Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Profile #398: Vanessa Redgrave
Born January 30, 1937 in London, England to acting giants Michael Redgrave (1908-1985) and Rachel Kempson (1910-2003), Vanessa Redgrave was the eldest of the couple’s three children which later included equally acclaimed actors Corin Redgrave (1939-2010) and Lynn Redgrave (1943-2010). The young actress made her stage debut in London’s west end in 1958 opposite her…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 28 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 27 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 26 (2018)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jun. 22-24, 2018
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom In 1993, Steven Spielberg adapted Michael Crichton’s cautionary tale about the hazards of scientific advancement and cloning into a blockbuster adventure where humans came face to face with long vanished dinosaurs. The film was filled with awe…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 25 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 24 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 23 (2018)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 25, 2018)
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 22 (2018)
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Oscar Profile #397: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Born February 11, 1909 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz was the younger brother of Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897-1953), the Oscar-winning co-writer of Citizen Kane. Young Joe Mankiewicz received a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 1928 at the age of 19. His college professor father sent him to Berlin to study German drama at…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 21 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 20 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 19 (2018)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jun. 15-17, 2018
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Incredibles 2 Fourteen years ago, The Incredibles entered Oscar history with four nominations. Winning awards for Animated Feature and Sound Editing, the film also picked up nominations for Original Screenplay and Sound Mixing. While that’s two shy of all-time animation record-holder…
