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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…
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Academy Adds to Herrick Library Collection
THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES ANNOUNCES NEW ACQUISITIONS TO THE ACADEMY COLLECTION New Acquisitions to the Largest Film-Related Collection in the World Include Key Pieces from Best Picture Oscar® Winner Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022); Collections of Gregg Araki, Gale Anne Hurd, and Harold Ramis; and the Steven Spielberg Animation Collection,…
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Box Office History (Week 24, 2023)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…
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The Ultimate List Poll #53
The Ultimate List Face-Off event has now begun. We will be using Google Forms to process these polls due to their extensiveness and the ease of creating the polls. For more information on how the game works, click here. Here are this week’s batch: GOOGLE POLL.
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Oscar Profile: Sam Leavitt
Born February 6, 1904 in New York, New York, Sam Leavitt began his career as a camera operator in 1926 and eventually became an occasional cinematographer in 1932. He became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers in 1935. He did not become a full-time cinematographer until 1952. Among the films on which Leavitt…
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Box Office History (Week 23, 2023)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…
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The Ultimate List Poll #52
The Ultimate List Face-Off event has now begun. We will be using Google Forms to process these polls due to their extensiveness and the ease of creating the polls. For more information on how the game works, click here. Here are this week’s batch: GOOGLE POLL.