Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: November 10
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Academy To Announce Brian Grazer as New Show Producer
It’s being reported that the Academy is soon set to announce that Oscar winning producer Brian Grazer will be taking up the mantle of producer for the 84th Academy Awards. I don’t know if this is good news or not as his films are only a couple of step above Ratner’s, but at least he…
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Murphy Out as Host of the Oscars
In a surprise move (I thought he had always dreamt of hosting the Oscars), Eddie Murphy has dropped out of hosting duties for the 84th Academy Awards. While this is a bit of a shock, a lot of people weren’t terribly enthused with Murphy as host. The question is now, who will they get to…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 9
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Ratner Out as Oscar Producer
It didn’t take long before the homophobic remarks of Brett Ratner along with his other insensitive and tasteless comments over the last few weeks have resulted in him tendering his resignation as producer of this year’s Oscar telecast. Whose bright idea was that in the first place? I’m just glad that he had the decency…
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The Brett Ratner Flap
For those who haven’t already heard, at a Q&A for his new film Tower Heist, Ratner commented that “rehearsing is for fags”. Although he “apologized” for that remarks (he said on Twitter “It was a dumb way of expressing myself. Everyone who knows me knows that I don’t have a prejudiced bone in my body.…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 8
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Preview: The 100% Solution – Stephen Daldry
Every week from now until the critics groups start giving out their prizes for the best of the year, I’m going to be spotlighting the big Oscar players and their chances at Oscar glory this year. Not even legends Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese or Clint Eastwood can hit a home run out of the park…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 7
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: November 6
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: November 5
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: What to See (1)
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Animated Feature Submissions Announced
The Academy has announced 18 features that will compete for this year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Despite the revision to the rules, with 18, the category will have five nominees total. Those nominees will be selected from the list included in the following press release.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 44, 2011)
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 (starting in January) 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…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 4
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #58: Bette Davis
Born April 5, 1908, Ruth Elizabeth “Betty” Davis changed the spelling of her nickname to “Bette” after taking a liking to the title character in Balzac’s Cousin Bette. The aspiring actress was turned down by Eva Le Gallienne’s acting school because she was deemed to have been too frivolous, but she was accepted by John…
