Category: Academy Awards History
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Path to Oscar 2024: Supporting Actor
We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Screen Actors Guild. Below are our predictions in Best Supporting Actor. Best Supporting Actor Winner Predictions Yura Borisov – Anora Kieran Culkin – A…
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Path to Oscar 2024: Actor
We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Screen Actors Guild. Below are our predictions in Best Actor. Best Actor Winner Predictions Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (WL P) [New] (TL O)…
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97th Oscars Poll: Best Animated Feature
Every day through the Friday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Animated Feature Loading…
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Oscar History: February 25 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Jed Harris (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1908: George Duning (92 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1911: Ingo Preminger (95 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Picture 1925: Larry Gelbart…
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Box Office History (Week 8, 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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Path to Oscar 2024: Sound
We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Cinema Audio Society and Motion Picture Sound Editors. Below are our predictions in Best Sound. Best Sound Winner Predictions A Complete Unknown (PP O)…
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Path to Oscar 2024: Cinematography
We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, American Society of Cinematographers. Below are our predictions in Best Cinematography. Best Cinematography Winner Predictions The Brutalist (WL P) [New] (PP P) [New] (TL…
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97th Oscars Poll: Best Directing
Every day through the Friday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Directing Loading…
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Oscar History: February 24 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Marjorie Main (85 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1890: Fred Sersen (72 at death) {8 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Wins: Special Effects 1895: Nat W. Finston (84 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Scoring 1897:…
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Oscar History: February 23 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Victor Fleming (59 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Directing Oscar Win: Directing 1899: Norman Taurog (82 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Directing Oscar Win: Directing 1920: Maurice Richlin (70 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay Oscar…
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Oscar History: February 22 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Luis Bunuel (83 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay 1901: Charles Newman (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1908: John Mills (97 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting…
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Predictions: Motion Picture Sound Editors
This is the other feeder guild for the Best Sound Oscar. They have more categories and thus more opportunities to match up with Oscar. MOTION PICTURE SOUND EDITORS AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Best Sound Editing: Feature Effects / Foley Alien: Romulus…
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Predictions: Cinema Audio Society
The Best Sound Oscar was combined a few years ago to incorporate both the sound mixing and sound editing categories. As such, there are two precursors that could have an impact on the category. The first of these is the Cinema Audio Society. Our predictions are below. CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY AWARDS Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley…
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Predictions: American Society of Cinematographers
One of the most accurate guild precursors is the American Society of Cinematographers. In recent years, their unexpected nominations have landed those individuals Oscar nominations. The winners have been more accurate in recent years but they also like to honor longtime, prominent cinematographers, so they aren’t always accurate. Here are our predictions. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF…
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Predictions: USC Scripter Award
The USC Scripter Award is one of the few non-guilds targeting a specific Oscar category. With the Writers Guild of America having restrictive rules that leave some competitors out, the USC Scripter can often foreshadow some underrecognized scripts. That said, their winner selection is less accurate. We’ll see if they go with current wisdom or…
