Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: September 26 (2014)
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Oscar Profile #205: James Wong Howe
Born Wong Tung Jim in Canton, China on August 28, 1899, master cinematographer James Wong Howe emigrated to America at the age of five to join his father who had emigrated to the state of Washington the year of young Jimmie’s birth. He purchased his first camera from a drugstore at the age of 12.…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 25 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 24 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 23 (2014)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Sep. 19-21, 2014
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. The Zero Theorem We don’t often think of the eclectic directors like Terry Gilliam being Oscar magnets, but just because they don’t dominate the top categories doesn’t mean they don’t have Oscar potential in the lower categories. Gilliam’s warped imagination has…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 22 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 21 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 20 (2014)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 38, 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: September 19 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Ceremonies 1930: 3rd Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1929/30}
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Oscar Profile #204: Anthony Hopkins
Born December 31, 1937 in Margam, Port Talbot, Wales to Muriel and Richard Hopkins, a baker, (Philip) Anthony Hopkins was encouraged to become an actor by Richard Burton, who was also born in Port Talbot and whom Hopkins met at the age of 15. Hopkins made his professional stage debut in 1960 at the Palace…
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This Day in Oscar History: September 18 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 17 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: September 16 (2014)
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