Category: Academy Awards History
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Precursor: 15th Austin Critics Nominations (2019)
If there’s a story here, it’s that the Austin film critics haven’t made any terribly original selections. Award Tallies (9) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (8) Parasite (7) The Irishman (6) Little Women, Marriage Story (4) Uncut Gems (3) 1917, Avengers: Endgame, The Farewell, Us The Awards
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). With only six precursors releasing in the days leading up to and following Christmas and an equally smaller…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 30 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2011: Friday Face-Off (8) 2015: Eyeing the Truth by Tripp Burton (4)
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Precursor: 18th Columbus Critics Nominations (2019)
Formerly known as the Central Ohio film critics, the Columbus film critics have made a very long list of their favorite films and it looks like a lot of other recent lists. Award Tallies (9) Little Women, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (8) Marriage Story (7) The Irishman, Parasite (5) The Farewell, Jojo Rabbit,…
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Precursor: 4th Chicago Independent Critics Nominations (2019)
Little Women gets the best result its gotten in some time with these nominations, a list that includes eight nominations overall with none in acting outside of Florence Pugh. Everything else looks much the same. Award Tallies (8) Little Women (7) The Irishman, Marriage Story, 1917, Parasite (6) Knives Out (5) The Farewell, Once Upon…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 29 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 28 (2019)
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Precursor: 8th North Carolina Critics Nominations (2019)
Even with 6 nominations, Marriage Story couldn’t pick up a Best Director citation. However, the big story is that Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood dominated all comers with 8 nominations, a film that seems to be performing well above expectations. Award Tallies (8) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (6) Marriage Story (5) The…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 52 & 53, 2019)
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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This Day in Oscar History: December 27 (2019)
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Precursor: 18th Golden Eagle Nominations (2019)
One of the myriad national organizations around the world that hand out awards in a similar vein to the Academy Awards, the Golden Eagle Awards are the Russian equivalent. With a single film for non-native productions, Hollywood gets a small bit of recognition each year. This year, it was with titles Green Book, The Lion…
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Oscar Profile #476: Sophia Loren
Born September 20, 1934 in Rome, Italy, Sophia Scicolone and her younger sister, Maria, were raised by their maternal grandmother in the slums of Pozzuoli, their construction engineer father having refused to divorce his wife and marry the girls’ piano teacher mother. Encouraged to enter a beauty contest at 14, the young would-be actress was…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 26 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 25 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 24 (2019)
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