Category: Academy Awards
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63rd Publicists Guild Film Nominations
A few unexpected entries but they typically go after successful films rather than critical acclaim. The Nominations Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship Motion Picture 28 Years Later The Housemaid KPop Demon Hunters Lilo & Stitch Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Sinners Wicked: For Good Press Award Erik Davis – Fandango Angelique Jackson – Variety Kevin…
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66th British Academy Rising Star Nominees
This will be a tough call as I think Miles Caton and Chase Infinti could both contend over the others. The Nominations Rising Star Award Robert Aramayo Miles Caton Chase Infiniti Archie Madekwe Posy Sterling British Academy of Film & Television Arts Data Year Founded: 1947 First Awards: 1959 (66)
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The Contenders 25/26: December Retrospective/February Forecast
We’re looking at Oscar contenders as they release and trying to determine which films have potential and which have wasted it. Let’s look back at the month of December and see what films succeeded and faltered. Then we’ll look forward to February and see what has some potential. Wesley Lovell’s Thoughts December Retrospective Back in…
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Oscar History: January 14 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Hal Roach (100 at death) {3 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Comedy Short Film, One-Reel Short Film Oscar Wins: Comedy Short Film, One-Reel Short Film, Special/Honorary 1896: Hans J. Salter (98 at death) {6 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1898: Margaret Booth…
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24th Visual Effects Society Nominations
While the Avatar love is expected, the other nominees aren’t what we might have otherwise expected. This might be telling for what the visual effects branch of the Academy thinks. Nominations Tallies (10) Avatar: Fire and Ash (5) Elio, KPop Demon Hunters, Zootopia 2 (4) The Lost Bus, Superman (3) The Bad Guys 2 (2)…
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Oscar History: January 13 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Herbert Brenon (78 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Drama Directing 1885: James Monaco (60 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1901: A. B. Guthrie Jr. (90 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1901: Sidney Wagner (46…
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73rd Sound Editors Guild Nominations
One of two guilds that foreshadow the Best Sound categories, The four films that are nominated in both main sound editing categories (effect/foley and dialogue ADR) are very likely nominees at this point. It’s surprising that Warfare didn’t show up since war movies are often catnip for sound editing voters. Nominations Tallies (3) One Battle…
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57th NAACP Image Awards Nominations
As one would expect, Sinners came easily out on top of others, nearly doubling its nearest competitor in nominations. Highest 2 Lowest and One of Them Days did well but so too did 40 Acres and Love, Brooklyn, two films that otherwise seemed to have been forgotten. Many of their categories are for both TV…
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10th Hawaii Critics Awards
Hawaii’s critics gave their top prize to One Battle but also supported Sinners with several wins. Awards Tallies (4) Sinners (3) F1, Frankenstein, One Battle After Another (2) Avatar: Fire and Ash, Sentimental Value, Sorry, Baby, Weapons (1) Good Boy, Hamnet, Hurry Up Tomorrow, KPop Demon Hunters, Lahaina Rising, The Life of Chuck, Marty Supreme,…
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29th Online Critics Nominations
Sinners did incredibly well, landing nominations in every category it could possibly nominated in except Best Actress. One Battle also did well and apart from a few surprises (Amanda Seyfried), these look like most others. Nominations Tallies (16) Sinners (13) One Battle After Another (9) Marty Supreme (8) Sentimental Value (7) Frankenstein, Hamnet (4) It…
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Box Office History (Week 2, 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 12 (2026)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Melchior Lengyel (94 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Story 1893: Edward Selzer (77 at death) {11 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short, Animated Short Film Oscar Wins: Documentary Short, Animated Short Film 1904: Joseph Gershenson (84 at death) {2 Noms, 0…
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83rd Golden Globe Awards
Though it won two awards, Sinners took a major hit in its loss of Best Drama. One Battle After Another continued to coast towards victory though a few bumps in the road persisted for some contenders. Wagner Moura winning over Michael B. Jordan. Stellan Skarsgård finally getting recognized for his work. It was an interesting…
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5th Central Florida Critics Awards
Another group goes beyond the current narrative and gives most of their prizes to Sinners. Awards Tallies (9) Sinners (2) Avatar: Fire and Ash, Frankenstein, Hamnet, KPop Demon Hunters, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Perfect Neighbor (1) F1, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, No Other Choice, Sorry, Baby, Weapons The Awards Best…
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8th Greater WNY Critics Awards
This group fell for One Battle like many other groups. Awards Tallies (7) One Battle After Another (3) Sinners (2) If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (1) KPop Demon Hunters, Marty Supreme, The Perfect Neighbor, Sentimental Value, Train Dreams The Awards Best Picture One Battle After Another Best Animated Feature KPop Demon Hunters Best…
