Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Profile: Alexander Payne
Born February 10, 1961in Omaha, Nebraska, Alexander Constantine Papadopoulos, known professionally as Alexander Payne, is the son of the owners of Omaha’s legendary Virginia Café, a popular restaurant founded by his paternal grandfather. He is the youngest of three brothers. Payne was educated at the prestigious Brownell-Talbot Elementary School, Lewis and Clark Junior High, Creighton…
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Calendar Preview: February
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. FEBRUARY Festivals Thursday, Feb. 15 – Berlin Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Thursday, Feb. 1 – ASCAP (Nominations) (Unconfirmed) Sunday, Feb. 4…
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Oscar History: February 1 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: David Boehm (69 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1894: John Ford (79 at death) {6 Noms, 4 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing Oscar Wins: Directing 1901: Clark Gable (59 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actor Oscar Win:…
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Oscar History: January 31 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Ellis J. Thackery (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1921: Carol Channing (97 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1929: Jean Simmons (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress 1937: Philip Glass…
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Oscar History: January 30 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Percy Heath (49 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1892: Oliver T. Marsh (49 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1899: Edward G. Boyle (78 at death) {7 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design,…
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Box Office History (Week 4, 2024)
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: January 29 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Alfred Junge (78 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1903: Vina Delmar (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1913: Daniel Taradash (90 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination:…
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24th Vancouver Critics Canadian Nominations
Vancouver’s critics have also put together their annual Canadian nominations, which were announced on the same dame but took time to filter out. Nominations Tallies (6) BlackBerry, Seagrass (3) Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, I Used to Be Funny, Seven Veils, To Kill a Tiger (1) Anything for Fame, The Burning Season, Close to…
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6th Latino Journalists Nominations
The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association, which has allowed its website to lapse making it difficult to come across these, put Barbie barely on top over Oppenheimer thanks to its three song citations. Poor Things and Killers of the Flower Moon also did well with Society of the Snow performing well in limited release. Award Tallies…
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57th Kansas City Critics Awards
KC’s film critics were big on Oppenheimer like most groups. And they seemed to rank Killers of the Flower Moon second in nearly every category. Award Tallies (6) Oppenheimer (2) Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers (1) 20 Days in Mariupol, All of Us Strangers, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Godzilla Minus One,…
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Oscar History: January 28 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Karl Hajos (61 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score 1892: Ernst Lubtisch (55 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Directing Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1893: Edwin B. Willis (70 at death) {32 Noms, 8 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art…
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Oscar History: January 27 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Jerome Kern (60 at death) {8 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Musical Score Oscar Wins: Original Song 1894: Irvin Talbot (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1895: Buddy De Sylva (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original…
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55th NAACP Image Awards Nominations
It’s no surprise that The Color Purple dominated these nominations. The overperformance of Rustin and They Cloned Tyrone, however, was not expected. There are also several TV programs in the below list because some of the categories are for both TV and film. As such, the nominations tallies for those titles are not accurate of…
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Oscar History: January 26 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Hugo Riesenfeld (60 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1903: Eddie Killey (78 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1906: Russ Saunders (81 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing 1908: Norman Burnside (56 at death)…
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Oscar Profile: Norman Jewison
Born July 21, 1926 in Toronto, Canada, to convenience store and post office manager Percy Jewison and his wife, Dorothy, Norman Jewison displayed an aptitude for performing at an early age. After serving in the Canadian Navy during World War II, Jewison travelled to the American South where he encountered segregation, an experience that would…
