Category: Academy Awards History
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26th Costume Designers Guild Nominations
Let’s start with an interesting note about category placement. Unlike the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild, the Costume Designers Guild don’t allow for cross-pollination, which explains why Barbie got put into Fantasy rather than contemporary even though the film is in a contemporary setting. Now to the nitty-gritty. Looking over the films that we…
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Oscar Profile: Tom Wilkinson
Born February 5, 1948 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, Tom Wilkinson was the son of urban farmers, Marjorie and Thomas Wilkinson. Economic hardships forced the family to move to Canada for five years when Wilkinson was 11. Upon their return to England, he attended the University of Kent, graduating with a degree in English and…
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Oscar History: January 4 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1916: Lionel Newman (73 at death) {11 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Musical Score, Adaptation or Treatment Score Oscar Win: Musical Score 1916: Robert Parrish (79 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1918: Buddy Baker (84 at death) {1…
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11th North Carolina Critics Nominations & Awards
North Carolina’s critics were big on Oppenheimer and Barbie in the nominations and that’s where most of the awards went with Oppenheimer securing the lion’s share. Awards Tallies (10) Oppenheimer (5) Barbie (2) The Holdovers, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (1) Anatomy of a Fall, The Color Purple, Godzilla Minus One, John Wick: Chapter 4, Killers…
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17th Oklahoma Critics Awards
Oklahoma’s critics went for Killers of the Flower Moon, an uncommon position this year. It may have had something to do with the subject matter? Award Tallies (5) Killers of the Flower Moon (3) The Holdovers (2) Barbie, The Zone of Interest (1) American Symphony, Anatomy of a Fall, Fancy Dance, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives,…
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3rd Central Florida Critics
Florida’s critics were head-over-heels for Oppenheimer. Award Tallies (10) Oppenheimer (3) Barbie (2) Poor Things (1) Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Bottoms, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Holdovers, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Past Lives, Path of the Panther, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,…
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Contenders: Final Sets of New Contenders Incoming
I have been working hard the last several days putting together the final list of films to round out the Contenders for 2023. These are all films that either scored more than a couple of precursor citations or which should have been covered to wrap up December. There are several of these titles, over thirty…
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Oscar History: January 3 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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4th Make-Up Artists Guild Nominations
Once again, this group confounds us with nominating Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in both the period/character categories and the contemporary categories. Clearly they like the movie. Strangely, that film didn’t make the shortlist with the Academy, so you can discard its chances. Of the ten films that did, only four of them show…
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Oscar History: January 2 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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2nd UK Critics Nominations & Awards
Their announcement of winners video was really neat for the first category, but then they used the same music and design for every single category after that, which made for a tedious, repetitive watch. Thankfully, they only had seven categories, so it at least it was mercifully quick. The selections were spread out except for…
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Box Office History (Week 52 & 53, 2023)
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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Calendar Preview: January
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. JANUARY Festivals Thursday, Jan. 18 – Sundance Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Wednesday, Jan. 24 – Rotterdam Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Thursday,…
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Oscar History: January 1 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar History: December 31 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
