Category: Academy Awards
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Box Office History (Week 11, 2023)
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 18 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2002: The Oscar Guy Launched oscarguy.com Domain (22) Born 1891: Truman Talley (50 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short 1905: Robert Donat (53 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1915: Richard Condon (81 at death)…
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Oscar History: March 17 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Sid Grauman (70 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1888: Nugent Slaughter (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Engineering Effects 1894: Paul Green (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1901: Alfred Newman (68 at death) {45…
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Oscar History: March 16 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Gene Havlick (65 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1897: Conrad Nagel (72 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary Academy President #4: 1931-33, 1 term; Academy Awards Host: 3rd, 5th-Co, 25th-Co | 3 times 1908: Robert Rossen…
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28th Satellite Awards
The Satellite Awards went different directions in the craft categories but mostly provided minimal surprises. Award Tallies (4) The Holdovers, Oppenheimer (3) Maestro (2) American Fiction, Barbie, Poor Things (1) Bad Press, The Boy and the Heron, Killers of the Flower Moon, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Napoleon, The Zone of Interest The…
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Oscar History: March 15 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Arthur Hornblower Jr. (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Picture 1913: John Woolf (86 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Picture Oscar Win: Picture 1933: Philippe de Broca (71 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1934: Jost…
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Oscar Profile: Emma Stone
Born October 6, 1988 in Scottsdale, Arizona to a contracting company founder and CEO and his wife, Emma Stone began acting as a child as a member of the Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix where she made her debut in a production of The Wind in the Willows. She appeared in many of their productions…
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Oscar History: March 14 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1864: William N. Selig (84 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1907: Eddie Heyman (74 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1916: Horton Foote (92 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay Oscar Wins: Original…
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Oscar History: March 13 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Henry Hathaway (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing 1909: Herbert Kline (89 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Documentary Feature 1912: Joan Bridge (97 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Costume Design (Color) Oscar Win: Costume Design (Color)…
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Oscar History: March 12 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1910: Dale Butts (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Drama/Comedy Score 1911: Edmund H. North (79 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay Oscar Win: Original Screenplay 1911: Angelo Ross (78 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1917:…
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96th 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. For the first time in a long while, we had to go to the runner-up predictions to determine this year’s site winner for best prognosticator. By the slimmest of margins, Wesley Lovell…
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Box Office History (Week 10, 2023)
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 11 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: Dave Gould (70 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Dance Direction Oscar Win: Dance Direction 1901: Richard Flournoy (66 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1909: Jules Engel (94 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Animated Short Film 1909:…
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96th Oscars: Best Picture
Best Picture: Oppenheimer – Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan Presented by: Al Pacino Standing Ovation: Yes Correct Predictions: Wesley / Peter / Thomas
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96th Oscars: Best Actress
Best Actress: Emma Stone – Poor Things Presented by: Sally Field, Jennifer Lawrence, Michelle Yeoh, Charlize Theron, Jessica Lange Standing Ovation: Yes Correct Predictions: No one Runner-Up Predictions: RU:Wesley / RU:Thomas
