Category: Academy Awards History
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Precursor: 35th Society of Cinematographers Awards (2020)
In the first major failure for Nomadland in the cinematography category this year, Mank managed to win out. Of course, Nomadland‘s cinematographer is not a member of the ASC, so there may have been some anti-non-member bias, but we won’t ever know. Of course, ASC does well some years, but utterly fails in others, so…
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93rd Oscars: The Polls – Best Animated Feature
Over the course of 23 days, we will present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2020 were 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…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 18 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 68th Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards (2020)
Also announcing earlier than expected, with a significantly different set of results. Cinema Audio Society went as predicted, this one didn’t. The Awards
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Precursor: 28th Cinema Audio Society Awards (2020)
The awards went almost exactly as predicted, give or take. The Awards
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Precursor: 60th American Cinema Editors Awards (2020)
Going differently than expected, the American Cinema Editors also announced early. While Promising Young Woman has been having poor luck lately, My Octopus Teacher is moving against tradition to storm the awards season. The Awards
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93rd Oscars: The Polls – Best International Feature
Over the course of 23 days, we will present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2020 were 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…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 17 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies Oscar Nominations
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93rd Oscars: Performers Announced
Earlier this week, we had a list of presenters announced and now we have the performers. We also got the pre-show hosts, which is a strange departure, focusing on performers rather than “journalists.” 93RD OSCARS® PERFORMERS KICK OFF OSCAR® SUNDAY Celeste, H.E.R., Leslie Odom, Jr., Laura Pausini, Daniel Pemberton, Molly Sandén and Diane Warren to…
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Precursor: 29th Annie Awards (2020)
Apart from a handful of unexpected wins by Wolfwalkers, which won the directing award and some other craft awards, Soul was the biggest winner of the night taking the top award of the night alongside the independent winner Wolfwalkers. Awards Tallies (7) Soul (5) Wolfwalkers (1) The Mandalorian, The Snail and the Whale, Souvenir Souvenir…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 16, 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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2020 Precursor Predictions: American Cinema Editors
While Oscar pools might not hinge on a correct prediction in this category, it will be interesting to see how many go for traditional, for history, or for off-kilter.
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2020 Precursor Predictions: Motion Picture Sound Editors
Although the correlating category at the Oscars, Sound Editing, was eliminated, the tendency of Sound Mixing and Sound Editing to link up was fairly common, so a winner here might tell us some about the Sound category as well.
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2020 Precursor Predictions: Cinema Audio Society
The best linked category to the Best Sound award at the Oscars will either be the start of a new conversation or the end of it. Will Sound of Metal win or will there be a surprise. We shall see.
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2020 Precursor Predictions: American Society of Cinematographers
The definitive group of cinematographers has a tendency to reject orthodoxy and pick winners that don’t link up with the Oscars. Will the same happen this year or are we destined for a connection? We’ll see.
