Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 24, 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: June 15
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #90: Hal Ashby
Born September 2, 1929 in Ogden, Utah, William Hal Ashby was the fourth child of a Mormon dairy farmer who committed suicide when the future director was 12. His troubled early life, including finding his father’s body, led to five marriages, two of them before he was 21. By his own account, Ashby had fifty…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 14
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: June 13
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: June 12
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jun. 8-10, 2012
We had four films releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Prometheus Before the horror genre became a cesspool of repetitive, visceral thrills lacking the substance of serious films, the genre saw frequent recognition from the Academy. The likes of Psycho, Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist all earned recognition from the Academy in…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 11
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: June 10
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: June 9
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 23, 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: June 8
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #89: Jean Arthur
Born October 17, 1900 in Plattsburgh, New York, Gladys Georgianna Greene quit school at 15 to become a model. With modeling jobs tough to come by, she worked as a stenographer in Lower Manhattan during World War I. Back in modeling in the 1920s, she was discovered by a Fox Film executive and changed her…
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This Day in Oscar History: June 7
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: June 6
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
