Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar Profile #324: Anna Magnani
Born March 7, 1908 to Marina Magnani and an unknown father in Rome, Italy, Anna Magnani was raised in poverty by her maternal grandparents with whom her mother left her. Although it was first said that Magnani’s father was Egyptian, she later claimed that he was from Calabria, Italy, although she never knew his name.…
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2016 Precursor Predictions: American Cinema Editors
The first Guild to announce its winners this year will be the American Cinema Editors who announce their selections on Saturday night. One of the best categories to use to predict the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Editing is one of the first places we look and the Best Picture frontrunner is the one we…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 26 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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2016 Oscar Winner Predictions: First Post-Nominations Predictions
Our first look at the Oscar landscape after the nominations has revealed itself in our first predictions of this year’s winners. I had intended to post this article last night, but somehow it missed the scheduling. Below you will find our first predictions. We have 100% agreed in 13 of 24 categories and selected identical…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 25 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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89th Oscars: Academy Awards Nominations
And there you have the full list of Oscar nominees. La La Land enters a three-way tie for most Oscar nominations in history with past Best Picture winners All About Eve and Titanic. When it showed up in Sound Editing, it was clear the film was tying the record. Costume Design sealed the deal. Other…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 24 (2017)
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 9
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 were only two groups announcing this past week and neither will have significant impact on the Oscar…
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Oscar Morning: The Article (2016)
FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. After two years of a new format of announcing the nominations, the Academy has mixed things up again with an audience-free streaming announcement starting at 5:18am Pacific on Tuesday, January 24. Academy president Cheryl Boone-Isaacs will be joined by Oscar winners Jennifer…
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2016 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Final
And here we have it, our final predictions before the Oscar nominations tomorrow morning. Our contributors have put a lot of time and effort into their selections and their commentary. Looking over our lists, it’s notable to see that we share 9 films in common in the Best Picture race while nearly all of the…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 23 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Oscar Nominations
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Precursor: 21st Online Film & Television Nominations (2016)
The Online Film & Television Association has announced its nominees for 2016. There are some interesting selections here, including who did and did not make it. However, most of their selections match what’s been announced previously, so there are no major surprises. Nominations Tallies (16) La La Land (12) Moonlight (11) Arrival, Noctrunal Animals (10)…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 22 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Oscar Nominations Our Site Milestones 2010: The Oscar Guy Became Cinema Sight (7)
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This Day in Oscar History: January 21 (2017)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 3, 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…
