Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Profile #395: Stanley Donen
Born April 13, 1924 in Columbia, South Carolina to Moses and Helen Donen, Stanley Donen was a lonely and unhappy child who spent much of his youth in movie theatres. His favorite film was the 1933 Astaire-Rogers film, Flying Down to Rio which he saw between thirty and forty times. He shot and screened home…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 7 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 6 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 5 (2018)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jun. 1-3, 2018
We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.
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This Day in Oscar History: June 4 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 3 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 2 (2018)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 22, 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 1 (2018)
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Oscar Profile #394: Willem Dafoe
Born July 22, 1955 in Appleton, Wisconsin, William J, Dafoe was one of eight children whose parents were a surgeon and a nurse who worked together constantly, leaving the future actor to be raised by his five older sisters. He became known as “Willem”, the Dutch name for “William”, while in high school. Dafoe studied…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 31 (2018)
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2018 Oscar Nominations Predictions: The Beginning
As is our tradition, May begins our first predictive look at the year’s Oscar hopefuls. A lot of factors will play into how well our guesses hold up. Expect many of them to fall by the wayside as the year progresses and new contenders to rise into their places. It’s a bit surprising that May…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 30 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 29 (2018)
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