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This Day in Oscar History: October 19 (2015)

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October 19, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 18 (2015)

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October 18, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 17 (2015)

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October 17, 2015
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 42, 2015)

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…

October 16, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 16 (2015)

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October 16, 2015
Oscar Profile #257: Helen Hayes

Born October 10, 1900, Helen Hayes (Brown) was the daughter of actress Essie Hayes and her husband, Frank Brown, a clerk. She began acting in a school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the age of 5, quickly followed by her first professional stage performance in The Royal Family. She made her Broadway debut…

October 15, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 15 (2015)

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October 15, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 14 (2015)

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October 14, 2015
2015 Oscar Predictions: October

The festival circuit has been abuzz with recent releases and Toronto is the festival most insiders watch to see what could emerge as big Oscar contenders. We learned that Steve Jobs, Room and Truth could be contenders while other films fell quickly by the wayside like Freeheld, Legend and Stonewall may not be cut out…

October 13, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 13 (2015)

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October 13, 2015
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 9-11, 2015

We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Pan There was a time when Joe Wright could be counted on for Oscar nominations. In 2007, his debut feature, Pride & Prejudice, brought Keira Knightley an Oscar nomination for Best Actress and the film received three other nominations for score,…

October 12, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 12 (2015)

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October 12, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 11 (2015)

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October 11, 2015
This Day in Oscar History: October 10 (2015)

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October 10, 2015
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 41, 2015)

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…

October 9, 2015