Category: Academy Awards History
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This Day in Oscar History: January 3 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: January 2 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Our Site Milestones 2012: Polls: Most Anticipated (5)
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This Day in Oscar History: January 1 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 31 (2016)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 53, 2016)
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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2016 Oscar Nominations Predictions: December
Now that the great majority of critics have had their say and most of the guilds haven’t, we thought we’d put together one final list for 2016. Below are our predictions in eleven categories. A lot has changed, but a lot has stayed the same. Things are starting to coalesce around 60%-80% of the potential…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 30 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released 2011: Friday Face-Off (5)
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Oscar Profile #320: Ann Blyth
Born August 16, 1928 in Mount Kisco, New York to Irish-American parents, Ann Blyth’s parents split up when she was very young. She moved to Manhattan with her mother and sister, where they shared a walk-up apartment on East 31st Street and her mother took in ironing to make ends meet. A natural actress and…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 29 (2016)
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Precursor: 12th Austin Critics Awards (2016)
As expected, Moonlight won the top prize from the Austin Film Critics, which gave out prizes to most of the season’s previous winners. Tower got some extra love, but since it was made in Austin, that seems like an expected outcome. Awards Tallies (4) Moonlight (3) Tower (2) La La Land The Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: December 28 (2016)
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Precursor: 5th North Carolina Critics Nominations (2016)
A four-way tie for most nominations marks the North Carolina Film Critics slate for 2016. Most of the selections have been referenced by other groups previously, so there isn’t much that’s newsworthy in this grouping. Nominations Tallies (6) Hell or High Water, La La Land, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight (4) Arrival, The Handmaiden (3)…
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Precursor: 20th Online Critics Nominations (2016)
Announcing later than it has for the last few years, the Online Film Critics Society has nominated a fairly commonplace slate of nominees with the only real switch up being a documentary in the Best Picture slate. Nominations Tallies (7) La La Land, Moonlight (6) Arrival, Jackie, Manchester By the Sea (3) Elle, Hell or…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 27 (2016)
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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). Nearly all of the film critics groups have announced their prizes and the results aren’t offering anything new…
