Category: Academy Awards History
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90th Oscars: Makeup & Hairstyling Shortlist
The final shortlist has been announced. Seven films are under consideration for Best Makeup & Hairstyling. The final three nominees will come from this list. As expected, Beauty and the Beast did not make the shortlist since it’s mostly visual effects. The slightly unexpected exclusions include The Shape of Water, Battle of the Sexes, The…
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90th Oscars: Feature Film Eligibility List
The Academy has announced that 341 feature films have met (or will meet) eligibility requirements by the end of the year for consideration in this year’s Academy Awards. Here’s the press release. 341 FEATURE FILMS IN CONTENTION FOR 2017 BEST PICTURE OSCAR® LOS ANGELES, CA – Three hundred forty-one feature films are eligible for the…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 19 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 18th Vancouver Critics Awards (2017)
Vancouver loves Lady Bird , giving it three top prizes, but avoiding Greta Gerwig as director and screenwriter. Award Tallies (3) Lady Bird (2) Phantom Thread The Awards
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Precursor: 26th Southeastern Critics Awards (2017)
Another award for Get Out and more prizes spread out to existing winners. Award Tallies (2) Get Out, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri The Awards
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Precursor: 2nd Seattle Critics Awards (2017)
Like most of the other groups, the Seattle critics spread the love across multiple films. Get Out picks up another Best Picture prize and several others pick up more trophies. Award Tallies (3) Lady Bird, Phantom Thread (2) Dunkirk, The Florida Project, Get Out The Awards
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Precursor: 9th Indiana Critics Awards (2017)
The Indiana Film Journalists love Lady Bird bestowing numerous awards on the film. No other film came close. The winners weren’t generally out of the ordinary, though the adapted screenplay love for Logan is unexpected. Award Tallies (6) Lady Bird (2) The Florida Project The Awards
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Precursor: 16th Utah Critics Awards (2017)
After sixteen years, the Utah film critics are still a bit baffling. Apart from a handful of Oscar contenders, they went far left field with the choices of Ghost Story for Best Picture, Andy Serkis in Best Actor, and Tatiana Maslany in Best Supporting Actress. Award Tallies (2) Blade Runner 2049, The Shape of Water…
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90th Oscars: Original Song Eligibility List
Seventy songs are on track for potential nomination in this year’s song eligibility list. As usual, it’s difficult to say just what will impress voters the most to get the nomination. 70 ORIGINAL SONGS VIE FOR 2017 OSCAR® LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 70 songs…
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90th Oscars: Original Score Eligibility List
Not a shortlist as every eligible score is listed, but here we have 141 scores in competition. The list is included in the post below. The truly shocking one here is he eligibility of Beauty and the Beast, an almost derivative score with some original elements. In any other year, it would have been ruled…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 4
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 has been an uber-hectic week. Plenty of content this week and most of it is hard to…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 18 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 21st Online Critics Nominations (2017)
The Online Film Critics Society made changes to its rules and categories this year making things a bit more unusual. There are some very odd choices on this list that don’t fit into the current Oscar narrative, so they may not be that indicative this year. Award Tallies (8) The Shape of Water (6) Call…
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Precursor: 12th St. Louis Critics Awards (2017)
The St. Louis film critics went for The Shape of Water in a huge way, presenting it with a solid 5 awards. Award Tallies (5) The Shape of Water (2) Baby Driver, Blade Runner 2049 The Awards
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Precursor: 51st Kansas City Critics Awards (2017)
Another win for Get Out with lots of equal love for Call Me by Your Name. Award Tallies (3) Call Me by Your Name, Get Out (2) The Shape of Water The Awards
