Category: Academy Awards History
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This Day in Oscar History: December 25 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 52, 2021)
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: December 24 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 11th Black Critics Awards (2021)
Will Smith was crowned Best Actor for Best Picture winner King Richard at the Black Film Critics Circle awards. The film took two other awards while Dune, The Harder They Fall, and The Power of the Dog got two each. Most interesting to note is that on their list of the ten best films of…
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Oscar Profile #579: Nicole Kidman
Born June 20, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Nicole Kidman was raised in a suburb of Sydney, Australia by her Australian parents who were visiting Hawaii on educational visas at the time of her birth. Young Kidman’s first love was ballet, but she soon gravitated toward drama and made her film debut in the 1983 Australian…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 23 (2021)
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Precursor: 13th North Texas Critics Awards (2021)
A strange bunch of selections. Some match other orgs’ selections, some are fresh, but ultimately not worth much with so many titles missing from their initial nominations. Award Tallies (2) Dune, The French Dispatch The Awards Best Picture The Green Knight Best Animated Film Raya and the Last Dragon Best Director Denis Villeneuve – Dune…
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Precursor: 25th Florida Critics Awards (2021)
The Power of the Dog topped their list overall, but a small group like this shouldn’t announce runners-up. Far too many ties on hand. Nominations Tallies (5) The Power of the Dog (3) Dune The Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: December 22 (2021)
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Precursor: 5th Online Female Critics Awards (2021)
Jane Campion’s feminist deconstruction of cowboy mythology struck a chord with the online female film critics who selected the film for Best Picture and three other awards with everything else getting split evenly among other titles. Awards Tallies (4) The Power of the Dog The Awards Best Picture The Power of the Dog (Runners-Up: Belfast,…
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Precursor: 11th Nevada Critics Awards (2021)
The vagueries of tiny critics groups become apparent when films that no one else sees as major contenders get the most attention. Award Tallies (4) Nightmare Alley (2) CODA, The Power of the Dog The Awards
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94th Oscars: Academy Shortlists
Without having dug into the lists here very deeply, I have to say most of what I was expecting is here, though there are a handful of interesting surprises. 94TH OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN 10 AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories…
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Precursor: 30th Annie Awards Nominations (2021)
With ASIFA Hollywood, you can often tell the dominant feature by how many nominations they receive. That puts three three Disney & Pixar efforts ahead of everyone else with The Mitchells vs. the Machines performing worse than expected and Flee doing better. Could this foreshadow the documentary Flee making the final Oscar list? It’s entirely…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 21 (2021)
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Precursor: 29th Dallas Area Critics Awards (2021)
Another win for The Power of the Dog and lots of familiar victors otherwise. Award Tallies (5) The Power of the Dog (2) Dune The Awards Top Ten Films The Power of the Dog Belfast King Richard West Side Story Licorice Pizza Dune Nightmare Alley The French Dispatch The Lost Daughter CODA Best Animated Film…
