Category: Academy Awards History
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Precursor: 73rd Writers Guild Awards (2020)
This award matters most to Promising Young Woman going into the Oscars, which reminds me of films like Her and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, films with original concepts that utterly bowled over viewers. The Trial of the Chicago 7 isn’t out of the race, but you have to wonder if Aaron Sorkin, who…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 21 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies
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This Day in Oscar History: March 20 (2021)
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Precursor: 16th Austin Critics Awards (2020)
It really seems like the later in the season awards groups are giving prizes, the more frequently they are ignoring season leader Nomadland. Is it a concerted effort or just happenstance? Awards Tallies (6) Minari (3) Nomadland (2) The Invisible Man, Promising Young Woman The Awards
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 12, 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: Writers Guild of America
With the frontrunner for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars ineligible for this award, we’ll be left with the winner of the Original Screenplay prize to tell us if there’s going to be a clean sweep or a knock-down, drag-out fight between The Trial of the Chicago 7 and Promising Young Woman. WRITERS GUILD OF…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 19 (2021)
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Precursor: 7th Phoenix Critics Circle Awards (2020)
An obvious love of Minari doesn’t translate into a large number of awards with most films going home with a single award. Awards Tallies (3) Minari (2) Soul The Awards
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Oscar Profile #540: Fay Wray
Born September 15, 1907 in Alberta Canada to Mormon parents, Fay Wray was one of six children who moved to Salt Lake City, Utah with their parents in 1912, relocating to Los Angeles in 1919 where the aspiring actress attended famed Hollywood High. Wray made her film debut at 16 in the 1923 short, Gasoline…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 18 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2002: The Oscar Guy Launched oscarguy.com Domain (19)
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This Day in Oscar History: March 17 (2021)
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Precursor: 36th Spirit Award Grant Winners (2020)
Film Independent always announces its grant winners prior to the awards. Below are the winners. The Awards Producers Award Gerry Kim Someone to Watch Award Ekwa Msangi Truer Than Fiction Award Elegance Bratton Spirit Awards Data First Awards: 1985 (36)
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This Day in Oscar History: March 16 (2021)
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2020 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Our Statistics
Based on our nominations predictions, here’s how we did. Once again, it was an incredibly close competition. 1 correct prediction separated first and second place. This year, Thomas La Tourrette came out on top with 89 correct predictions, just 1 more than Wesley Lovell. Tripp was third with 81 correct predictions and Peter J. Patrick…
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2020 Oscar Winner Predictions: Post-Nominations
Now that the Oscar nominations have been announced, it’s time to get to guessing on the winners. Our contributors’ performances in this year’s nominations will be reviewed and posted hopefully this evening. (This has been updated with Thomas’ predictions)
