Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Profile: William Powell Revisited
Born July 29, 1892 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, William (Horatio) Powell was the only child of Nettie and Horatio Powell. He moved with his family to Kansas City, Missouri in 1907 where he graduated from Central High School in 1911. He then moved to New York where he entered the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in…
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Oscar History: January 29 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Alfred Junge (78 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1903: Vina Delmar (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1913: Daniel Taradash (90 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination:…
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Oscar History: January 28 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Karl Hajos (61 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score 1892: Ernst Lubtisch (55 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Directing Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1893: Edwin B. Willis (70 at death) {32 Noms, 8 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art…
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78th Writers Guild Nominations
All of the guild-written screenplays nominated at the Oscars are here but the missing titles were all ineligible. The Nominations Best Original Screenplay Black Bag If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Marty Supreme Sinners Weapons Best Adapted Screenplay Bugonia Frankenstein Hamnet One Battle After Another Train Dreams Documentary Screenplay 2000 Meters to Andriivka Becoming…
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13th North Carolina Critics Awards
Another group goes all-in on Sinners. Most of the traditional critics have gone with One Battle but the regionals are going for Sinners. We’ll see how things work out for everyone involved. Awards Tallies (10) Sinners (4) Frankenstein (3) KPop Demon Hunters (1) Avatar: Fire and Ash, Good Boy, Hamnet, It Was Just an Accident,…
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65th American Cinema Editors Nominations
All of the Oscar nominees are here and so this would have been handy if announced prior to the Oscar nominations. The Nominations Best Drama Editing F1 Hamnet Sentimental Value Sinners Weapons Best Comedy/Musical Editing Bugonia Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Wicked: For Good Best Animation…
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66th British Academy Nominations
If we had seen these first, the Oscar nominations might have been a bit more shocking. Here, One Battle slightly outpaced Sinners while Hamnet and Marty Supreme did better than at the Oscars while I Swear and The Ballad of Wallis Island made their way into the major nominations when they wouldn’t have with the…
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Oscar History: January 27 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Jerome Kern (60 at death) {8 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Musical Score Oscar Wins: Original Song 1894: Irvin Talbot (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1895: Buddy De Sylva (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original…
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29th Online Critics Awards
Love for Sinners while still giving most of the top prizes to One Battle. Awards Tallies (10) Sinners (5) One Battle After Another (1) Frankenstein, Hamnet, KPop Demon Hunters, Sentimental Value, Sorry, Baby, The Perfect Neighbor, Weapons The Awards Best Picture One Battle After Another Sinners Sentimental Value It Was Just an Accident The Secret…
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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…
