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This Day in Oscar History: July 31 (2013)

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July 31, 2013
Academy Elects Cheryl Boone Isaacs President

This article ran on Hollywood Reporter. The marketing executive is the first African-American and third woman to head the 86-year-old organization. Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s board of governors. The Academy announced her election Tuesday night via Twitter. Boone Isaacs, a…

July 30, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: July 30 (2013)

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July 30, 2013
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jul. 26-28, 2013

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Blue Jasmine Woody Allen is the most inconsistent filmmaker working today. There’s little doubt he’s well respected, but his output over the last two decades has ranged from brilliant to bizarre and critics have praised him one year and then turned…

July 29, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: July 29 (2013)

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July 29, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: July 28 (2013)

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July 28, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: July 27 (2013)

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July 27, 2013
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 30, 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…

July 26, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: July 26 (2013)

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July 26, 2013
Oscar Profile #144: Danny Boyle

Born October 20, 1956 in Lancashire, England to Irish parents, the writer/director Daniel “Danny” Boyle began his show business career in the theatre, moving to television in 1982. Among his TV credits were two episodes of Inspector Morse which he directed in 1990 and 1992. According to both IMDB and Wikipedia, the “Daniel Boyle” who…

July 25, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: July 25 (2013)

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July 25, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: July 24 (2013)

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July 24, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: July 23 (2013)

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July 23, 2013
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jul. 19-21, 2013

We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Turbo There’s something to be said for being a box office success with the Oscars. Oftentimes films that aren’t particularly big box office hits struggle to find a place at the Oscars if they were originally intended to be hits. A…

July 22, 2013
This Day in Oscar History: July 22 (2013)

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July 22, 2013