Daily Archives: March 2, 2014

‘Casablanca’ wins Best Picture at 16th Academy Awards 70 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1944)

1940s, Movies 1940s


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(Thursday, March 2, 1944, 8:00 p.m. PST) — Casablanca won three Oscars today, including Outstanding Motion Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 16th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Jennifer Jones (whose 25th birthday it was) received the Best Actress award for The Song of Bernadette while Paul Lukas won Best Actor for Watch on the Rhine. Continue reading ‘Casablanca’ wins Best Picture at 16th Academy Awards 70 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1944) →

Flack, Wonder are Grammy stars 40 years ago this hour (Mar 2 1974)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, Television 1970s


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(Saturday, March 2, 1974, 10:00 p.m. EST) — Stevie Wonder, the blind young singer-songwriter who survived a near-fatal auto accident in the summer of 1973, capped his recording career tonight winning four times at the 16th Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for Innervision.

Singer Roberta Flack shared with Wonder the top honors, winning the Song of the Year category with her popular “Killing Me Softly With His Song.”

‘This Is Spinal Tap’ opens in U.S. theaters 30 years ago today (Mar 2 1984)

1980s, Movies 1980s, Popular Music 1980s


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(Friday, March 2, 1984) — This Is Spinal Tap, a rock music mockumentary about the wild personal behavior and musical pretensions of hard rock and heavy metal musical bands, opened today in the U.S. Continue reading ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ opens in U.S. theaters 30 years ago today (Mar 2 1984) →