Category: Academy Awards History
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This Day in Oscar History: December 25 (2018)
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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). The week before Christmas is pretty sparse for critics prizes, rivaled only by the week between Christmas and…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 24 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 23 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 22 (2018)
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Precursor: 12th Women Journalists Nominations (2018)
The Alliance of Women Film Jouranlists have made their selection for the best of the year along with a treasure trove of unique categories highlighting women in cinema. The rest of the nominations are fairly standard with few exceptions to the current rules of the season. Award Tallies (11) The Favourite (8) Leave No Trace,…
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Precursor: 22nd Florida Critics Awards (2018)
Another win for The Favourite along with a host of unusual choices. Award Tallies (3) Favourite (2) Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Eighth Grade, Shoplifters The Awards
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 51, 2018)
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. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 21 (2018)
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Oscar Profile #423: Ben Hecht
Born February 28, 1894 in New York City, Ben Hecht was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. At ten, he was considered a child prodigy on his way to becoming a violin virtuoso but at 12 he became an acrobat in the circus. The family moved to Racine, Wisconsin where Hecht attended high school. He…
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Precursor: 22nd Florida Critics Nominations (2018)
The Favourite leads Florida critics’ nominations for the year followed closely behind First Man and If Beale Street Could Talk. There are a few atypical choices here, but for the most part, this follows the direction of most other critics groups out there. Nominations Tallies (9) The Favourite (8) First Man, If Beale Street Could…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 20 (2018)
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Precursor: 8th Nevada Critics Awards (2018)
It’s interesting to note that, for the most part, the Nevada critics spread their love around with nearly every film getting only one citation, except The Favourite, which picked up three total honors. This is also one of the few groups to think Green Book is the best of the year. Award Tallies (3) The…
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Precursor: 8th Black Critics Awards (2018)
Having splintered from the African American Film Critics Association in 2010 over a controversy involving a bribe to manipulate vote totals, the Black Film Critics Circle has worked to distinguish itself from its counterpart. While the top winner was the same, most of the rest of the list are different and highlights an interesting parallel.…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 19 (2018)
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