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Category: Academy Awards History

  • The Rundown 2017: Film Editing

    For our fourth Rundown article, we look at the folk who put it all together. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Film Editing as well as general commentary about the race. Wednesday, we’ll cover the only category that has never featured a Best Picture winner as a nominee.

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 6 (2018)

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

  • Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 11

    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). While the upcoming week is a bit busier than this past week, it’s still a small smattering of…

  • The Rundown 2017: Original Song

    For our third Rundown article, we look a category that’s all about words and music. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Song as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we look at one of the most accurate forecasters at the Oscars, one that’s become more significant…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 5 (2018)

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

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 4 (2018)

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

  • Precursor: 70th Directors Guild Awards (2017)

    With Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water winning both the PGA and DGA awards, it goes into Oscar night as the odds-on favorite. Three Billboards and Get Out are still threats, but considering how long it’s been since a truly huge production took the top prize, this love letter to old Hollywood in general…

  • Precursor: 45th Annie Awards (2017)

    Destroying all competition, Coco won every single category in which it was nominated (though, it did lose two awards because it was competing against itself. However, it’s an impressive haul, especially with a lot of the fine work against it had been nominated in a few categories. This should prove a guarantee for the film…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 3 (2018)

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

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 5, 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…

  • The Rundown 2017: Original Score

    For our second Rundown article, we tackle the aural excitement of musical underscore. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Score as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category that has a small tie today’s category where the last…

  • 2017 Precursor Predictions: Annie Awards

    Four categories at the Annie Awards will have an impact on the Oscars. For Best Animated Feature, look to the primary and independent awards to give an idea of what could be competing at the Oscars. Meanwhile, Best Animated Short film is comprised of content from both the short film and special production categories here.…

  • 2017 Precursor Predictions: Directors Guild of America

    In the last of the Big Three guilds (after the Screen Actors Guild and Producers Guild of America), we may either find the Oscar race drawing to a close or tightening up. Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water needs to win in order to push that PGA victory towards an Oscar one. If Martin…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 2 (2018)

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

  • Oscar Profile #377: Steve Carell

    Born August 16, 1962 in Concord, Massachusetts, Steven John (Steve) Carell was the fourth son of a psychiatric nurse and an electrical engineer. Raised in nearby Acton, Massachusetts, he graduated from Denison University in Granville, Ohio in 1984 with a degree in history. Carell was a mail carrier in Littleton, Massachusetts but quit after six…

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