Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Profile #134: Margaret O’Brien
Born January 15, 1937, Angela Maxine O’Brien’s father, circus performer Lawrence O’Brien, died before she was born. Her mother, Gladys Flores, was a well-known flamenco dancer. The precocious child began her acting debut at the age of four with an un-credited role in 1941’s Babes on Broadway. She received her first billing in the title…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 9 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: May 8 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2007: The DVD Report by Peter J. Patrick (6)
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This Day in Oscar History: May 7 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of May 3-5, 2013
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Iron Man 3 Let’s start off with the elephant in the room. With a $175 million opening, Iron Man will be one of the year’s biggest box office hits. That doesn’t mean a lot of Oscar, but after having seen the…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 6 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: May 5 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: May 4 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 18, 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: May 3 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #133: John Steinbeck
Born February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California of German, English and Irish descent, John Steinbeck’s father was the Monterey Country treasurer. Having graduated from Salinas High School in 1919, he spent five years at Stanford University, leaving in 1925 without graduating. He was then variously employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, ranch hand and…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 2 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Predictions: It’s May! It’s May!
Today, before our first call for entries in our Oscar prediction contest, we present our first predictions for the 86th Academy Awards. We’ve each got our pet projects and we each chose a few off-the-wall predictions to show that the race isn’t quite settled and that we’re mostly just guessing at what’s going to carry…
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This Day in Oscar History: May 1 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: April 30 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1930: 2nd Annual Academy Awards (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1928/29}
