Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: October 23
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 22
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 42, 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: October 21
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #56: David Lynch
Born January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana, David Lynch’s father was a research scientist for the Department of Agriculture and his mother an English language tutor. Because of his father’s job, the family moved around a lot, the future writer-director having spent most of his formative years in Virginia. After attending the School of the…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 20
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 19
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 18
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Preview: The Old Master – Roman Polanski
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. Although I’ve never warmed up to his rather detached view of humanity, there is little denying Roman Polanski’s place…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 17
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 16
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 15
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 14
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Academy Announces Foreign & Documentary Short Lists
The Academy announced two short lists for this year’s Academy Awards. The Documentary Short eligibility list contains 8 titles while the Foreign Language Film submissions list totals 63. The full lists are specified below: Documentary Short Film The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement God Is the Bigger Elvis In Tahrir…
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Oscar Profile #55: Julie Christie
Born April 14, 1941 in Assam, India, the daughter of an English tea planter and his Welsh painter wife, Julie Christie was sent to a boarding school in England at the age of 6. By 16, she had moved to France and soon thereafter returned to England and the British stage. By twenty, she had…
