Category: Academy Awards History
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Precursor: 26th San Diego Critics Nominations (2021)
Belfast comes out on top in a rarity for the black-and-white drama, the only film to secure double-digit nominations. Nominations Tallies (12) Belfast (9) Dune (8) The Power of the Dog (7) Mass, Nightmare Alley (6) CODA (5) In the Heights (3) Don’t Look Up, Parallel Mothers The Nominations
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Precursor: 11th Georgia Critics Nominations (2021)
The Power of the Dog topped Licorice Pizza and West Side Story with Dune doing surprisingly weakly against them. Nominations Tallies (10) The Power of the Dog (8) Licorice Pizza, West Side Story (6) Dune (5) CODA, The Green Knight (4) Belfast, Flee, Mass, Titane (3) Encanto, The Tragedy of Macbeth The Nominations
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Precursor: 6th Hawaii Critics Nominations (2021)
The three big contenders for top nominations at the Oscars this year came out on top in a tie for Hawaii’s nominations. We’ll see what film comes out on top, but the surprise showing for Last Night in Soho isn’t going to be it. Nominations Tallies (10) Belfast, Dune, The Power of the Dog (9)…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 2022)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 7 (2022)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 20th Columbus Critics Awards (2021)
Columbus critics proved that they have the power of love for The Power of the Dog and less so for Licorice Pizza. Nominations Tallies (8) The Power of the Dog (3) Licorice Pizza The Nominations
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Oscar Profile #581: Rita Moreno
Born December 11, 1931 in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Rosa Dolores Alverio Marcano, known to the world by her stage name of Rita Moreno, was the daughter of a 17-year-old seamstress and her farmer husband. When she was 4, her mother moved with her to New York, leaving her younger son behind with her faithless husband.…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 6 (2022)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 16th Oklahoma Critics Awards (2021)
The Power of the Dog is the best in six categories, including Best Director, but not good enough to top Best Picture? Dubious. Award Tallies (6) The Power of the Dog (3) Licorice Pizza The Awards
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Precursor: 10th North Carolina Critics Nominations & Awards (2021)
North Carolina’s film critics released their nominations and winners today without any really huge surprises. The top two nominees came in first and second in the win count, though in reverse order with The Power of the Dog losing out to Dune by three nominations, but then topping it by one win. Nominations Tallies (13)…
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2021 Oscar Nominations Predictions: January
As is our tradition, May begins our first predictive look at the year’s Oscar hopefuls. A lot of factors will play into how well our guesses hold up. Expect many of them to fall by the wayside as the year progresses and new contenders to rise into their places. While most of the guilds haven’t…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 5 (2022)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 17th Austin Critics Nominations (2021)
It’s rather surprising to see that a technical marvel like Dune could consistently bring in fewer nominations than the more intimate The Power of the Dog, but this is the dynamic we’ve seen play out for most of the year. Not a lot of oddities here with the stronger than normal performance by non-English language…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 4 (2022)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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94th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 5
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). A grand total of two precursors actually announced in the last week, the Columbus critics and the Chicago…
