Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Profile #352: Fritz Lang
Born December 5, 1890 in Vienna, Austria, Friedrich Christian Anton Lang, Fritz for short, was one of the most influential film directors of all time yet won no major awards, possibly due to his reputation as a tyrant on film sets. Although trained in Paris in 1913-14 to be a painter, Lang returned to Vienna…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 10 (2017)
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Cinematographer John Bailey Elected President of the Academy
Some might say that the rule of the white man has returned again. Before Cheryl Boone Isaacs was elected to lead the Academy in 2013, white men had ruled the Academy for a staggering 30 year streak. Fay Kanin was the previous woman to hold the post from 1979 through 1983. Of the now 36…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 9 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 8 (2017)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Aug. 4-6, 2017
We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.
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This Day in Oscar History: August 7 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 6 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 5 (2017)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 31, 2017)
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: August 4 (2017)
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Oscar Profile #351: Sam Shepard
Born November 5, 1943 in Fort Sheridan, Illinois where his US Army officer father was stationed, Samuel Shepard Rogers, known professionally as Sam Shepard, spent his childhood moving from base to base around the US until the family settled in Duarte, California. He became interested in acting and writing while in high school, while at…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 3 (2017)
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2017 Oscar Nominations Predictions: August
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. Oscar season ramps up at the…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 2 (2017)
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