Category: Academy Awards
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30th OFTA Film Nominations
Most of what you would expect so it’s their non-Oscar categories that have the more interesting selections. Nominations Tallies (23) Sinners (18) One Battle After Another (14) Hamnet (12) Frankenstein, Marty Supreme (9) Sentimental Value, Wicked: For Good (5) F1, Train Dreams (4) Superman, Weapons (3) Bugonia, KPop Demon Hunters, Sorry, Baby, The Secret Agent,…
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Oscar History: January 18 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Anton Grot (90 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) Oscar Win: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate) 1887: Frank Harling (71 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score Oscar Win: Scoring 1891: M.…
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Oscar History: January 17 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Mack Sennett (80 at death) {2 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short Film, Novelty Short Film Oscar Wins: Novelty Short Film, Special/Honorary 1912: Morton Scott (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1914: Irving Brecher (94 at death) {1…
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Oscar History: January 16 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Harry Carey (69 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor 1884: Hans Kraly (66 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Writing, Original Story Oscar Win: Writing 1890: Claudine West (53 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay Oscar Win:…
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Oscar Profile: Terence Stamp Revisited
Born July 22, 1938 in London, England, Terence Stamp was the eldest of five children of Ethel and Thomas Stamp, a tugboat stoker. With his father away for long periods of time with the Merchant Navy, he was raised mostly by his mother, grandmother, and aunts. His family endured heavy bombing during the World War…
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Oscar History: January 15 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Cinema Sight: Polls: Best Of… (13) Born 1890: Irving Ries (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1905: Allie Wrubel (68 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1907: Marcello Pagliero (73 at…
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17th GALECA Nominations
The standard categories every group has were filled with standard nominees. Where things began to stand out was in the LGBTQ categories. Nominations Tallies (9) One Battle After Another (8) Sinners (5) Marty Supreme (4) Hamnet, Hedda, Sentimental Value, Sorry, Baby, Twinless (3) Blue Moon, Frankenstein, The Testament of Ann Lee, Weapons (2) Come See…
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63rd Publicists Guild Film Nominations
A few unexpected entries but they typically go after successful films rather than critical acclaim. The Nominations Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Motion Picture 28 Years Later The Housemaid KPop Demon Hunters Lilo & Stitch Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Sinners Wicked: For Good Press Award Erik Davis – Fandango Angelique Jackson – Variety Kevin…
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66th British Academy Rising Star Nominees
This will be a tough call as I think Miles Caton and Chase Infinti could both contend over the others. The Nominations Rising Star Award Robert Aramayo Miles Caton Chase Infiniti Archie Madekwe Posy Sterling British Academy of Film & Television Arts Data Year Founded: 1947 First Awards: 1959 (66)
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The Contenders 25/26: December Retrospective/February Forecast
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of December and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to February and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts December Retrospective Back in…
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Oscar History: January 14 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Hal Roach (100 at death) {3 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short Film, One-Reel Short Film Oscar Wins: Comedy Short Film, One-Reel Short Film, Special/Honorary 1896: Hans J. Salter (98 at death) {6 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1898: Margaret Booth…
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24th Visual Effects Society Nominations
While the Avatar love is expected, the other nominees aren’t what we might have otherwise expected. This might be telling for what the visual effects branch of the Academy thinks. Nominations Tallies (10) Avatar: Fire and Ash (5) Elio, KPop Demon Hunters, Zootopia 2 (4) The Lost Bus, Superman (3) The Bad Guys 2 (2)…
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Oscar History: January 13 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Herbert Brenon (78 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Drama Directing 1885: James Monaco (60 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1901: A. B. Guthrie Jr. (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1901: Sidney Wagner (46…
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73rd Sound Editors Guild Nominations
One of two guilds that foreshadow the Best Sound categories, The four films that are nominated in both main sound editing categories (effect/foley and dialogue ADR) are very likely nominees at this point. It’s surprising that Warfare didn’t show up since war movies are often catnip for sound editing voters. Nominations Tallies (3) One Battle…
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57th NAACP Image Awards Nominations
As one would expect, Sinners came easily out on top of others, nearly doubling its nearest competitor in nominations. Highest 2 Lowest and One of Them Days did well but so too did 40 Acres and Love, Brooklyn, two films that otherwise seemed to have been forgotten. Many of their categories are for both TV…
