Oscar History: July 5 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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Feed the Queue #35
Not as tight as last week’s race, the top three vote-getters this week were fairly close and the rest were decently far behind. Wilson was eliminated for not being available on Netflix, leaving 9 films to get votes. Coming in at the bottom was Band of Outsiders with 12 points, followed closely by The Hill…
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Oscar Profile #27: Jean Simmons
Born January 31, 1929 in London, her father was a British Olympic gymnastics champion. Discovered in dancing school at the age of 14, she was promptly signed for a co-starring role in her first film, 1944’s Give Us the Moon. It was her seventh film in three years, David Lean’s 1946 production of Great Expectations,…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 3
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Roy Davidson (66 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1901: Gwen Wakeling (81 at death) {Oscar Winner: Costume Design (Color) – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1917: Robert Luthardt (60 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White) –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1922:…
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Game: Week 9 – Spring 2011 Box Office Predictions
Time for another week of box office predictions. Submit yours below. Don’t remember the rules or need a refresher? Check them out here: Game Rules. Submit the Following for this Week
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Looking at the Weekend: March 4-6, 2011
A heavy slate of new releases this week and the debut of a new way of presenting these. Instead of commenting on every new limited release under the sun, we will only trot out our commentary on ones that have people talking about them. In addition, I’m going to try to better summarize our thought…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 2
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: A. Earl Hedrick (89 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White) –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1900: Kurt Weill (50 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Musical Score – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1905: Jerome Hill (67 at death) {Oscar Winner: Documentary Feature – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1914:…
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The Oscars: Recap
Another Academy Awards Season has come and gone. The awards were deflated per usual by the precursors and although we had promise of upsets, none truly materialized as either the expected winner or the expected runner-up triumphed in all the standard feature categories. Still, we can’t let the ceremony go by without sharing our thoughts,…
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5 Favorites #15: 5 Favorite Oscar Hosts
Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. Our final Oscar-themed poll is today with…
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The DVD Report #197: Oscar on DVD – 1977
New This Week CLICK HEREfor other new releases this week. 1977 was the year it all changed. We didn’t know it then, but the youth influenced success of George Lucas’ blockbuster science fiction epic, Star Wars,was to eventually drive movie marketing almost to the exclusion of everything else. I say almost, because there has/will probably…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 1
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Geza Herczeg (65 at death) {Oscar Winner: Screenplay; Oscar Nominee: Original Story, Screenplay – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1908: Oscar Millard (82 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1910: David Niven (73 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actor –…
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Game: Week 8 – Box Office Predictions Results & Standings
Gnomeo and Juliet nearly took the top spot at the weekend box office, but was severely over-estimated leaving new release Hall Pass the winner. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 9. Original rules can be found here: Game Rules. #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response:…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 28 & 29
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Ben Hecht (70 at death) {Oscar Winner: Original Story;Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay, Adaptation, Original Story, Screenplay – 6 Noms, 2 Wins} 1903: Vincente Minnelli (83 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Directing – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1904: Anthony Havelock-Allan (98 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Picture, Screenplay…
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The 83rd Annual Academy Awards
Once again, here are the winners of the 83rd Academy Awards Awards Tallies (4) Inception, The King’s Speech (3) The Social Network (2) Alice in Wonderland, The Fighter The Awards Best Picture The King’s Speech Best Animated Feature Toy Story 3
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Oscars: Best Picture
Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin Presented by: Steven Spielberg Standing Ovation: No Correct Predictions: Wesley Tripp Wes H. RU:Peter
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Oscars: Best Actor
Colin Firth Presented by: Sandra Bullock Standing Ovation: No Correct Predictions: Wesley Peter Tripp Wes H.
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