Category: Academy Awards History
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27th Online Critics Awards
The OFCS loved Oppenheimer. Not much more to say. Award Tallies (8) Oppenheimer (4) Barbie (3) The Holdovers (1) 20 Days in Mariupol, John Wick: Chapter 4, Killers of the Flower Moon, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Past Lives, Spider-Man: Across the Universe, The Taste of Things The Awards Best Picture Oppenheimer Killers…
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Oscar Morning: Final Nomination Thoughts
Tomorrow morning, the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards will be announced. They’ll be revealed by TV stars Zazie Beetz (Atlanta, Deadpool 2) and Jack Quaid (The Boys, Star Trek: Lower Decks). Before the nominations are announced, I wanted to put down in writing my thoughts on this year’s categories and how I came to…
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Box Office History (Week 3, 2024)
Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…
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2023 Nominations Predictions: Final
And here we have our final nominations predictions for 2024. While things seem to have coalesced, the coalescing doesn’t seem to have turned out exactly the same way for all of us, so while we have a lot of identical predictions, we also have some off-the-wall choices. KEY: Appears on Four Lists Appears on Three…
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Oscar History: January 22 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: The Oscar Guy Became Cinema Sight (14) Born 1875: David Wark Griffith (73 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1884: Fred Fox (65 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1900: Fredric Hope (37…
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8th New Mexico Critics Awards
I have no idea when these were announced. Their website and X-Twitter account have been silent for a very long time. These were found on IMDb. Award Tallies (4) Killers of the Flower Moon (3) Past Lives (2) Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie (1) The Boy and the Heron, A Haunting in Venice, The Holdovers,…
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Oscar History: January 21 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: J. Carrol Naish (77 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1898: Rudolph Mate (66 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1903: William Lyon (71 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing…
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Oscar History: January 20 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Mildred Griffiths (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1896: George Burns (100 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1907: Waldon O. Watson (79 at death) {6 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations:…
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96th Oscars: Nominations Announcement Details
Here’s the annual stream information 96TH OSCARS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT Live Presentation Begins Tuesday, January 23, 2024 5:30 a.m. PST / 8:30 a.m. EST / 1:30 p.m. GMT / 9:30 p.m. CST The 96th Oscars Airs Sunday, March 10, on ABC FORMAT Actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid will host the announcement of the 96th Oscars®…
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96th Oscars: Sci-Tech Recipients Announced
It doesn’t look like there were any special awards (Awards of Commendation, Gordon E. Sawyer Award, etc.) and there are only certificates and plaques being given out. No Awards of Merit. 16 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS TO BE HONORED WITH ACADEMY AWARDS® LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced…
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Oscar History: January 19 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Elliott Clawson (59 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Writing 1902: Gene Milford (89 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing 1906: Millen Brand (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1907: Charles Henderson (63 at…
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Oscar Profile: John Sayles
Born September 28, 1950 in Schenectady, New York to Mary and Donald Sayles, a teacher and school administrator respectively, John Sayles attended Williams College with future collaborators, Gordon Clapp, Donald Strathairn, and Maggie Renzi, his longtime partner. After graduating in 1972, he moved to Boston where he worked at several blue-collar jobs while writing short…
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64th British Academy Nominations
Oppenheimer and Poor Things had very good days. As did The Zone of Interest. Barbie and Past Lives had poor showings. Is this a peculiarity of the British nomination process? Possibly. It’s hard to know for sure. All of Us Strangers had a mix of results. Two or three positive citations with a couple of…
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Oscar History: January 18 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Anton Grot (90 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate) 1887: Frank Harling (71 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score Oscar Win: Scoring 1891: M.…
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37th USC Scripter Nominations
The only major precursor outside of BAFTA left for Adapted Screenplay is the USC Scripter, which typically awards the screenwriter and the source material. This is great news for Origin, which seems to have been forgotten by most groups this year. The others were largely expected. What missed out? All of Strangers and Are You…
