Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 3, 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: January 20 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 64th British Academy Nominations (2022)
Can history repeat itself at the Oscars, these nominations might suggest it’s possible. A new adaptation of the classic novel All Quiet on the Western Front crushed its competitors to come up ahead in the BAFTA nominations. Proving that American films weren’t all they were cracked up to be, Avatar: The Way of Water and…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 19 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 36th USC Scripter Nominations (2022)
One of the most accurate precursors, the USC Scripter award for Best Adapted Screenplay. A couple of major Oscar contenders are missing. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story is the most injured by these selections, though After Yang, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Whale, and White Noise aren’t going to feel much better…
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Precursor: 26th Online Critics Nominations (2022)
With only a handful of idiosyncrasies, this list looks like many others. Nominations Tallies (11) Everything Everywhere All at Once (9) The Banshees of Inisherin (8) The Fabelmans (6) Tár (4) Aftersun, Elvis, Nope, Top Gun: Maverick (3) Babylon, RRR, Women Talking The Nominations
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This Day in Oscar History: January 18 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Precursor: 7th Seattle Critics Awards (2022)
Seattle’s critics loved several films, spreading the love beyond just their Best Picture choice. Awards Tallies (4) Everything Everywhere All at Once (3) The Banshees of Inisherin (2) Babylon, Tár The Awards
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Precursor: 31st Annie Awards Nominations (2022)
While Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio was the top vote getter, the film Disney tried to bury on Disney+ has the last laugh, picking up a strong 7 nominations while the studios other big tentpoles only picked up two each. The number of nominations overall is a bit muted this year with more films picking up…
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Precursor: 21st Visual Effects Society Nominations (2022)
There was no doubt that Avatar: The Way of Water would come out on top of this year’s VES nominations, but even 14 is unheard of, a staggering total that certifies there is no competition for James Cameron’s film. That the next three highest nomination totals are animated films with a fourth tied with The…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 17 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Precursor: 20th African American Critics Awards, Part 2 (2022)
If you had given me the time I could have probably guessed at every single one of these winners in the top categories. While they are predictable choices, they are important ones. Awards Tallies (3) Till (2) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Woman King The Awards
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Precursor: 14th Denver Film Critics Awards (2022)
Some groups like to see who can give the most awards to the same film and Denver certainly tried with its love for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Awards Tallies (7) Everything Everywhere All at Once (2) RRR The Awards
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95th Oscars Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 7
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). Several more guilds announced their nominations this past week with only a handful left. Most of the heavy-hitters…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 16 (2023)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
