97th Oscars: Eligible Films
See Awards Season from a New Perspective
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New Poll Series Debuts This Week
With the closure of the Friday Face-Off, we decided to start up a new polling series that asks you to rate every Oscar nominee in most of the major categories. Every day of the week at noon (Central), a new poll group will post with anywhere between 30 and 35 nominees across two to four…
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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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Oscar History: August 8 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Owen Marks (61 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing 1899: Victor Young (57 at death) {22 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score Oscar Win: Drama/Comedy Score 1900: Robert Siodmak (72 at death) {1…
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Contenders: August Update
For our August update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 We have 10 films moving into Stage 2. This means that these films have finally had all of…
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Oscar History: August 7 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Billie Burke (85 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1901: Ann Harding (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1909: Ben Maddow (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1909: Joseph Newman (96 at death) {2…
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Oscar History: August 6 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Oliver G. Wallace (76 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score Oscar Win: Musical Score 1895: Phil Boutelje (83 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score 1895: Ernesto Lecuona (68 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar…
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Box Office History (Week 31, 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 5 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Wiard Ihnen (81 at death) {3 Noms, 2 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) 1898: Lewis R. Foster (75 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original…
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Oscar History: August 4 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Walter Oberst (55 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1907: Altina Carey (92 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Short 1912: David Raksin (92 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score 1914: Paul de Roubaix (90 at…
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Oscar History: August 3 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Louis Gruenberg (80 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score 1895: Leslie I. Carey (88 at death) {6 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing Oscar Win: Sound/Sound Mixing 1896: Maurice Ransford (72 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins}…
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