Category: Academy Awards History
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Oscar History: March 5 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1874: Henry Travers (91 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1888: Jules Furthman (78 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1892: William Tummel (85 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1893: Jack…
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Oscar History: March 4 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Victor A. Gangelin (68 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1913: Jean Bourgoin (78 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Black-and-White) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Black-and-White) 1913: John…
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97th Oscars: Post-Oscars Review
Before we get into our individual re-caps of this year’s Oscars, let’s get the plaudits and results posted for our predictions this year. Coming in first with 17 correct predictions and 4 runners-up is Wesley Lovell. He narrowly beat out Thomas La Tourrette who got 16 correct with 4 runners-up. Pete Patrick came in third…
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Box Office History (Week 9, 2025)
Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…
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Oscar History: March 3 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Roy Davidson (66 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1901: Gwen Wakeling (81 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Costume Design (Color) Oscar Win: Costume Design (Color) 1917: Robert Luthardt (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art…
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97th Oscars: Best Picture
Best Picture: Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker Presented by: Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal Standing Ovation: Yes Correct Predictions: Wesley Runner-Up Predictions: Pete / Thomas
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97th Oscars: Best Actress
Best Actress: Mikey Madison – Anora Presented by: Emma Stone Standing Ovation: Yes Correct Predictions: No One Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley / Pete / Thomas
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97th Oscars: Best Directing
Best Directing: Anora – Sean Baker Presented by: Quentin Tarantino Standing Ovation: Yes Correct Predictions: Wesley / Thomas Runner-Up Predictions: Pete
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97th Oscars: Best Actor
Best Actor: Adrien Brody – The Brutalist Presented by: Cillian Murphy Standing Ovation: Yes Correct Predictions: Wesley / Thomas Runner-Up Predictions: No One
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97th Oscars: Best Original Score
Best Original Score: The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg Presented by: Mark Hamill Standing Ovation: Yes Correct Predictions: Wesley / Pete / Thomas
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97th Oscars: Best International Feature
Best International Feature: I’m Still Here – Brazil Presented by: Penelope Cruz Standing Ovation: Yes Correct Predictions: Thomas Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley / Pete
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97th Oscars: Best Cinematography
Best Cinematography: The Brutalist – Lol Crawley Presented by: Joe Walker, Alba Rohrwacher, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Willem Dafoe Standing Ovation: Yes Correct Predictions: Wesley / Pete / Thomas
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97th Oscars: In Memoriam
Will have the updated list and spelling corrections as soon as I’m able. It started too small to see and never got that big, so spelling may have been off in some places. Maggie Smith Gena Rowlands Dabney Coleman Lourdes Portillo Dick Pope Phyllis Dalton David Seidler Roger Corman Jeff Baena Dianne Crittenden Bob Newhart…
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97th Oscars: Best Live Action Short Film
Best Live Action Short Film: I’m Not a Robot – Victoria Warmerdam, Trent Presented by: Ana de Armas, Sterling K. Brown Standing Ovation: No Correct Predictions: Wesley Runner-Up Predictions: No One
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97th Oscars: Best Visual Effects
Best Visual Effects: Dune: Part Two – Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe, Gerd Nefzer Presented by: Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot Standing Ovation: No Correct Predictions: Wesley / Pete / Thomas
