Month: October 2025
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Oscar History: October 11 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Everett Douglas (65 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1918: Jerome Robbins (79 at death) {1 Nom, 2 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing Oscar Wins: Directing, Special/Honorary 1941: Charles Shyer (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1962: Joan Cusack…
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Oscar History: October 10 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Helen Hayes (92 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress Oscar Wins: Actress, Supporting Actress Academy Awards Host: 44th-Co | 1 time 1908: Johnny Green (80 at death) {14 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation or Treatment Score, Scoring, Musical Score, One-Reel…
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Oscar Profile: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Born July 10, 1977 in London, England to a Nigerian born doctor and his pharmacist wife, Chiwetel Ejiofor is the middle of three children. His older sister is a doctor, and his younger sister is a CNN correspondent. In 1988, when Ejiofor was 11, during a family trip to Nigeria for a wedding, he and his…
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Oscar History: October 9 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Irving Cummings (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing 1890: Samuel Hoffenstein (56 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Adaptation, Screenplay, Scoring 1896: Robert Armbruster (97 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation or Treatment Score 1902: Freddie A.…
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Contenders 25: October Update
For our October update, we’re looking at everything that has moved on to a new stage. There aren’t many at this early stage of the year but we have a few. Moving to Stage 2 Once all of the preliminary data has been received, a film moves to Stage 2. Here are the five who…
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Oscar History: October 8 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1911: Irvine Warburton (70 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1912: Frank Santillo (65 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1912: Gaston Diehl (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Two-Reel Short Film…
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Oscar History: October 7 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Max Ree (63 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design 1889: Robert Z. Leonard (78 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1895: René Hubert (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Costume…
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Box Office History (Week 40, 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: October 6 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Mitchell Leisen (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1901: Ted J. Kent (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1904: Folmar Blangsted (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1906: Janet Gaynor (77 at…
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Oscar History: October 5 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Louise Dresser (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1894: Del Andrews (48 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Writing 1897: William V. Skall (78 at death) {9 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1901: John…