• Rating the Nominees, Group 5, #22

    Rating the Nominees, Group 5, #22

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…

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  • Oscar History: April 4 (2025)

    Oscar History: April 4 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Harry Oliver (85 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design 1896: Robert E. Sherwood (59 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Screenplay      Oscar Win: Screenplay 1908: Sydney Boehm (82 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Story and Screenplay…

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  • Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #22

    Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #22

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…

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  • Oscar Profile #739: Cary Grant Revisited

    Oscar Profile #739: Cary Grant Revisited

    Born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England on January 18, 1904, the future Cary Grant grew up in a working-class family. When he was nine, he was told his mother had gone off to a seaside resort. In truth, she had been placed in a mental institution. His father remarried when he was ten and young…

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  • Oscar History: April 3 (2025)

    Oscar History: April 3 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Leslie Howard (50 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Actor 1897: John O. Aalberg (87 at death)   {10 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects      Oscar Wins: Gordon E. Sawyer Award, John A. Bonner Medal, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1898:…

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  • Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #22

    Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #22

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…

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  • Oscar History: April 2 (2025)

    Oscar History: April 2 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: Looking at the Weekend (15) Born 1899: William Garity (72 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1902: Edward Eliscu (96 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1908: William Kiernan (65 at death)   {6 Noms, 0…

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  • Rating the Nominees, Group 2, #22

    Rating the Nominees, Group 2, #22

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…

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  • Calendar Preview: April 2025

    Calendar Preview: April 2025

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. APRIL Oscars Tuesday, Apr. 29 – Sci-Tech Awards (Official)

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  • Oscar History: April 1 (2025)

    Oscar History: April 1 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Wallace Beery (64 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Actor      Oscar Win: Actor 1904: Sherman Todd (75 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Editing 1905: Harry Grey (58 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Two-Reel Short Film 1910: Robert Pirosh…

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  • Rating the Nominees, Group 1, #22

    Rating the Nominees, Group 1, #22

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…

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  • Box Office History (Week 13, 2025)

    Box Office History (Week 13, 2025)

    Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…

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  • Oscar History: March 31 (2025)

    Oscar History: March 31 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Sarah Y. Mason (84 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Adaptation      Oscar Win: Adaptation 1904: Sam Zimbalist (54 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Picture      Oscar Win: Picture 1905: Robert Stevenson (81 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Directing 1907:…

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  • Rating the Nominees, Group 7, #21

    Rating the Nominees, Group 7, #21

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…

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  • Oscar History: March 30 (2025)

    Oscar History: March 30 (2025)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Archie Stout (86 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color)      Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1892: Ellsworth Hoagland (80 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Editing 1894: Ray Cory (73 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1897: Robert…

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