Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: August 16 (2014)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 33, 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: August 15 (2014)
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Oscar Profile #199: Alfred Newman
Born March 17, 1901 in New Haven, Connecticut, Alfred Newman was the eldest of ten children in a poor family. A child prodigy, he began studying music at the age of five, walking five miles each way every day to practice on a neighbor’s piano. He was able to supplement his family’s income by traveling…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 14 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 13 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 12 (2014)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Aug. 8-10, 2014
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Into the Storm Eighteen years ago, Jan de Bont helmed an original picture about a team of storm chasers seeking research data with their specially-designed scientific equipment that they need to launch into the heart of a tornado. Twister introduced the…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 11 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 10 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 9 (2014)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 32, 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: August 8 (2014)
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Oscar Profile #198: Vincente Minnelli
Born February 28, 1903 in Chicago Illinois to musical director Vincent Minnelli and his wife, Lester Anthony Minnelli developed his craft as a costume designer and set decorator. Changing his first name to Vincente, a Latinized version of his father’s name, Minnelli made his Brodway debut as costume designer for 1930’s Earl Carroll’s Vanities on…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 7 (2014)
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