Category: Academy Awards History
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93rd Oscar Nominations
Only Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Judas and the Black Messiah, and Sound of Metal managed to overperform expectations while nearly ever other Best Picture contender managed to underperform. We have history in Directing where we have two women nominated for the first time in history. Further, respected filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg popped up in Directing pushing out…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 15 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 3rd Latino Journalists Awards (2020)
The Latino Journalists group enjoyed Nomadland the most, but definitely seemed to be following the trend rather than setting it. Award Tallies (4) Nomadland (3) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Soul (2) Minari, One Night in Miami The Awards
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Precursor: 63rd Grammy Awards (2020)
An entire slate of winners from prior or future years. Joker was last year’s Best Original Score winner, so it’s not shocking it also won this year’s award. The Awards
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Oscar Morning: The Article (2020)
FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. It’s always difficult to know precisely how the Academy will handle the announcements. We have the list of categories that will be announced and in which grouping, but we have no idea in what order they will be announced. We know that…
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Precursor: 25th Online Film & Television Nominations (2020)
The OFTA released a set of nominees that looks like a lot of other lists. There are some notable surprises along the way, but mostly features what we’ve come to expect from this group. Award Tallies (13) Promising Young Woman (15 with poster/trailer nominations) (12) Minari (11) Mank (12), One Night in Miami (9) Sound…
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2020 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Final
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. The strangest part of this year…
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This Day in Oscar History: March 14 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 34th USC Scripter Awards (2020)
Some thought the script for Nomadland would be its weakest element, yet the film continues to steamroll through awards season, including in this category. The Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Nomadland (Peter, Thomas) USC Scripter Data Year Founded: 1988 First Awards: 1987 (34)
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This Day in Oscar History: March 13 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 16th Austin Critics Nominations (2020)
Austin’s critics loved Minari a lot, Nomadland and The Invisible Man quite a bit, a handful of others well enough. Nominations Tallies (11) Minari (7) Nomadland (6) The Invisible Man (5) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Promising Young Woman (4) Tenet (3) Da 5 Bloods, The Father, Mank, One Night in Miami, Sound of Metal The…
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Precursor: 21st Vancouver Critics Awards (2020)
More commonplace winners. Awards Tallies (3) Nomadland (2) Minari The Awards
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Precursor: 10th Georgia Critics Awards (2020)
A couple of minor surprises, but nothing out of the ordinary. Awards Tallies (4) Nomadland (3) Promising Young Woman (2) One Night in Miami, Soul, Sound of Metal The Awards
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Precursor: 24th Las Vegas Critics Awards (2020)
Las Vegas enjoyed Nomadland like so many other groups and didn’t go too far out on a limb. Award Tallies (4) Nomadland (3) Judas and the Black Messiah, Soul (2) The Invisible Man, Mank, Sound of Metal The Awards
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Precursor: 7th Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations (2020)
Another group that loved Minari, but Phoenix’s nominations are a bit closer to the mainstream with a few oddball selections thrown in. Nominations Tallies (7) Minari (5) Mank, Nomadland (4) One Night in Miami, Promising Young Woman (3) Another Round, Da 5 Bloods, Sound of Metal, Tenet The Nominations
