Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Profile #189: Darryl F. Zanuck
Born September 5, 1902 in Wahoo, Nebraska to the promiscuous daughter of the town’s only hotel and her husband, the hotel’s alcoholic night clerk, Darryl F. Zanuck was on his own by age 13 having been abandoned by both parents. He joined the Army at 15 by lying about his age and fought in Belgium…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 5 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 4 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 3 (2014)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of May 30-Jun. 1, 2014
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Maleficent Walt Disney company has struggled in recent years to make inroads with the Academy. Just last year, they had what seemed to be the perfect Oscar bait movie in Saving Mr. Banks. That film was thought to be a prime…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 2 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: June 1 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 31 (2014)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 22, 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: May 30 (2014)
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Oscar Profile #188: Walter Brennan
Born July 25, 1894, Walter Brennan was the second of three children of an engineer and inventor and his wife. He became interested in acting in high school and began performing in vaudeville at the age of 15. While serving with the U.S. Army in France during World War I, he suffered a gas attack…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 29 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 28 (2014)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 27 (2014)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of May 23-25, 2014
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. X-Men: Days of Future Past As much trouble as the Avengers set of Marvel films have had earning Oscar nominations (only the Iron Man franchise and The Avengers movie itself have gotten any Oscar nominations), the X-Men franchise has had worse…
