update
It’s time to review the stage shifts that have occurred in the last month. Moving to Stage 2 Once all of the preliminary data has been received, a film moves to Stage 2. Here are the four that have done in the past month. I Play Rocky (Stage 2 of 5; Pending Eligibility) Ink (Stage…
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Oscar History: August 5 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Wiard Ihnen (81 at death) {3 Noms, 2 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 (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1898: Lewis R. Foster (75 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original…
