Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: October 25 (2014)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 43, 2014)
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 24 (2014)
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87th Oscars Documentary Short Subject Shortlist
The Academy’s second announcement regarding eligible features this year comes for the Documentary Short Subject category. In 2013, the list arrived on Dec. 10. This time, it’s Dec. 20, ten days later. With the Foreign Language Film list only two days behind, it’s hard to extrapolate why this is the case. Based on past years,…
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87th Oscars: Foreign Language Film Submissions
A record 83 countries submitted films this year. The announcement was made earlier this month and I updated the 87th Oscars page, but forgot to post an actual article. Here it is without commentary.
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Oscar Profile #209: Franz Waxman
Born December 24, 1906 in Upper Silesia, Germany, now Slaskie, Poland, Franz Wachsmann, later Waxman, pursued his dream of a career in music despite his family’s misgivings, supplementing his piano, harmony and composition lessons with his salary as a bank teller. The young composer found a job arranging music for a popular Berlin jazz band…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 23 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 22 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 21 (2014)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 17-19, 2014
We had six films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Book of Life The dearth of animated films this year has left the Best Animated Feature category without a firm slate of five potential nominees. Other than a guaranteed nomination for early success The Lego Movie, Disney/Pixar’s sole effort this…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 20 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 19 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 18 (2014)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 42, 2014)
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 17 (2014)
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