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Category: Academy Awards

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 49, 2019)

    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…

  • Precursor: 13th Detroit Critics Nominations (2019)

    The Irishman continues to dominate the precursors, as do Marriage Story and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. Most of the folk that are or have been in the conversation continue to be mentioned without any major surprises. Award Tallies (7) The Irishman (6) Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (4) Parasite (3) Jojo…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 6 (2019)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • Oscar Profile #473: Celia Johnson

    Born December 18, 1908, Celia “Betty” Johnson was the second child of John Robert and Ethel Collins, who made her first public appearance at the age of 8 in a charity performance of King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid to raise funds for returning World War I soldiers. The young actress attended St. Paul’s Girl…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 5 (2019)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • Precursor: 19th American Film Institute (2019)

    Nothing on this list is particularly surprising, but what is surprising is the special award to Parasite. AFI does not often give out such awards, so that makes this truly a special selection. This is also only a list of American-made films. Non-American films aren’t eligible, which could explain some exclusions. The Awards Best American…

  • Precursor: 85th New York Critics Awards (2019)

    The New York Film Critics Circle always enjoy being contrary and they often choose a mixture of popular and off-beat. That is very true this year with films like The Irishman and Uncut Gems being awarded side-by-side. When Parasite won Foreign Language Film and Quentin Tarantino won the screenplay award, it seemed likely The Irishman…

  • Precursor: Australian Academy Awards (2019)

    Announced over multiple days, starting on Monday, Dec. 2 and finalizing on Dec. 4, the Australian Academy Awards are a completely different operation and their winners are no less strange, but also interesting to boot. The Nightingale won the night with four prizes having gone into the second night with only one award. The King…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 4 (2019)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • 92nd Oscars: Visual Effects Semifinalists

    Below is the press release from the Academy listing the twenty semifinalists for the Visual Effects nominations. This list will be whittled down to ten later this month. I’m not too surprised by the films on my hopefuls list being admitted. Dark Phoenix, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Missing Link, Once Upon a Time… in…

  • Precursor: 91st National Board of Review Awards (2019)

    There are a couple of things that can be definitively said about the National Board of Review. They love Clint Eastwood and their winners seldom take home Oscars without a critic award sweep. That first statement bears out in their recognition of Kathy Bates in Supporting Actress, Paul Walter Hauser in Breakthrough Performance, and their…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 3 (2019)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released

  • Precursor: 29th Gotham Awards (2019)

    Coming as a surprise to no one, Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story easily took the award for Best Feature along with awards for Best Actor and Best Screenplay. This should give a boost to all of the winners going into the Oscar nominations with Adam Driver, Awkwafina, Marriage Story, and American Factory all solid contenders at…

  • Precursor: 34th Goya Awards Nominations (2019)

    While hardly a notable precursor, Spain’s Academy Awards, the Goya Awards, recognize the best that nation has to offer with few nominations for releases from other countries. Storming the nominations were three films that earned double-digit citations with all the rest receiving five or fewer nominees. While at War topped them all with seventeen while…

  • Precursor: 24th Satellite Awards Nominations (2019)

    The International Press Academy is a most bizarre organization. They regularly change some dates, refuse to announce others, and generally feel like an utterly disorganized mess. A strange parallel to the far more organized Golden Globes, it’s surprising that the group is still giving out awards. When asked to provide a date for their awards,…

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