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Category: Academy Awards History

This Day in Oscar History: February 27 (2019)

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February 27, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: February 26 (2019)

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February 26, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: February 25 (2019)

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February 25, 2020
93rd Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – March

Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…

February 24, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: February 24 (2019)

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February 24, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: February 23 (2019)

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February 23, 2020
Precursor: 51st NAACP Image Awards (2019)

In spite of Harriet being among the Oscar nominees, Just Mercy, which was only loosely in the Oscar conversation this year outperformed every other film that had gotten more buzz to take a majority of the prizes. Award Tallies (4) Just Mercy (2) Little, Us The Nominations

February 22, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: February 22 (2019)

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February 22, 2020
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 8, 2020)

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…

February 21, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: February 21 (2019)

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February 21, 2020
Precursor: 22nd Film Music Critics Awards (2019)

The Academy gave the award to the composer of Joker. That composer instead won here for Chernobyl. Instead, celebrated composer John Williams took home three prizes for his Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker score. This group was more likely to recognize Williams for his last Star Wars score ever than the Academy was. That…

February 20, 2020
Oscar Profile #484: Joaquin Phoenix Revisited

Born Joaquin Rafael Bottom in Puerto Rico on October 28, 1974, the middle child of five of a New York Jewish mother and California father of mostly English heritage, his parents who were then members of the Children of God missionaries changed the family name to Phoenix. With older siblings named River and Rain and…

February 20, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: February 20 (2019)

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February 20, 2020
This Day in Oscar History: February 19 (2019)

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February 19, 2020
Precursor: 65th David di Dontello Awards (2020)

This organization selects only Italian productions, thus is no general precursor to the Oscars. Award Tallies (18) The Traitor (15) The First King, Pinocchio (11) Martin Eden (9) 5 Is the Perfect Number (6) Suspiria (4) Bangla, The Dea Fortuna, The Mayor of Rita Sanita (3) Memories?, The Paranza of Children The Awards

February 18, 2020