Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: December 5 (2021)
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Precursor: 20th DC Critics Nominations (2021)
Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog tied Belfast for most nominations with a staggering 11 each. The next closest were Dune and West Side Story with 6 apiece. The Green Knight continues to hang on in spite of its lackluster opening earlier this year. The same can be said for CODA and The French…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 4 (2021)
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Precursor: 15th Detroit Critics Nominations (2021)
It’s rather surprising that CODA has managed to hang on for so long to keep showing up in year-end awards. That suggests it might not have faded like some assumed. Meanwhile, most of the titles on this list are late releases or films that haven’t shown in theaters yet. Could be an interesting showdown. Nominations…
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Precursor: 87th New York Critics Awards (2021)
For some reason, the New York Film Critics Circle really likes its obscure winners. While much of the down-ballot selections were expected, the Best Picture win for Drive My Car and the Supporting Actress prize for Kathryn Hunter are typical left-field choices for this group. Award Tallies (3) The Power of the Dog The Awards
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 49, 2021)
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: December 3 (2021)
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Precursor: 5th Hollywood Critics Nominations (2021)
With a full slate of categories, these numbers look more akin to the numbers the Oscars put up. That may or may not be the group’s intention, but as one of the only groups that had given out prizes separately for male and female directors, that they got rid of that this year is disappointing.…
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Precursor: 93rd National Board of Review Awards (2021)
The National Board of Review is always the first major precursor to release their results. This year, they’re mostly all over the board, recognizing several different films with Licorice Pizza coming out on top. What many won’t tell you is that getting an award from NBR might help you get an Oscar nomination, but it’s…
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Oscar Profile #576: Stephen Sondheim
Born March 22, 1930 in New York, New York, Stephen Sondheim was raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where his close friendship with Oscar Hammerstein II’s son led to his apprenticeship to Hammerstein under whose tutelage he began his legendary musical theater career. This is, of course, well-known to anyone who has followed his career, or…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 2 (2021)
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Precursor: 26th Satellite Awards Nominations (2021)
With many conventional wisdom picks, the Satellite Awards have largely confirmed a lot of what we’ve been discussing as contenders this year. Late release films like West Side Story were clearly not screened for this group, so there’s still room for volatility. The only surprising thing on this list is how well tick, tick…BOOM! performed.…
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94th Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – December
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 1 (2021)
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This Day in Oscar History: November 30 (2021)
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