Category: Academy Awards History
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This Day in Oscar History: December 17 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 16 (2017)
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Precursor: 18th Vancouver Critics Nominations (2017)
Vancouver film critics have made their selections for the year’s best films. Two things always to note about Vancouver. They are the only group that only selects three nominees in each category (excepting this year’s Best British Columbian Film) and they are the only group that actively recognizes Canadian-only films with a full slate of…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 50, 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 15 (2017)
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90th Oscars: Foreign Language Film Shortlist
The Academy has once again made a grave error in omitting the acclaimed BPM (Beats Per Minute). Once again, we must call for the foreign language rules to be updated and modernized. The following is their press release announcing the 9 less deserving finalists. 9 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS ADVANCE IN OSCAR® RACE LOS ANGELES, CA…
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Oscar Profile #370: Charlton Heston
Born October 4, 1923 in No Man’s Land, now part of Wilmette, a wealthy suburb of Chicago, Illinois, John Charles Carter became Charlton Heston after his parents’ divorce, his mother’s remarriage and adoption by his stepfather. Charlton was his mother’s maiden name, Heston was her new husband’s surname. The highly imaginative child became interested in…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 14 (2017)
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Precursor: 24th Screen Actors Guild Nominations (2017)
I can’t believe I managed to miss the nominations this morning. Got too busy, I guess. Anywhere, here they are. There are a lot of winners and losers with this list, so, as I usually do, I’m going into each category individually, starting with the individual acting categories. Best Actor: Tom Hanks took a major…
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Precursor: 25th Dallas Area Critics Awards (2017)
Guillermo del Toro’s period fantasy stormed the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics awards, taking a staggering five prizes, including Best Actress. The rest of the selections have all been seen elsewhere before, so there isn’t much new here. Award Tallies (5) The Shape of Water (2) Lady Bird The Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: December 13 (2017)
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Precursor: 30th Chicago Critics Awards (2017)
Chicago has gone gaga over Lady Bird, giving it their Best Picture prize. Several of the big names of the year were also cited, so there’s not a lot of shock going around. Award Tallies (4) Lady Bird (3) Call Me by Your Name (2) Blade Runner 2049 The Awards
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Precursor: 17th Phoenix Critics Nominations (2017)
A big day for The Shape of Water as it tops its second slate of nominations today. Fourteen nods is a huge number, especially when the nearest competition (Blade Runner 2049 and Dunkirk) only have eight each. There were a couple of unusual selections from this group, but most of their slate has been on…
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Precursor: 11th Houston Critics Nominations (2017)
With a solid performance down ballot, The Shape of Water easily topped Call Me by Your Name and Lady Bird for most nominated. A lot of names here we’ve seen before, so no major surprises. Nominations Tallies (9) The Shape of Water (5) Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird (4) Dunkirk, Get Out, The…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 12 (2017)
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