Category: Academy Awards
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Precursor: 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards (2019)
Considered South Korea’s pre-eminent film awards, the Blue Dragon Awards haven’t often been big players in the Oscar sweepstakes, but Parasite is this year and that could bolster its chances with this group. Of course, the film’s 12 nominations are probably enough for that. Nominations Tallies (12) Parasite (8) E.X.I.T, Extreme Job, Swing Kids (7)…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 30 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 29 (2019)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 25-27, 2019
We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 28 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 27 (2019)
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This Day in Oscar History: October 26 (2019)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 43, 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. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 25 (2019)
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Precursor: 29th Gotham Awards Nominations (2019)
Before most of the year-end releases have been seen, the Gotham Awards announce nominations and even awards, suggesting that the Oscar race has begun, but being too early to be reflective. The Favourite was the only of their Best Picture nominees last year to make the final list. Films like The Farewell, Marriage Story, and…
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Oscar Profile #467: Olympia Dukakis
Born June 20, 1931 in Lowell, Massachusetts, Olympia Dukakis is the daughter of Greek immigrants. She is a first cousin of 1988 Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis (born 1933). Dukakis majored in physical therapy at Boston University, graduating with a BA. She practiced as a therapist during the polio epidemic, later returning to Boston University where…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 24 (2019)
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Precursor: Australian Academy Awards Nominations (2019)
There aren’t a lot of films that qualify for these awards and it seems like the vast majority of the nominations went to just four films: The Nightingale, Hotel Mumbai, The King, and Judy & Punch. While these fils are eligible for Oscar consideration, to date only The King seems to be in the race…
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2019 Oscar Nominations Predictions: October
The first precursors will be going out in just over a month, which means our predictions are becoming more and more solid. Although there’s still a lot of disagreement until the critics start weighing in, most of the categories differ only slightly. That is except Supporting Actress, which seems to be all over the place…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 23 (2019)
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