Category: Academy Awards History
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This Day in Oscar History: January 21 (2018)
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Precursor: 29th Producers Guild Awards (2017)
While Coco and Jane make their push towards inevitable wins, the win of The Shape of Water puts a damper on talk of films like Get Out, Lady Bird, or Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri being the frontrunner. This will be a huge get for this film. While it can’t win at the Screen Actors…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 20 (2018)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 3, 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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2017 Precursor Predictions: Screen Actors Guild
Looking at the past ten years of the SAG awards and their winners, we see trends toward their alignment with Oscar. They haven’t had fewer than three winners carry over. 4 of the ten years saw 3 matches with Oscar, 4 saw 4 matches with Oscars, and the remaining 2 were perfect matches (2010 and…
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2017 Precursor Predictions: Producers Guild
The Producers Guild of America has been a terrific predictor in the last ten years until the last three years. Prior to 2014, every film that won the PGA award for Best Picture went on to win the Oscar. It should be noted, though, that in 2013, two films tied at PGA (Gravity and 12…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 19 (2018)
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Precursor: 9th Denver Film Critics Awards (2017)
In their 9th year, the Denver film critics have decided to spread out their selections, giving no film more than two awards. Lady Bird picked up another Best Picture citation while several other individuals and films picked up additional awards to add to their hauls. Award Tallies (2) Coco, Get Out, Lady Bird The Awards…
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Oscar Profile #375: Bruce Beresford
Born August 16, 1940 in Sydney, Australia, Bruce Beresford was the son of an electrical goods salesman and his homemaker wife. Interested in film making from an early age, he made several short films beginning in 1959 while still in his teens. Having graduated from the University of Sydney in 1964, he moved to England…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 18 (2018)
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This Day in Oscar History: January 17 (2018)
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90th Oscars: Nominations Announcement Information
The Academy has shared some details about next week’s nominations announcement. The non-press-release below specifies the details. 90th Oscars® Nominations Announcement Tuesday, January 23, 2018 5:22 a.m. PST/8:22 a.m. EST/1:22 p.m. GMT/9:22 p.m. CST The 90th Academy Awards® nominations in all 24 Oscar® categories will be announced in a two-part, live presentation on Tuesday, January…
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Precursor: 16th Visual Effects Society Nominations (2017)
The Visual Effects Society has announced their nominees in numerous categories for the best visual effects of the year. While seeing what has the most nominations (War for the Planet of the Apes and Blade Runner 2049 tied with seven each) can be instructive, only two categories have any carry over to the Academy Awards,…
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Precursor: 31st USC Scripter Nominations (2017)
In a three-way tie, the USC Scripter finalists have been announced. Recognizing the original author and the screenerwriter who adapted it, the USC Libraries annually honoring the Best Adapted Screenplay of the year. The Scripter award this year has cited two comic book adaptations as well as a handful of other Oscar contenders. Noteworthy exclusions…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 16 (2018)
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