Category: Academy Awards History
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Precursor: 29th Chicago Critics Awards (2016)
As expected, Chicago Film Critics voted and their nominations leader won: Moonlight still went home with fewer awards than Manchester by the Sea, which claimed four prizes to Moonlight and The Handmaiden‘s three each. None of these selections are particularly surprising. Awards Tallies (4) Manchester by the Sea (3) The Handmaiden, Moonlight (2) La La…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 16 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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89th Oscars: Foreign Language Film Shortlist
The Academy still isn’t sending me press releases, which is disturbing since they were for some time. I’m not sure if I got dumped or Hotmail is just not accepting them. Anyway, even their own website doesn’t currently list the press release. As such, I’m just going to list below the 9 films that have…
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Oscar Profile #318: Peter Hedges
Born July 6, 1962 in West Des Moines, Iowa, Peter Hedges was the third child of psychotherapist Carole Simpson and Episcopalian minister Robert Hedges. Father Hedges was, among other things, the chaplain of the Iowa National Guard for 21 years before relocating to Texas where he died in 2014 at the age of 88. Peter…
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Precursor: 50th Kansas City Critics Nominations (2016)
In years’ past, KC has nominated a full slate of categories, but this year, they’ve only announced their Best Picture slate and have said winners in all categories will be revealed on December 18. We’ll find out then if there other nominees. As to this list, the two non-competitive titles on the list are The…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 15 (2016)
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89th Oscars: Original Score Eligibility List
It’s now time to look at the final longlist from the Academy, the scores eligible for this year’s Best Original Score Oscar. Note that Arrival, once thought to be a major competitor in this category, was declared ineligible because it prominently used a previously written piece in the score, which might cause confusion among voters…
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Precursor: 23rd Screen Actors Guild Nominations (2016)
The nominations for this year’s Screen Actors Guild awards have been announced. Three are some interesting choices, but a lot of only-in-SAG’s world choices. Best Actor. Viggo Mortensen has been doing incredibly well all season long. Perhaps he’s a stronger candidate than we all thought. Notable omissions: Michael Keaton for The Founder (not likely screened…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 14 (2016)
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Precursor: 16th Phoenix Critics Nominations (2016)
Once one of the most accurate film critics groups, the Phoenix critics have given La La Land 13 nominations. Moonlight came in second with nine followed by Hacksaw Ridge and Manchester by the Sea (their capitalization below, not mine) with eight each. Apart from the love for Florence Foster Jenkins and A Monster Calls, which…
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Precursor: 24th Dallas Area Critics Awards (2016)
The Dallas-Forth Worth Area Film Critics are the only group that release their choices ranked. This year, the group didn’t actively rank them on their website, but considering they weren’t posted in alphabetical order, I took them as needing to be in the below order. The three films that have dominated Precursor Season won multiple…
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Precursor: 11th St. Louis Critics Nominations (2016)
Saint Louis Film Critics have announced their nominees for 2016 and the leader by a wide margin is La La Land with a staggering 14 nominations. The nearest two films, Arrival and Moonlight, have 6 fewer nominations. The list looks fairly standard hitting on all the major players in the race so far this year.…
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89th Oscars: Original Song Eligibility List
Today, the Academy has announced 91 original songs that are eligible for consideration for this year’s Academy Awards. Since they limit nominations to two per film, Disney has only submitted two from Moana, though three are on the list for La La Land, the two films most noted for a raft of original songs. I…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 13 (2016)
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Precursor: 21st San Diego Critics Awards (2016)
Dominating the San Diego film critics, Hell or High Water shows some muscle with a staggering six citation. Sonia Braga’s surprise win in Best Actress is the only real shock among this list of expected or not entirely unexpected selections. Award Tallies (6) Hell or High Water (2) Manchester by the Sea The Awards
