Oscar History: May 6 (2026)
See Awards Season from a New Perspective
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Oscar History: September 8 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Al Herman (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1905: William Bradford (53 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1912: Alexander Mackendrick (81 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1922: Arthur Ibbetson (75 at
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82nd Venice Film Festival
We’ll have the awards from Toronto next week but before then, we have Venice. Their award winners don’t have as good a track record as some but their winners certainly have a chance at the Oscars. The Festival Golden Lion Father Mother Sister Brother Grand Jury Prize The Voice of Hind Rajab Special Jury Prize
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52nd Telluride Film Festival
This one wrapped up after a four-day event. They don’t give out awards so we’re only looking at the films in competition where there were a lot more than usual in the main program and far fewer than usual in the shorts program. The Festival Main Program The American Revolution Ask E. Jean Ballad of
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Oscar History: September 7 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1867: Albert Basserman (84 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1909: Elia Kazan (94 at death) {7 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay Oscar Wins: Directing, Special/Honorary 1913: Anthony Quayle (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting
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Oscar History: September 6 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: George Hively (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1889: Louis Silvers (64 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring Oscar Win: Scoring 1903: Murray Spivack (90 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing Oscar Win:
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Oscar History: September 5 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Darryl F. Zanuck (77 at death) {2 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: PicturePicture, Original Story, Irving G. Thalberg Award Oscar Wins: Irving G. Thalberg Award 1912: Ray Gilbert (63 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1919: Paul Claudon
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Oscar Profile: Gregory Peck Revisited
Born April 5, 1916 in La Jolla, California, (Eldred) Gregory Peck was raised by his grandmother after his parents divorced when he was five. Sent to a Catholic military school by his father, after the death of his grandmother, he later enrolled as a pre-med student at U.C.-Berkeley but caught the acting bug. After graduation
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Oscar History: September 4 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Pete Smith (86 at death) {16 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Color Short Film, Novelty Short Film, One-Reel Short Film Oscar Wins: Color Short Film, One-Reel Short Film, Special/Honorary 1899: Ida Kaminska (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1901: Paul Osborn (86
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Oscar History: September 3 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Anthony Collins (70 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Scoring, Musical Score 1897: Sally Benson (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1903: Wilfred M. Cline (72 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) 1921: Ruth
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Oscar History: September 2 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: Box Office Preview: Wrap-Ups (9.2.2010 – 9.13.2023) (13) 2010: Oscar Profile by Peter J. Patrick (15) Born 1905: Lionel Lindon (66 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1923: Shinobu Muraki (73 at
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Box Office History (Week 35, 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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Calendar Preview: September 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. SEPTEMBER Festivals Thursday, Sep. 4 – Toronto Film Festival (Festival) (Official)
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Oscar History: September 1 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Chester Franklin (63 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Two-Reel Short Film 1901: Harry Stradling (68 at death) {14 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Wins: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1907: Nathan Juran (95 at death) {2 Noms, 1
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Oscar History: August 31 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Tom Held (72 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing 1899: Albert Akst (58 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1902: Phil Charig (57 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1905: Dore Schary (74 at death) {6
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Oscar History: August 30 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Edwin Burke (55 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation Oscar Win: Adaptation 1896: Raymond Massey (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actor 1897: Fredric March (77 at death) {5 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor Oscar Wins: Actor Academy Awards
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