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  • 94th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 14

    As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). Two guilds handed out awards this week, the Art Directors Guild and the American Cinema Editors. While their…

  • 2021 Precursor Predictions: Visual Effects Society

    The Visual Effects Society doesn’t always get it right, but they are accurate enough to be a potential playmaker should anything other than Dune win. Their awards are on Tuesday evening as they are one of the few guilds who will host their honors on a non-weekend evening.

  • The Rundown 2021: Supporting Actress

    For our eighth Rundown article, try out our predictions for Supporting Actress. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actress as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we’ll cover Film Editing.

  • 94th Oscars: The Polls – Best Production Design

    For the next 23 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2021 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 7 (2022)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies

  • Precursor: 4th Latino Journalists Awards (2021)

    Not much to see here. Award Tallies (4) Dune, Encanto, The Power of the Dog (2) Cruella, Parallel Mothers The Awards

  • Precursor: 37th Spirit Awards (2021)

    And there we have the least influential Spirit Awards in years. Everything went largely as expected. AwardsTallies (3) The Lost Daughter (2) Passing, Zola (1) 7 Days, CODA, Pig, Red Rocket, Shiva Baby, Summer of Soul The Awards

  • Precursor: 26th Online Film & Television Awards (2021)

    While Dune pulled in the most awards, it was The Power of the Dog that took the biggest prizes with four out of the top six awards losing on in Best Supporting Actress to Ariana DeBose and it wasn’t nominated in Best Actress. It’s an interesting list of winners that reverse course on some of…

  • 94th Oscars: The Polls – Best Live Action Short Film

    For the next 23 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2021 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 6 (2022)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2011: Weekend Preview (11)

  • Precursor: 26th Art Directors Guild Awards (2021)

    It looks like the Oscar race may come down to a battle between Nightmare Alley and Dune. Who knows for sure which will come out on top. The Awards Best Period Art Direction Nightmare Alley (Wesley, Thomas, RU:Peter, RU:Tripp) Best Fantasy Art Direction Dune (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Contemporary Art Direction No Time to…

  • Precursor: 61st American Cinema Editors Awards (2021)

    Apparently, the tennis matches were really well edited together. The Awards Best Drama Editing King Richard Best Comedy/Musical Editing tick, tick…BOOM! (RU:Wesley, RU:Tripp, RU:Thomas) Best Animation Editing Encanto (Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Documentary Editing Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Wesley, Peter, Thomas, RU:Tripp) American Cinema Editors Data Year Founded:…

  • 94th Oscars: The Polls – Best Sound

    For the next 23 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2021 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…

  • This Day in Oscar History: March 5 (2022)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies

  • 94th Oscars: Sci-Tech Achievements Under Consideration

    ACADEMY INVESTIGATES 13 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AREAS FOR 2022 AWARDS CONSIDERATION LOS ANGELES, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 13 distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for 2022. These investigations are made public so that individuals and companies with devices or claims of innovation within these…

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