Oscar History: May 6 (2026)
See Awards Season from a New Perspective
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Box Office History (Week 30, 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: July 29 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1876: Maria Ouspenskaya (73 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1892: William Powell (91 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor 1896: William Cameron Menzies (60 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production
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Oscar History: July 28 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1914: Carmen Dragon (69 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score Oscar Win: Musical Score 1916: David Brown (93 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Picture Oscar Win: Irving G. Thalberg Award 1927: Pasquale Festa Campanile (58 at death) {1 Nom, 0
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Oscar History: July 27 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Donald Crisp (91 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1908: Nancy Hamilton (76 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature Oscar Win: Documentary Feature 1914: Miles White (85 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar
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The Ultimate List Poll #109
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: July 26 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1856: George Bernard Shaw (94 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay 1892: Charles Boyle (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) 1894: Lesser Samuels (86 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Story and Screenplay 1897:
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Oscar Profile: Hugo Friedhofer
Born May 3, 1901 in San Francisco, California, Hugo Friedhofer was the son of cellist Paul Friedhofer and his wife. Following in his father’s footsteps, he began playing the cello at the age of 13. After studying at the University of California, Berkely, he was employed as a cellist by the People’s Symphony Orchestra. He
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Oscar History: July 25 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2011: Oscar Preview (13) Born 1878: William C. de Mille (76 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy President #2: 1929-31, 2 terms; Academy Awards Host: 1st-Co, 2nd | 2 times 1894: Walter Brennan (80 at death) {4 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor
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2024 Nominations Predictions: July
In the middle of July, it’s difficult to say what will ultimate wind up with Oscars. That said, a number of contenders have already shown up and some of them have faltered while others emerged that weren’t on the radar previously. Here are our predictions as they stand in the month of July. This month,
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Oscar History: July 24 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Edward R. Robinson (85 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1898: Bernard B. Brown (82 at death) {11 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects Oscar Wins: Sound/Sound Mixing, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1899: Dan George
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Oscar History: July 23 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Emil Jannings (65 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1888: Raymond Chandler (70 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay 1894: Hans Peters (82 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White),
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Box Office History (Week 29, 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: July 22 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1905: Louis Diage (74 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1918: Wendell Mayes (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1926: Bryan Forbes (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay
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Oscar History: July 21 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Eugen Shuftan (84 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1898: Charles Marshall (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1899: Ralph Staub (70 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: One-Reel Short Film
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Oscar History: July 20 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Gregory Stone (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1920: Denys Coop (61 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Visual Effects 1938: Natalie Wood (43 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress 1942: Stephenie McMillan (71 at
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