Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 8
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). There was a lot of activity this week, mostly from the guilds, which puts a lot into perspective.…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 15 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones Born Died Released Oscar Nominations Our Site Milestones 2012: Polls: Best Of… (6)
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This Day in Oscar History: January 14 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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This Day in Oscar History: January 13 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 7th Georgia Critics Awards (2017)
After Lady Bird got skunked by the Broadcast Film Critics, they rebounded with several awards from the Georgia critics. None of these winners stand out as being anything unusual, though. Award Tallies (4) Lady Bird (3) Get Out (2) Coco, Dunkirk The Awards
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 2, 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: January 12 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 23rd Broadcast Critics Awards (2017)
Spreading out their prizes over numerous films, The Shape of Water barely topped the list of most honored of the year with its Best Picture win. Otherwise, other than the supporting categories, these were the winners that have come across most of the year. What’s noteworthy is that Get Out may have been hobbled in…
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Precursor: 70th Directors Guild Nominations (2017)
The day many of us feared has come and the fear seems to have been unfounded (largely). Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele earned nominations for Best Director after the Golden Globes and BAFTA both shut them out in their citations. There had been some concern that the DGA would continue its all-white, all-male tradition, but…
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Oscar Profile #374: Harold Rosson
Born April 6, 1895 in New York, New York, Harold “Hal” Rosson came from a film-making family. His older brothers, Arthur and Richard were successful directors and his younger sister, Helene, was an actress. Rosson began his film career in 1908 as an actor at the Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn, working his way up the…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 11 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 18th Vancouver Critics – Canadian Awards (2017)
This has no impact on Oscar, but is one of the Vancouver’s awards, they just wait to announce the winners at their annual awards event. The British Columbian film Never Steady, Never Still was the big winner, winning four prizes, including the one for Best British Columbian film, which might have been a bit of…
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Precursor: 21st Toronto Critics – Canadian Film (2017)
This has no impact on Oscar, but is one of the Toronto’s awards, they just wait to announce the winner until their annual awards gala. The Awards Best Canadian Film Werewolf Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (21)
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Precursor: 70th Directors Guild Doc Nominations (2017)
One of the things to consider here is that these directors may be from television or film, so programs like The Vietnam War and Wormwood aren’t Oscar eligible. The other three are all on the Academy’s 15-film shortlist. That bodes well for their Oscar chances, though members of the DGA aren’t likely to have much…
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Precursor: 20th Costume Designers Guild Nominations (2017)
The Costume Designers Guild, although breaking their awards into three categories, are still an accurate Oscar precursor. They have more chances to get it right, but they are also able to put forth a list of contenders that none may have considered or, in this case, all may have considered. Films that I thought might…
