Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: July 1 (2017)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 26, 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: June 30 (2017)
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New Board of Governors Elected
The Academy has elected its new board of governors. Below is the press release. Since current president Cheryl Boone-Isaacs is term-limited, we’ll find out who the new president is next month. THE ACADEMY ELECTS 2017–18 BOARD OF GOVERNORS LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected…
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Oscar Profile #346: Sydney Pollack
Born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana to homemaker Rebecca and professional boxer turned pharmacist David Pollack, Sydney Pollack grew up in South Bend, Indiana. His parents divorced when he was very young. His mother, who suffered from alcoholism and depression, died at the age of 37 when he was still in high school. Upon…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 29 (2017)
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Academy Invites 774 New Members
Continuing to ramp up their membership drives, they have admitted 774 new members. They have celebrated this with a huge, interactive web document that highlights various statistics. These new members represent 57 countries. 39% of the class are women, which increases the female membership in the Academy to 28% (27% in 2016 and 25% in…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 28 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 27 (2017)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jun. 23-25, 2017
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Transformers: The Last Knight In 2007, Michael Bay brought the world the first in a series of movies based on the popular 1980’s cartoon series Transformers. His first film was a box office behemoth, which spawned the series entire. Bay then…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 26 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 25 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 24 (2017)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 25, 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: June 23 (2017)
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