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This Day in Oscar History: March 14 (2014)

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March 14, 2014
Oscar Profile #177: Agatha Christie

Born September 15, 1890 in Devon, England, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Her books have sold more than 4 billion copies worldwide. Her works rank third after those of The Bible and William Shakespeare as the most widely published books of all time. Her best-selling novel is And Then There Were…

March 13, 2014
86th Oscars: Post-Game Analyses

I asked our contributors to write up brief explorations of the Oscars now that it’s over. Peter and I were able to put together some thoughts. Here they are. I’ll start with Peter and finish with mine.

March 13, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: March 13 (2014)

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March 13, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: March 12 (2014)

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March 12, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: March 11 (2014)

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March 11, 2014
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Mar. 7-9, 2014

We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Mr. Peabody & Sherman Never count out DreamWorks, even when their film isn’t a box office juggernaut. This weekend proved that even with mixed reviews, computer animated giants like DreamWorks aren’t immune to box office foibles. The film may not have…

March 10, 2014
Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, FINAL

It’s the end of Oscar season and the awards have all been handed out. There isn’t much left to do, but analyze just how accurate the precursors were. Here are the big winners & losers. This looks at only their winner selections. Comparing nominees to the Oscars would be far more challenging and time consuming.…

March 10, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: March 10 (2014)

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March 10, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: March 9 (2014)

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March 9, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: March 8 (2014)

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March 8, 2014
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 10, 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…

March 7, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: March 7 (2014)

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March 7, 2014
Oscar Profile #176: Mickey Rooney

Born Ninian Joseph (Joe) Yule Jr. on September 23, 1920, the son of vaudevillians, the actor would make his stage debut at 17 months and his first film at 5 as Mickey McGuire. Last seen under that name in 1934, Mickey Rooney would continue to be one of the screen’s busiest and most popular child…

March 6, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: March 6 (2014)

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March 6, 2014