Category: Academy Awards History
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This Day in Oscar History: January 2 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2012: Polls: Most Anticipated (6)
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Precursor: 21st Las Vegas Critics Awards (2017)
I have no information on when these were announced. Winning the most awards was Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which won for Best Picture, followed by Blade Runner 2049, which cleaned up the creative awards. Award Tallies (5) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (4) Blade Runner 2049 (3) Coco, Get Out 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). The last week has seen very little activity with only two groups having announced by deadline. As a…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 1 (2018)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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This Day in Oscar History: December 31 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 30 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released 2011: Friday Face-Off (6) 2015: Eyeing the Truth by Tripp Burton (2)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 52 & 53, 2017)
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 29 (2017)
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Precursor: 21st Online Critics Awards (2017)
Chalk up another win for Get Out. The same can be said for all the winners here, which were all duplicates of prior honors. The hazard of announcing late is always looking like you’re just copying everyone else. Award Tallies (2) Dunkirk, Get Out, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri The Awards
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Oscar Profile #372: Gloria Grahame
Born November 28, 1923 in Los Angeles, California to Reginald Hallward, an architect and author, and Jean Grahame, a British stage actress and acting teacher, Gloria Grahame (Hallward) began acting in theatre while still in high school. Signed to an MGM contract she made her film debut in 1944’s Blonde Fever, followed by a small…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 28 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 27 (2017)
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Precursor: 6th North Carolina Critics Nominations (2017)
A strong race for Best Picture has emerged with the North Carolina critics who have put all five of the top nominees into the Best Picture category with Three Billboards leading by one. These selections roughly match other selections, so there isn’t much new here. Nominations Tallies (6) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (5) The…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 26 (2017)
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 5
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). It was a very slow week and next week will be equally slow before the new year when…
