Box Office History (Week 43, 2026)
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This Day in Oscar History: February 14
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Werner Heymann (65 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score – 4 Noms, 0 Wins} 1903: Stuart Erwin (64 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1905: Thelma Ritter (63 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress…
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Precursor: British Academy Awards
The winners for this year’s British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) awards have been announced. Here they are. Awards Tallies (7) The King’s Speech (3) Inception, The Social Network (2) Alice in Wonderland The Awards Best Film The King’s Speech (Wesley, RU:Peter)
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Precursor Predictions: British Academy Awards
Today, we’ll cast our crystal balls at the British Academy Awards and hope they don’t shatter. Here are our predictions for today’s awards. The Awards Best Film Black Swan Inception The King’s Speech (Wesley, RU:Peter) The Social Network (RU:Wesley, Peter) True Grit
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Precursor: OFTA Film Awards
The Online Film & Television Association has announced the winners for its 15th Annual Film Awards. Below are the results. Awards Tallies (7) Inception, The Social Network (3) Easy A (2) Black Swan, The Fighter, The King’s Speech, Toy Story 3, True Grit The Awards Best Picture The Social Network
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This Day in Oscar History: February 13
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1908: Lennie Hayton (63 at death) {Oscar Winner: Musical Score – 6 Noms, 2 Wins} 1918: Nino Oliviero (62 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1918: Oliver Smith (75 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Color) – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1928: Gerald…
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Christopher Nolan to Finally Direct “Citizen Hughes”?
From New York Magazine: After shooting The Dark Knight Rises, we’re told Christopher Nolan plans to return to reality — even if it’s one stranger than fiction. Insiders with knowledge of his plans tell Vulture exclusively that Nolan next wants to direct a long-shelved Howard Hughes biopic he’d abandoned when it became clear that Martin…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 12
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Bess Meredyth (79 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Writing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1892: Al Alborn (76 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1896: Charles G. Booth (53 at death) {Oscar Winner: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom, 1 Win}…
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Precursor Predictions: ASC
This weekend gives us two precursors, but only one we’ll be prediction. Both are on Sunday. The one we’re taking some shots at picking winners is the American Society of Cinematographers. The other, the Online Film & Television Association’s Film Awards, is not a group we would feel comfortable prediction. Reason 1) all of the…
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What to See: February 11-13, 2011
On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their responses are posted below. Wesley Lovell 1. Which of the four new wide releases would…
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The Rundown: Supporting Actress
We close out the week with one of the more exciting races of the year, the most tense one in the top six. Here are our thoughts on the Supporting Actress race as it stands.
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Film Fun Friday #43
Welcome to the new Film Fun Friday. In an effort to make our games more fun, I’ve increased the interactivity of them. Now you’ll be responding to your fellow players or continuing their thoughts. Each game has a different set of rules, so make sure to read up before posting. And always remember to have…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 11
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1908: Philip Dunne (84 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Story and Screenplay, Screenplay –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1909: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (83 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Directing, Screenplay;Oscar Nominee: Directing, Adaptation, Screenplay, Story and Screenplay – 9 Noms, 4 Wins} 1916: Walter Newman (77 at death) {Oscar…
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Feed the Queue #32
It was no contest with this week’s winner a near-unanimous choice. The lowest vote getter was The Room with 10 points, followed by Funny Girl with 14, Boys from Brazil with 16, Split Image with 17, Picnic with 18, Southern Comfort with 19, and Born on the Fourth of July with 21. Which leaves this…
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The Rundown: Supporting Actor
Our penultimate analysis this week, we present our Rundown series article for Supporting Actor, a category that that has honored legendary actors like Thomas Mitchell, Walter Huston, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn, Frank Sinatra, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Robert De Niro, George Burns, Christopher Walken, John Gielgud, Jack Nicholson, Don Ameche, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Jack…
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Oscar Profile #24: Gary Cooper
Frank James “Gary” Cooper was born May 7, 1901 in Helena, Montana. The son of a Montana Supreme Court judge, he was schooled in England and Iowa as well as Montana. He moved with his parents to California when his father retired from the bench. His numerous early jobs included that of an extra in…
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