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Oscar Profile: Teresa Wright Revisited
Born October 27, 1918, (Muriel) Teresa Wright became interested in acting after seeing Helen Hayes in Broadway’s Victoria Regina in 1936. Following her high school graduation in 1938 she was on Broadway herself as understudy to Martha Scott and Dorothy McGuire in Our Town. She took over the lead when Scott went to Hollywood to make the film…
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Contenders: Interim Update (Eligibility)
With the recent release of the eligibility list, we’ve found several films on our contenders list that are no longer eligible for the Oscars. Below are some titles we’ll be removing entirely from the list. After that, some shortlisted films that aren’t eligible for other categories. I’ll also highlight the films that were not eligible…
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Academy Announces Eligible Films
Sorry I’m a bit late on this one, but here it is. There was a lot of hand-wringing in the last couple of years since the inclusion initiatives were started about all the films that would be disqualified. Sure, 56 films not featuring in Best Picture is a large number, but none of the major…
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96th Oscars Host Announced: Jimmy Kimmel
JIMMY KIMMEL BACK TO HOST 96TH OSCARS FOR THE FOURTH TIME MOLLY MCNEARNEY RETURNS AS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR THE SHOW THE OSCARS SET TO AIR LIVE MARCH 10, 2024, ON ABC LOS ANGELES, CA – Emmy® Award-winning late-night talk show host and producer Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the 96th Oscars®, and Emmy-nominated…
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Oscar Profile: Arthur O’Connell
Born March 29, 1908 in New York, New York, to Irish immigrants, his father a hotel worker, his mother a housewife, Arthur O’Connell attended St. John’s High School and College in Brooklyn before making his stage debut in a 1929 production of The Patsy. A travelling vaudevillian for a time, he made his film debut…
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Box Office History (Week 39, 2023)
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 Profile: Carolyn Jones
Born April 28, 1930 in Amarillo, Texas to a barber and his wife, Carolyn (Sue) Jones, along with her younger sister and her mother, moved in with her maternal grandparents in their Amarillo home after her father abandoned the family in 1934. Unable to attend films due to her acute asthma, Jones became an avid…
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New Date for the Governors Awards
THE ACADEMY ANNOUNCES NEW DATE FOR 14TH GOVERNORS AWARDS ANGELA BASSETT, MEL BROOKS, CAROL LITTLETON AND MICHELLE SATTER TO BE HONORED WITH OSCARS® LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the 14th Governors Awards will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in…
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Oscar Profile: Walter Mirisch
Born November 8, 1921 in New York, New York, Walter Mirisch was the youngest of three sons born to Josephine and Max Mirisch, a tailor. He had two half-brothers from his father’s first marriage, his first wife having died young. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1939. His first job was as an…
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Academy Re-Elects Janet Yang as President
JANET YANG RE-ELECTED ACADEMY PRESIDENT ACADEMY BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2023-2024 OFFICERS ELECTED LOS ANGELES, CA – Producer Janet Yang was re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the organization’s Board of Governors. Also elected to officer positions by the Board: Bonnie Arnold, Vice President (chair, Membership Committee) Howard Berger, Vice…