Category: Academy Awards
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2020 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Post-Critics
With the vast majority of critics having now spoken, it’s time to look forward to the guild nominations. We’ve already seen what the Screen Actors Guild has to offer and we’ll get quite a few more in the next few weeks. This is likely our penultimate predictions prior to the Oscar nominations being announced in…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 17 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Precursor: 73rd Writers Guild Nominations (2020)
The Writers Guild of America is the only guild that refuses to nominate any film that doesn’t work under a WGA contract. As such, animated films, certain independents, many foreign language films, and all Quentin Tarantino films are ineligible for consideration. That said, their choices are pretty solid precursors for Oscar consideration. The most surprising…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 16 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Precursor: 5th Seattle Critics Awards (2020)
At this point, it would be shocking if Nomadland didn’t win all the remaining critics awards. This list doesn’t look too different from others with Kaluuya starting to gain traction with those groups who aren’t sticking to a 2020-only limitation. Awards Tallies (5) Nomadland (3) Minari (2) Tenet The Awards
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Precursor: 25th Satellite Awards (2020)
The Satellites go in common directions, not really striking out on its own in terms of winners. Awards Tallies (3) Mank, Nomadland (2) Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, The Trial of the Chicago 7 The Awards
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Feb. 12-14, 2021
We had three films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Judas and the Black Messiah Although director Shaka King has absolutely no history with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, his film about an intended FBI sting against Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton, has become a major late-season Oscar…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 15 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations Our Site Milestones 1996: The Oscar Guy Launched on GeoCities (25)
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This Day in Oscar History: February 14 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Precursor: 19th Utah Critics Awards (2020)
Utah spread the wealth around with three films picking up two awards each while Best Picture winner Minari wins no other award. Award Tallies (2) Nomadland, One Night in Miami, The Trial of the Chicago 7 The Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: February 13 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 7, 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: February 12 (2021)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Precursor: 12th GALECA Nominations (2020)
Of the seven films with 3 or more nominations, only one of them is directed by a straight white man. Apart from that, there’s not much original here, though the Candice Bergen nomination is a little left-field. Award Tallies (6) Minari (5) Nomadland (4) Promising Young Woman (3) First Cow, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Never…
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Oscar Profile #535: Ryan O’Neal
Born April 20, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, (Charles Samuel Eldridge Patrick) Ryan O’Neal (III) was the son of writer Charles O’Neal (The 7th Victim) and his actress wife, Barbara O’Neal (Three Came Home). Before becoming an actor, O’Neal was a Golden Gloves boxer between 1956 and 1959, winning eighteen bouts, thirteen of which were…
