Category: Academy Awards History
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96th Oscars Poll: Best Live Action Short Film
Every day through the Thursday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Live Action Short Film Loading…
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Oscar History: March 3 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Roy Davidson (66 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1901: Gwen Wakeling (81 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Costume Design (Color) Oscar Win: Costume Design (Color) 1917: Robert Luthardt (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art…
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96th Oscars Poll: Best Animated Short Film
Every day through the Thursday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Animated Short Film Loading…
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Oscar History: March 2 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: A. Earl Hedrick (89 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1900: Kurt Weill (50 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score 1905: Jerome Hill (67 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature Oscar Win:…
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Calendar Preview: March
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. MARCH Festivals Friday, Mar. 8 – South by Southwest Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Wednesday, Mar. 13 – Critics Choice – Super…
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Predictions: USC Scripter
With the Writers Guild of America abdicating its position (ceremony after the Oscars) as a precursor (a poor one truth be told), our best precursor for Best Adapted Screenplay is now the USC Scripter prize. USC SCRIPTER AWARDS Best Adapted Screenplay American Fiction (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer (RU:Wesley, RU:Peter, RU:Thomas)…
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Predictions: American Cinema Editors
The Best Film Editing award gets surprisingly little precursor action in spite of it being one of the most important aspects of a film’s success or failure. Thankfully, we have the American Cinema Editors to give us a hand. AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS AWARDS Best Drama Editing Anatomy of a Fall (Peter, RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas) Killers of…
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Predictions: American Society of Cinematographers
When looking at Best Cinematography, this group is one of the best precursors. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS AWARDS Best Cinematography El Conde Maestro Killers of the Flower Moon (RU:Peter, RU:Thomas) Poor Things (RU:Wesley) Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Wesley Lovell: Oppenheimer has been dominating this award all season. I see no reason for it to stop.…
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Predictions: Motion Picture Sound Editors
The other Best Sound feeder is the Motion Picture Sound Editors. After the Sound Editing category was removed, it was rolled into Best Sound and Sound Editors are now nominated alongside Mixers. We still look at their results for clues, especially if they align with the Cinema Audio Society. MOTION PICTURE SOUND EDITORS AWARDS Best…
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Predictions: Cinema Audio Society
When looking at the Best Sound category, the Cinema Audio Society is one of two precursors that might reveal Oscar voters’ thinking. CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY AWARDS Best Sound Mixing – Live Action Barbie Ferrari Killers of the Flower Moon (RU:Peter) Maestro (RU:Wesley, RU:Thomas) Oppenheimer (Wesley, Peter, Thomas) Wesley Lovell: Oppenheimer should make a clean sweep…
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Path to Oscar 2023: Supporting Actor
We now have our likely final predictions with SAG having had its say. Best Supporting Actor Winner Predictions Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer WLPPTL Ryan Gosling – Barbie Mark Ruffao – Poor Things Runner-Up Predictions Ryan Gosling – Barbie WLPPTL…
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Path to Oscar 2023: Actor
With the biggie, SAG, out of the way, we have all of our predictions cemented. Best Actor Winner Predictions Bradley Cooper – Maestro Colman Domingo – Rustin Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers PP Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer WLTL Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction Runner-Up Predictions Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers WLTL Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer…
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96th Oscars Poll: Best Actress
Every day through the Thursday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Actress Loading…
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Oscar History: March 1 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Geza Herczeg (65 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Story, Screenplay Oscar Win: Screenplay 1908: Oscar Millard (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1910: David Niven (73 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Actor Oscar…
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96th Oscars: Performers Announced
They don’t seem particularly concerned about too many announcements at one time… JON BATISTE, BECKY G, BILLIE EILISH AND FINNEAS O’CONNELL, SCOTT GEORGE AND THE OSAGE SINGERS, RYAN GOSLING AND MARK RONSON TO PERFORM NOMINATED ORIGINAL SONGS ON 96TH OSCARS® THE OSCARS SET TO AIR LIVE MARCH 10 ON ABC LOS ANGELES, CA – Jon…
