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Category: Academy Awards History

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 6, 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…

  • 2019 Precursor Predictions: Spirit Awards

    Film Independent’s Spirit Awards, which always get handed out the night before the Oscars, have a notable lack of Oscar nominees this year than it has in the recent past. Whether that’s because more studio films were released that could compete for the Oscars or just that the Oscar nominees aren’t appreciated enough by Film…

  • The Rundown 2019: Picture

    For our eighteenth and final Rundown article, we look at the biggest category of them all. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Picture as well as general commentary about the race.

  • 92nd Oscars: The Polls – Best Picture

    For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2019 was 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…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 7 (2020)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • Precursor: 22nd Film Music Critics Nominations (2019)

    Not terribly instructive so far after the Oscar nominations have been revealed and right before the Oscars are announced, but four of the five nominees for the Oscar for Best Original Score are nominated here with three of them earning three nominations and the fourth (Little Women) picking up two. Curiously missing is Randy Newman’s…

  • Oscar Profile #482: Scarlett Johansson

    Born November 22, 1984 in New York, New York, Scarlett Johansson was one of four children of a Danish-born architect and his wife. She has a sister and two brothers, one of whom is her twin. The budding actress practiced singing and dancing as a child in front a mirror pretending to be Judy Garland…

  • 2019 Oscar Winner Predictions: FINAL

    [NOTE: Tripp’s predictions and commentary have now been added. 2/6/20 6:26pm CST]Before we dig into our final predictions, we have some introductory paragraphs for you to read. The Oscars are on Sunday and we’ll see just how close or far apart we are when that day comes. A lot of races solidified while many races…

  • 92nd Oscars: Oscar Guy’s Final Thoughts

    There’s not much time left. Sunday, we will find out just how much we did and did not know about this Oscar season. While I’ve contributed quick thoughts to our Rundown articles, I always like to do more with my final prediction post of the year. This will include how I think the races will…

  • The Rundown 2019: Screenplay Awards

    For our seventeenth Rundown article, the first things needed to make a film. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Screenplay & Best Adapted Screenplay as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover our final category.

  • 92nd Oscars: The Polls – Best Actress

    For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2019 was 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…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 6 (2020)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations

  • 92nd Oscars: Presenters, Group 5

    A starry final slate includes five Oscar nominees and a former Oscar host. FINAL SLATE OF 92ND OSCARS® PRESENTERS ANNOUNCED JANE FONDA, JOSH GAD, TOM HANKS, OSCAR ISAAC, SANDRA OH, NATALIE PORTMAN, CHRIS ROCK AND TAIKA WAITITI LOS ANGELES, CA – Show producers Lynette Howell Taylor and Stephanie Allain today announced the final slate of…

  • 92nd Oscars: Pre-Show Hosts

    The annual pre-show has found its hosts. ‘THE OSCARS® RED CARPET SHOW,’ THE OFFICIAL OSCARÒ PRE-SHOW, SETS THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER ALL-STAR NIGHT, LIVE AT 3:30 P.M. PST/6:30 P.M. EST Hosted by Award-Winning Journalist and Talk Show Host Tamron Hall; Emmy®, Tony® and GRAMMY® -Winning Actor and Singer Billy Porter; Supermodel and Entrepreneur Lily Aldridge;…

  • The Rundown 2019: Production Design & Costume Design

    For our sixteenth Rundown article, we look at categories that give us our setting. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Production Design & Best Costume Design as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover the categories that are needed before filming can begin.

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