Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: August 20 (2013)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Aug. 16-18, 2013
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Lee Daniels’ The Butler Lee Daniels has had the best of luck and the worst of luck when it comes to the Academy. His first film, Precious was a surprise hit and earned six nominations including for Best Picture. It won…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 19 (2013)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 18 (2013)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 17 (2013)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 33, 2013)
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 16 (2013)
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Oscar Profile #147: C. Aubrey Smith
Born July 1, 1863 in London, England, Charles Aubrey Smith, known professionally as C. Aubrey Smith, was educated at Cambridge University where he was a member of the cricket team. Moving to South Africa in 1888 to prospect for gold, he developed pneumonia and was pronounced dead from the malady that would actually kill him…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 15 (2013)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 14 (2013)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 13 (2013)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Aug. 9-11, 2013
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Elysium The weak box office paired with the weaker critical support suggests the film that could have been a second Best Picture nominee for neophyte director Neill Blomkamp, has pretty much pushed the film out of the playing field. While Best…
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This Day in Oscar History: August 12 (2013)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 11 (2013)
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This Day in Oscar History: August 10 (2013)
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