Category: Academy Awards
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Box Office History (Week 4, 2026)
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 26 (2026)
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: Beatrice Dawson (68 at death)…
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30th San Diego Critics Awards
It’s the best film but doesn’t have the best or runner-up screenplay? These selections don’t quite make sense. Awards Tallies (4) Sinners (2) It Was Just an Accident, One Battle After Another, Weapons (1) Avatar: Fire and Ash, Black Bag, Eternity, Frankenstein, Good Boy, Hamnet, The History of Sound, If I Had Legs I’d Kick…
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8th Latino Journalists Nominations
Latino Journalists certainly loved what everyone else did but a little extra love for Frankenstein and The Secret Agent than other groups. Nominations Tallies (16) Sinners (15) One Battle After Another (14) Frankenstein (11) The Secret Agent (9) Hamnet (8) Sentimental Value (5) Belén, Sirât, Wicked: For Good (4) F1, Train Dreams, Weapons, Zootopia 2…
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25th AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations
Hamnet was only the best film, but didn’t win any other prizes though One Battle won three, curiously not for its director. Awards Tallies (3) One Battle After Another (2) Sentimental Value (1) Frankenstein, Hamnet, Is This Thing On?, Jay Kelly, My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay, Sinners, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere…
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3rd Michigan Critics Guild Awards
They really liked Sinners almost to the exclusion of all others. Awards Tallies (8) Sinners (1) Hamnet, KPop Demon Hunters, The Long Walk, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, One Battle After Another, The Perfect Neighbor The Awards Best Picture Sinners Best Animated Feature KPop Demon Hunters Best Director Ryan Coogler – Sinners Best Actor…
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Oscar History: January 25 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: Mildred Dunnock (90 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1905: Edward Colman (89 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1919: Norman Newell (85 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1945: Slawomir Idziak…
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39th USC Scripter Awards
It was a foregone conclusion but we had to play it out. The Awards Best Adapted Screenplay One Battle After Another WL USC Scripter Data Year Founded: 1988 First Awards: 1987 (39)
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Predictions: 39th USC Scripter Awards
The only adapted screenplay precursor that doesn’t have a guild-member-only limitation. The Nominations Best Adapted Screenplay Frankenstein Nil Hamnet WL PP One Battle After Another WL Peter Hujar’s Day Nil Train Dreams PP Wesley Lovell: One Battle will be hard to beat but if anyone understands the significance of Hamnet, it’s this group. Pete Patrick:…
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Oscar History: January 24 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Henry King (96 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1892: Gladys Lehman (101 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1914: Frank R. McKelvy (66 at death) {7 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White),…
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Predictions: First Winners
We kick things off today with our first winner predictions for the year. Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Wesley Lovell: Our first predictions will be interesting. Pete Patrick: There were no big surprises in the nominations other than the failure of Wicked: For…
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Oscar History: January 23 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Fred Niblo Jr. (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1906: Arthur Lonergan (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1910: Irene Sharaff (83 at death) {16 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color), Costume…
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2025 Nomination Predictions: Our Statistics
Based on our nominations predictions, here’s how we did. Let’s start out with this year’s winner, Wesley Lovell, who managed 96 correct predictions out of 125. Thomas La Tourrette came in second with 92 with Pete Patrick following closely with 91. We agreed on a lot of predictions, but there were still several nominations that…
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98th Oscar Nominations
Let’s start with the top news most people will be hearing, Sinners has set a new record for most nominations in Oscar history, topping the previous record of 14 by two. That means even without the Best Casting category being new, the film would have set the record. Delroy Lindo’s performance in Supporting Actor and…
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Oscar History: January 22 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: The Oscar Guy Became Cinema Sight (15) Born 1875: David Wark Griffith (73 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1884: Fred Fox (65 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1900: Fredric Hope (37…
