Category: Academy Awards
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Precursor: 20th African American Critics Awards, Part 1 (2022)
Other category winners to be announced on January 16. The African American Film Critics Association have announced their ranked top ten list and then will announce the remainder of their awards later. While it’s a fairly broad selection of films, the vast majority of them aren’t major Oscar players. Only the top 3 along with…
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Precursor: 94th National Board of Review Awards (2022)
The National Board of Review is usually the first major precursor to release their results, but were beaten to the punch by the New York Film Critics Circle. This year, they went a little more populist than they have in the past and chose Top Gun: Maverick, a Best Picture nomination contender that may now…
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Oscar Profile #628: Nancy Olson Revisited
Born July 14, 1928 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Henry Olson, a physician, and his wife, Evelyn, Nancy Olson was discovered on stage at UCLA which she transferred to in 1948. Nicknamed Wholesome Olson, the peaches-and-cream blonde was given a walk-on in 1948’s Portrait of Jennie and then given a contract by Paramount. Olson made her…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 8 (2022)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 60th Publicists Guild Nominations (2022)
These are the individual nominations for the Publicists Guild nominations. There isn’t anything to say about them since they don’t reflect individual films. Those nominations come later. The Nominations
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This Day in Oscar History: December 7 (2022)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 19th Women Critics Nominations (2022)
The Women Film Critics Circle gave The Woman King The most nominations, but they also seemed to like six other films, all with female leads. None of the films took in more than a single nomination. Nominations Tallies (5) The Woman King (3) Everything Everywhere All at Once, Women Talking (2) Corsage, Good Luck to…
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95th Oscars: Eligibility Lists
Time for some eligible film lists courtesy of the Academy. A lot of hand-wringing that was going on in the blogosphere turned out to be a lot of hot air. ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY AND INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILMS ELIGIBLE FOR 95TH OSCARS® ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 6 (2022)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 7th Atlanta Critics Awards (2022)
Atlanta spread the love to several films giving Everything Everywhere All at Once its top award. Award Tallies (3) Everything Everywhere All at Once (2) The Banshees of Inisherin, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Top Gun: Maverick The Awards
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 2-4, 2022
We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Emancipation Antoine Fuqua is one of a handful Black directors who’ve made names for themselves in cinema. His filmography is filled with solid box office performers, several of them starring Denzel Washington. As such, he’s earned his reputation as a bankable…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 5 (2022)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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95th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 1
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). There weren’t many major announcements last week, but two big groups have announced recently. The Spirit Awards revealed…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 4 (2022)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 27th San Diego Critics Nominations & Awards (2022)
San Diego’s film critics have gone a slightly different direction than the preponderance of other critics groups, giving The Banshees of Inisherin more nominations and awards than Everything Everywhere All at Once. Awards Tallies (6) The Banshees of Inisherin (3) Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once (2) All Quiet on the Western Front, Babylon Nominations…
