Category: Academy Awards History
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51st Saturn Award Nominations
Avatar: The Way of Water was dominant, but Barbenheimer also did quite well. Very niche choices here and nothing that will impact the Oscars. Award Tallies (12) Avatar: The Way of Water (11) Oppenheimer (9) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (8) Barbie (7) Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (5) The Menu, Renfield…
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7th Hollywood Creative Alliance Nominations (2023)
While Barbenheimer dominates, several promising performers appear on this list. A lot of names all show up that had been largely written off. They have far too many categories and their sorting on their website is inconsistent (though mostly frustrating). Award Tallies (15) Barbie (14) Oppenheimer (10) Killers of the Flower Moon, Spider-Man: Across the…
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Oscar Profile: Joseph MacDonald
Born May 26, 1906 in Mexico City, Mexico, Joseph (Patrick) MacDonald was initially trained as a mining engineer at the University of Southern California. Turning his interest to film work, MacDonald served a lengthy apprenticeship, starting as assistant cameraman at First National in the early 1920s before eventually graduating to first camera operator by the…
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Oscar History: December 7 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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95th National Board of Review Awards (2023)
The National Board of Review is one of the weaker Oscar predictors of the major players, but getting citations can still generate buzz for your performance. This certainly helps both Giamatti and Ruffalo while potential streaks seem to be building around Lily Gladstone in her seemingly successful gambit to switch to lead and around Da’Vine…
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Contenders: November Update
For our November update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Moving to Stage 2 We have no films moving into Stage 2. Moving to Stage 3 There are four films that have…
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Oscar History: December 6 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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39th Spirit Award Nominations
The Spirit Award nominations yielded few major surprise, though a few stand out: Julianne Moore didn’t make the supporting cut, nor did Lily Gladston (for The Unknown Country) make it in to lead. Paul Giamatti couldn’t get into the lead race in spite of The Holdovers doing well. That said, it didn’t make the Best…
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Oscar History: December 5 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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8th Atlanta Critics Awards
Atlanta’s film critics have announced their winners. The group has less than 2 dozen members. Oppenheimer was a huge winner taking a staggering eight awards. So far, Lily Gladstone and Da’Vine Joy Randolph are doing best with acting wins. Award Tallies (8) Oppenheimer (2) Killers of the Flower Moon (1) Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie,…
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Box Office History (Week 48, 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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Oscar History: December 4 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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1st Michigan Critics Guild Nominations (2023)
The Michigan Critics Guild is a new organization announcing winners this year. A very small group usually makes idiosyncratic choices, which could explain why Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, and Past Lives make Best Picture without a corresponding directing citation while Christopher Nolan and Martin Scorsese don’t get their films past the finish mark.…
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Oscar History: December 3 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar History: December 2 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
