Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: January 4 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 11th GALECA Nominations (2019)
It’s a strange coincidence that the top three nominees of the year all start with the letter “P” and all three are foreign language films. Little Women and Marriage Story are the only English-language films in the top 6 films with The Farewell rounding out the list of films scoring three or more nominations. Award…
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Precursor: 9th Georgia Critics Nominations (2019)
Quentin Tarantino’s film is cleaning up with nominations this year thanks to its dominance of the tech categories, but Little Women and Parasite are doing well as well. Award Tallies (9) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (8) Little Women, Parasite (6) 1917, The Farewell, The Irishman (5) Marriage Story, Uncut Gems (3) Joker, Knives…
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Precursor: 8th North Carolina Critics Awards (2019)
Another prize for Parasite and several other frequently-awarded individuals. Award Tallies (4) Parasite (2) Little Women, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood The Awards
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Precursor: 34th Society of Cinematographers Nominations (2019)
The American Society of Cinematographers love Roger Deakins and Robert Richardson, who both pick up nominations here. The surprises are that Joker and Ford v Ferarri were thought better than The Lighthouse, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and Parasite all of which could take their spots at the Oscars. The Awards Best Cinematography 1917…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 2020)
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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2019 Precursor Predictions: Golden Globe Awards
While Oscar season began in late November, January is the beginning of the televised and guild awards season, so as we do every year, we’re looking at the Golden Globe Awards. here are our predictions and our commentary to go along with them. GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS Best Picture, Drama The Irishman (Peter, Tripp, Thomas, RU:Wesley)…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 3 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 13th Houston Critics Awards (2019)
Houston critics don’t have a problem with any of their winners as most of them are major contenders for Oscar nominations. Their only selection that might struggle is Zhao Shuzhen for The Farewell. As Hong Chau can attest, critical acclaim isn’t enough to get you to the Oscars. Though, as Zhao can attest, her film…
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Precursor: 18th Columbus Critics Awards (2019)
Columbus film critics have weighed in the best of the year and like so many other groups, they have selected Parasite as the best film of the year. Parasite is the only film to earn double-digit awards for Best Picture this year. Award Tallies (4) Parasite (3) Little Women (2) Knives Out, Us The Awards
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Precursor: 36th Casting Society Nominations (2019)
The Casting Society of America have announced their nominees for the best-cast films of the year. These awards are given to the casting director of a film, so there’s no direct Oscar correlation. That said, the list can often help us see what films are being seriously considered. The Nominations
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Oscar Profile #477: Peter Yates
Born July 24, 1929 in Hampshire, England, Peter Yates was the son of an army officer. He attended Charterhouse School as a boy, graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked for some years as an actor, director and stage manager. He directed plays in London and New York. He also spent two…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 2 (2020)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2012: Polls: Most Anticipated (8)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 27-29, 2019
We had four films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Little Women Since the creation of the Academy Awards, five big-screen versions of Little Women have been made, with all but the modern day-set from 2018 being the only one to fail to earn an Oscar nomination. George Cukor’s 1933 version…
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92nd Oscars: Upcoming Precursors – January
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different types and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organization. Each month, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming events that could have some small impact on the Oscars so you can plan out what to…
