Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Profile #635: Peter Weir
Born August 21, 1944 in Sydney, Australia, the son of Peggy and Lindsey Weir, a real estate agent, Peter Weir studied arts and law at the University of Sydney where his interest in film was sparked by his involvement with fellow students including Philip Noyce and other future filmmakers. Weir first worked in Australian TV…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 9 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Ceremonies Oscar Nominations
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This Day in Oscar History: February 8 (2023)
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This Day in Oscar History: February 7 (2023)
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95th Oscars Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). Only three groups have announced this past week, making it a rather slow one in terms of precursors.…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 6 (2023)
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Precursor: 65th Grammy Awards (2022)
Encanto was the big winner more than a year after its initial release. It’s an utterly irrelevant year for the Grammys related to this year’s Oscars. Awards Tallies (3) Encanto The Awards
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Precursor: 43rd London Critics Awards (2022)
London’s critics have an affinity for anything that isn’t Everything Everywhere All at Once giving the bulk of its awards to Tár and The Banshees of Inisherin. Awards Tallies (4) The Banshees of Inisherin (3) Tár (2) Aftersun The Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: February 5 (2023)
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This Day in Oscar History: February 4 (2023)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 5, 2023)
Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the box office (as well as a section looking…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 3 (2023)
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Oscar Profile #634: Michelle Williams
Born September 9, 1980 in Kalispell, Montana to Carla, a homemaker, and Larry Williams, an author and commodities trader, Michelle Williams grew up in a family with three half-siblings from her father’s earlier marriage and a younger sister. The family moved to San Diego, California when she was 9. Interested in acting from an early…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 2 (2023)
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Precursor: 62nd American Cinema Editors Nominations (2022)
That these came out after the Oscar nominations diminishes their importance. Had they come out before, we might have seen the strength of Triangle of Sadness and possibly considered Tár the editing contender that it was. But alas, we could not. The Nominations Best Drama Editing All Quiet on the Western Front Elvis Tár Top…
