Oscar History: May 6 (2026)
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Oscar History: August 28 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Charles Boyer (78 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actor Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1899: James Wong Howe (76 at death) {10 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Wins: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1903: Allen Vincent (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0
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Oscar History: August 27 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Thomas Little (98 at death) {21 Noms, 6 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1893: Victor Heerman (84 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation Oscar Win: Adaptation 1905:
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Box Office History (Week 34, 2024)
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: August 26 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1873: Lee De Forest (87 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1896: William S. Gray (50 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1898: Clem Beauchamp (94 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1903:
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Oscar History: August 25 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Robert Stolz (94 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Drama/Comedy Score 1894: Talbot Jennings (90 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay 1898: Van Nest Polglase (70 at death) {6 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production
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Oscar History: August 24 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Elmer Dyer (77 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1897: Boris Kaufman (82 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1897: Fred Rose (57 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1926:
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The Ultimate List Poll #112
We’re looking back at all of the Oscar winners and selecting what films and performances and comparing them to one another. The most effective way to do that is pit each winner against each other winner. This long-running series will ultimately result in a final ranking of every winner in every category (except the documentary
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Oscar History: August 23 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Willard Van Der Veer (68 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography Oscar Win: Cinematography 1901: William Hornbeck (82 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1902: John Lee Mahin (81 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations:
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Oscar Profile: Gena Rowlands
Born June 19, 1930 in Madison, Wisconsin to a state legislator and his painter wife, Virginia Cathryn (Gena) Rowlands moved with her family to Washington, D.C. in 1939 when her father became a member of the Department of Agriculture. They moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1942. Rowlands attended the University of Wisconsin from 1947-1950 and
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Oscar History: August 22 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Lajos Biro (68 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1892: Joseph Walker (92 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Gordon E. Sawyer Award 1893: Cecil Kellaway (79 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins}
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2024 Nominations Predictions: August
One last update before the fall festivals with some categories seeing minimal changes while others find themselves radically different. We’ve added Original Score and Makeup & Hairstyling predictions to this list with Production Design and Costume Design coming in September and the remaining categories waiting until shortlists are revealed late this year. KEY: Appears on
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Oscar History: August 21 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Hans Dreier (81 at death) {23 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1892: Louis Brock (78 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short
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Oscar History: August 20 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1904: Ralph Berger (56 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1911: George White (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1919: Walter Bernstein (101 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1942: Isaac Hayes (65
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Box Office History (Week 33, 2024)
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: August 19 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Joseph Wright (92 at death) {12 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1902: Robert Planck (69 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Color) 1915: Ring Lardner
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