Oscar History: May 6 (2026)
See Awards Season from a New Perspective
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Oscar History: August 18 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1904: Horace Woodard (68 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Novelty Short Film Oscar Win: Novelty Short Film 1906: John W. Burton (71 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Animated Short Film Oscar Win: Animated Short Film 1909: Miliza Korjus (71 at death)
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Oscar History: August 17 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Samuel Goldwyn (94 at death) {1 Nom, 2 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Irving G. Thalberg Award Oscar Wins: Irving G. Thalberg Award, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1888: Monty Woolley (74 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor 1905: Martin Obzina (73 at death)
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Oscar History: August 16 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: W. J. Reiter (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1894: J. Arthur Ball (57 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1895: W. Howard Greene (60 at death) {7 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Color) Oscar Wins: Cinematography
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Oscar Profile: Norma Shearer
Born August 10, 1902 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, (Edith) Norma Shearer was the third child of Andrew, a successful contractor, and Edith, a minor actress, Shearer. Older brother Douglas Shearer (1899-1971) became the head of the MGM sound department who won seven Oscars. Older sister Athole Shearer (1900-1985) was married to Howard Hawks from 1928-1940
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Oscar History: August 15 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Ethel Barrymore (79 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1901: John B. Goodman (89 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design
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The Contenders: 2024 – July Retrospective/September Forecast
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of July and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to September and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts July Retrospective July was
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Oscar History: August 14 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Paul Wing (64 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1901: Peverell Marley (62 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Color) 1901: Merrill Pye (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production
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Oscar History: August 13 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Haldane Douglas (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1899: Alfred Hitchcock (80 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Directing Oscar Win: Irving G. Thalberg Award 1904: Charles Rogers (94 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win:
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Box Office History (Week 32, 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 12 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: Cecil B. DeMille (77 at death) {3 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing Oscar Wins: Picture, Special/Honorary, Irving G. Thalberg Award 1892: Alfred Lunt (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1898: Oscar Homolka (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar
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Oscar History: August 11 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: William C. Thomas (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature 1914: Hugh Martin (96 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1925: Arnold Schulman (97 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay 1954: Terry
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Oscar History: August 10 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Marcel Vertes (66 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color), Costume Design (Color) Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production Design (Color), Costume Design (Color) 1896: Walter Lang (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing 1902: Norma Shearer (80 at death)
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The Ultimate List Poll #111
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 9 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Leo Genn (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1906: Hugh Prince (53 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1906: Robert L. Surtees (78 at death) {16 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar
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Oscar Profile: Tay Garnett
Born June 13, 1894 in Santa Ana, California, William Taylor Garnett, known professionally as Tay Garnett, was one of the most prolific writer-directors of films and TV dramas from 1920 through 1975. Although he was never nominated for an Oscar, Garnett worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, directing a couple of them
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