Category: Academy Awards
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91st Oscars: The Polls – Best Supporting Actor
For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2018 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 4 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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91st Oscars: The Polls – Best Foreign Language Film
For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2018 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 3 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Precursor: 3rd Chicago Independent Critics Awards (2018)
The final critics group to hand out awards for the year, the Chicago Independent Critics didn’t create a nominations list that looked like many others and their winners were a mix of conventional and unconventional selections. Award Tallies (3) Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, If Beale Street Could Talk, Roma (2) Eighth Grade, Minding the Gap The…
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Precursor: 71st Directors Guild Awards (2018)
And nothing changes. They had an opportunity to award legendary filmmaker Spike Lee and they didn’t take it. Roma continues its strong Oscar season push and carries the award it needed more than any other. After all, the DGA prize is oftentimes more accurate than any other org in predicting both Best Directing and Best…
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Precursor: 23rd Art Directors Guild Awards (2018)
All of the winners have been announced, and there’s a mix of good and bad news. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse shockingly didn’t win the animation category, though ADG voters’ desire to see physical constructions might have won out. Otherwise, the two lead contenders for the Oscars won, which is a good sign for the predictability…
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Precursor: 27th Annie Awards Awards (2018)
Although it wasn’t as big a night as other Disney/Pixar movies in the past, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won all seven awards for which it was nominated with Incredibles 2 and Ralph Breaks the Internet picking up most of the rest. Award Tallies (7) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2) Incredibles 2, Mary Poppins Returns (1)…
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91st Oscars: The Polls – Best Makeup & Hairstyling
For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2018 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 2 (2019)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Precursor: 58th Cinema Editors Awards (2018)
There was some concern early in the season that The Favourite wouldn’t be able to turn its critical acclaim into an Oscar campaign. It wasn’t exactly the kind of period piece the Academy goes for. While it’s not out of the woods yet, the surprise win here over supposedly stronger Best Picture contenders Green Book…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 5, 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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2018 Precursor Predictions: Art Directors Guild
Although this guild only has influence on the eventual Oscar winner, a surprise win or a convincing one could point towards a Best Picture trend. ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS Best Period Art Direction The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) First Man (RU:Peter, RU:Tripp, RU:Thomas) Roma (RU:Wesley) Wesley Lovell:…
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2018 Precursor Predictions: Directors Guild
This award is already a big deal as the winner almost always wins the Oscar, but also for what it says about Best Picture. This year it could be even more important as Best Directing seems solid at the Oscars, but Best Picture is incredibly amorphous. If we get a surprise here, we may just…
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2018 Precursor Predictions: Annie Awards
Animation’s big night, the Annie Awards are always a good time to watch as they stream online and there are no shortage of gaffes, though the last couple of years has been a bit less interesting than previously, it’s nice to see an awards program that doesn’t live or die by the ratings. ANNIE AWARDS…
