Oscar History: May 6 (2026)
See Awards Season from a New Perspective
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Oscar History: November 9 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1868: Marie Dressler (65 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actress Oscar Win: Actress 1883: Edna May Oliver (59 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1886: Ed Wynn (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1904: William
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Oscar History: November 8 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Emmet Lavery (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Story and Screenplay 1909: George Wells (91 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1913: Robert Strauss (61 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor
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68th Grammy Awards Nominations
More so than usual, there are a lot of 2025 contenders on this list while a few 2024 ones are also present. While many of these don’t seem like sure Oscar nominees, there could be some clues among them. Nominations Tallies (5) Sinners (2) Kpop Demon Hunters, Wicked (1) A Complete Unknown, Devo, Elton John:
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Oscar History: November 7 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Herman J. Mankiewicz (55 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Screenplay Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1903: Ary Barroso (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1903: Dean Jagger (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting
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Oscar Profile: Dorothy McGuire Revisited
Born June 14, 1918 in Omaha, Nebraska, Dorothy McGuire was one of three actresses who came to prominence in the original Broadway production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Both she and Teresa Wright had been original star Martha Scott’s understudy, with McGuire eventually replacing Scott when she went to Hollywood. Several Broadway roles later, she was
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Oscar History: November 6 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Gus Kahn (54 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Scoring Oscar Win: Scoring 1897: Rowland Brown (65 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Story 1911: Stephen Bosustow (69 at death) {14 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short, Animated
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16th Hollywood Music in Media Nominations
A lot of interesting selections. Many won’t make it to the Oscars but it gives us a preview of some of the potential contenders. We also know exactly what film Diane Warren is likely to win her Oscar for. What better honor than to give it to her for a documentary about her. Though, with
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Contenders 25: November Update
For our November update, we’re looking at everything that has moved on to a new stage. After months of virtually no updates, we’ve also removed five films from the 2025 contenders competition: The Collaboration, Mother Mary, At the Sea, Klara and the Sun, Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 and Madden. We know at least
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Oscar History: November 5 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Farciot Edouart (85 at death) {9 Noms, 17 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Wins: Special Effects, Special/Honorary, Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Plaque), Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1895: Charles MacArthur (60 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Story, Screenplay Oscar
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Oscar History: November 4 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Will Rogers (55 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 6th | 1 time 1895: Ben Sharpsteen (85 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Live Action Short Film Oscar Wins: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short 1899: Tregoweth Brown (84
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Box Office History (Week 44, 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: November 3 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1914: Gyula Trebitsch (91 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Foreign Film 1924: Robert E. Thompson (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1933: John Barry (77 at death) {7 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Original Score, Non-Musical Score,
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10th Seattle Critics Nominations (PNW Filmmaking)
Seattle critics have added a new category for short filmmaking in their regional reward set. Both categories are listed below. The Nominations Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Not One Drop of Blood To Kill a Wolf Train Dreams Twinless Wolf Land WTO/99 Achievement in Pacific Northwest Short Filmmaking Charlotte, 1994 A Fateful Weekend Shelly’s Leg
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Oscar History: November 2 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Victor Baravalle (53 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1892: Alice Brady (46 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1901: James Dunn (65 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win:
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Calendar Preview: November 2025
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. NOVEMBER Nominations Wednesday, Nov. 5 – Hollywood Music in Media Awards (Nominations) (Unconfirmed) Friday, Nov. 7 – Grammy Awards (Nominations) (Official) Wednesday,
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