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Category: Academy Awards

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 10, 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…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 8 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • Oscar Profile #125: Ralph Fiennes

    Born December 22, 1962, Ralph Fiennes is the eldest of six children born to photographer Mark Fiennes and his wife, novelist Jennifer Lash. An eighth cousin of the Prince of Wales, with his mellifluous voice, Fiennes give the impression of a well-heeled British aristocrat when in fact he was brought up in near poverty. The…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 7 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1946: 18th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1945} 2010: 82nd Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 2009}

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 6 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 5 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1942: The Invaders [Pictured (hover to see)]   (New York City Release — National on 4.15.1942) {Best Picture Nominee, 1942} 1970: Airport [Pictured (hover to see)]   (National Release) {Best Picture Nominee, 1970} 1978: An Unmarried Woman [Pictured (hover to see)]   (New York City Release) {Best Picture Nominee, 1978}…

  • Oscar Preview: Weekend of Feb. 22-24, 2013

    We had one film releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. A Place at the Table The advertising is celebrating the fact that the makers of the Oscar-nominated documentary Food, Inc. are behind this natural extension of that take on the food industry. This film looks more closely at poverty and healthy eating.…

  • Oscar Preview: 85th Academy Awards Wrap-Up

    I’m not even going to tell you that this article will be short. I know how I write and I know that I cannot stop when I started chatting about the Oscars. I will do my best to keep my tangents to a minimum and stick to the events of the season. Below is my…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 4 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1937: 9th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1936} 1943: 15th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1942}

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 3 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 2 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1944: 16th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1943}

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 9, 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…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 1 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • Oscar Profile #124: Paulette Goddard

    Born June 3, 1910 in Whitestone Landing, Queens, New York, to J.R. Levy and his wife, the former Alta Mae Goddard, according to her birth certificate, Paulette Goddard told so many lies that for years her actual birth date was given variously as 1905 and 1915 while her place of birth varied from Long Island…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 29 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1940: 12th Annual Academy Awards   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1939} 2004: 76th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 2003}

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