Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: October 13 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 41, 2012)
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: October 12 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1932: 5th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1931/32}
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Shortlists: Oscar’s Documentary Shorts
The Academy has announced eight films on the shortlist for the Short Subject Documentary category for this year’s Oscars. Below is the full press release: 8 Doc Shorts on Oscar’s 2012 Shortlist BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for…
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Oscar Profile #107: Frank Borzage
Born April 23, 1894, the son of Luigi and Maria Borzaga AKA Borzage, the future actor/producer/director’s name is pronounced Bor-zay-gee (long “a”, hard “g” as in guy) and not Borsage (rhyming with “corsage”) as it is often mispronounced by TV commentators. One of fourteen children, eight of whom survived to adulthood, one of his sisters…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 11 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 10 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 9 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 5-7, 2012
We had one film releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Frankeweenie What can the disappointing opening tell us about Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, a feature-length adaptation of his original short film. Debuting under $12 million has to be a disappointment for Burton whose films have enjoyed wide success in recent years. With the…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 8 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 7 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 6 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 40, 2012)
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: October 5 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #106: Jennifer Jones
Born Phylis Lee Isley on March 2, 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to a minor show business couple, the future superstar’s parents owned and operated a traveling tent show that performed throughout the Midwest. The aspiring actress transferred form Northwestern University in Chicago to New York’s Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1938 where she met and…
