Category: Academy Awards History
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27th Online Critics Nominations
The OFCS seemed to like just about everything everyone else had, though there are quite a few notably exceptions. Maestro was completely shut out while American Fiction didn’t get a Best Picture citation. Nominations Tallies (12) Oppenheimer (11) Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things (9) Barbie (5) Anatomy of a Fall, Past Lives (4)…
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Contenders: Pre-Nominations Update
Since the Academy Award nominations are coming next week, we’ve moved all of our films to Stage 6, which is the precursors stage. Of the precursors we’re tracking, only six of them have yet to announce. Two of those are guilds (American Cinema Editors and Writers Guild of America) and four of them are other…
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Oscar History: January 17 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Mack Sennett (80 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short Film, Novelty Short Film Oscar Wins: Novelty Short Film, Special/Honorary 1912: Morton Scott (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1914: Irving Brecher (94 at death) {1…
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22nd Visual Effects Society Nominations
The Creator, Elemental, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse were the most cited films this year, which is good news for the three of those who were on the Academy’s shortlist (Elemental wasn’t on it). Two shortlisters didn’t even make the list, Poor Things and Rebel Moon – Part One:…
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71st Sound Editors Guild Nominations
Oppenheimer might have come out on top of the nominations, but it did so with only three whereas six other films came in with two citations each. Of the ten films on the Academy’s shortlist, The Creator and Mission: Impossible are the only titles not here. Barbie, Maestro, Napoloeon, and Oppenheimer were the only titles…
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21st African American Critics Awards
African American Critics split their love between three films this year, giving out separate prizes for drama, comedy, and musical. They haven’t done this in the past. It’s an interesting change, but it also shows in their selections that those three films were also their general favorites as well, giving everything else only a single…
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Oscar History: January 16 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Harry Carey (69 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1884: Hans Kraly (66 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Writing, Original Story Oscar Win: Writing 1890: Karl Freund (79 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White),…
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Box Office History (Week 2, 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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Oscar History: January 15 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Cinema Sight: Polls: Best Of… (12) Born 1890: Irving Ries (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1905: Allie Wrubel (68 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1907: Marcello Pagliero (73 at…
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29th Critics Choice Awards
Neck-and-neck all night, Barbie and Oppenheimer were both potential winners, but with that Best Comedy category, too many voters probably voted Barbie there and if it had not, it might have won. While most of the winners were expected, Emma Stone and Paul Giamatti shook up the narrative and it will be an interesting road…
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14th Denver Film Critics Nominations & Awards
Denver’s critics are the first to go almost all-in on Barbie. Few other groups are going for something so mainstream, preferring the popular, but traditional Oppenheimer instead. An interesting choice. Awards Tallies (4) Barbie, Oppenheimer (3) Poor Things (2) Godzilla Minus One (1) The Creator, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Holdovers, Spider-Man: Across…
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21st Iowa Critics Awards
I have a few TBDs listed here, but I’m not so sure they will be announced. Two sources confirm the non-TBD selections, so it’s likely they won’t ever be announced. Having said that, The Holdovers clearly had a good run with this tiny group. Award Tallies (4) The Holdovers (2) Oppenheimer (1) Barbie, Killers of…
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8th Hawaii Critics Awards
The uber-small Hawaii Film Critics Society went with Barbie for their top film of the year, an outside-the-box choice. They also didn’t just toss it one award, giving it one shy of Oppenheimer‘s leading total. Award Tallies (5) Oppenheimer (4) Barbie (3) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2) Ferrari, Past Lives, Poor Things (1) 80 for…
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Oscar History: January 14 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Hal Roach (100 at death) {3 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short Film, One-Reel Short Film Oscar Wins: Comedy Short Film, One-Reel Short Film, Special/Honorary 1896: Hans J. Salter (98 at death) {6 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1898: Margaret Booth…
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Oscar History: January 13 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Herbert Brenon (78 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Drama Directing 1885: James Monaco (60 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1901: A. B. Guthrie Jr. (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1901: Sidney Wagner (46…
