Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Profile: Carroll Baker
Born May 28, 1931 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania to a travelling salesman and his wife, Carroll Baker studied at Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg where her classmates included Marilyn Monroe, Shelley Winters, Rod Steiger, and James Dean. Baker began acting in TV commercials in 1951, which led to small roles in TV dramas. She made her…
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Oscar History: November 20 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Tony Gaudio (67 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography 1909: Piero Gherardi (61 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color), Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) Oscar…
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9th Hollywood Creative Alliance Nominations
Splitting up your creative arts awards is always a bad move and it seems certain based on what is known about this organization that it’s done in order to maximize publicity for the forgotten cousin of the Critics Choice Awards. Their nominations seem to focus on some titles we’ve been expecting but also highlighting a…
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2025 Nominations Predictions: November
Our final predictions before the precursors begin to flood in at the beginning of December, we’ll take a look back in a month to see how close we were. Until then, have a look at our newest predictions with numerous changes setting us up for the awards season that will likely precede Thanksgiving this year…
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25th AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations
Each year, the AARP nominees hew closer and closer to the Academy’s and this has to be one of the most consistently Oscar-friendly set of nominations yet. Sure, there are selections for films like A Private Life and Goodbye June that have no chance with the Academy but most of these selections are at least…
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Oscar History: November 19 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Oscar Lagerstrom (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Sound/Sound Mixing 1893: Bert Glennon (73 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1903: Nancy Carroll (61 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1903: Walter G. Elliott…
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38th European Film Awards Nominations
The short film nominations were announced October 31. The craft selections will be announced on November 26. The awards will be January 17. A few Oscar contenders are listed here, including the most nominated Sentimental Value. The European Film Awards are not highly indicative of Oscar potential but Best International Feature submissions nominated here likely…
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Oscar History: November 18 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Frances Marion (84 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Writing, Original Story Oscar Wins: Writing, Original Story 1900: Don Hartman (57 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Original Story 1900: Kim Gannon (73 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar…
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Box Office History (Week 46, 2025)
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: November 17 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Charles Rosher (88 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Color) Oscar Wins: Cinematography, Cinematography (Color) 1898: William Flannery (60 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1899: Douglas Shearer (71 at…
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Oscar History: November 16 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Ray Binger (81 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects 1890: Max Terr (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Drama/Comedy Score 1896: Lawrence Tibbett (63 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1903: Barbara McLean (92 at death)…
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Oscar History: November 15 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Lewis Stone (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1893: Grover Jones (46 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Story, Screenplay 1905: Frank Tuttle (63 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White),…
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Oscar History: November 14 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Aaron Copland (90 at death) {6 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score Oscar Win: Drama/Comedy Score 1904: Dick Powell (58 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 20th-Co | 1 time 1911: F. R. Crawley (75 at death) {1 Nom,…
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Oscar Profile: Greer Garson Revisited
Born September 29, 1904 in London, England, the daughter of a Scottish father and Irish mother, Greer Garson was educated at King’s College, London and the University of Grenoble in France. Intent on becoming a teacher, she instead went to work in an advertising agency and did some acting on the side, eventually turning to…
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Oscar History: November 13 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: E. H. Hansen (67 at death) {14 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects Oscar Wins: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects 1901: Perry Ferguson (62 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1903: Paul Sheriff (56 at…
