Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar History: December 12 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1881: Harry M. Warner (76 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1893: Edward G. Robinson (79 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1897: Eddie Imazu (81 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1899: Floyd Crosby (85…
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Oscar Profile: Peggy Ashcroft Revisited
Born December 22, 1907 in Surrey, England, Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was a titan of the British stage who only occasionally appeared in films, but when she did, she was as amazing and unforgettable as she was in her lauded stage roles. Ashcroft’s mother had been an actress. Her father,…
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Oscar History: December 11 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1912: Carlo Ponti (94 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Foreign Film Oscar Win: Foreign Film 1923: Betsy Blair (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1931: Rita Moreno (94) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress Oscar Win:…
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21st Austin Critics Nominations
Testament of Ann Lee does better here than with other groups but there isn’t much else that’s new about this list. Nominations Tallies (12) One Battle After Another (11) Sinners (8) Marty Supreme (7) Frankenstein (5) Sentimental Value (4) Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Secret Agent, Train Dreams, Weapons (3) Bugonia, F1: The Movie, The…
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Oscar History: December 10 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Victor McLaglen (72 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actor, Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1893: Lew Brown (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1903: Una Merkel (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1906:…
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20th St. Louis Critics Nominations
St. Louis critics are big on One Battle After Another and Sinners, but which groups aren’t? Nominations Tallies (15) One Battle After Another (14) Sinners (11) Hamnet (7) Frankenstein (6) Marty Supreme, Weapons (5) It Was Just an Accident (4) Sentimental Value (3) Blue Moon, KPop Demon Hunters, The Phoenician Scheme, The Secret Agent, Superman,…
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12th Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations
The first of the Phoenix groups to announce and you can’t say they aren’t following the trendlines. Nominations Tallies (11) One Battle After Another (10) Sinners (7) Sentimental Value (5) Frankenstein (4) It Was Just an Accident (3) No Other Choice, Weapons (2) Bugonia, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sirāt, Train Dreams (1) 28 Years Later, The…
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24th New York Online Critics Nominations
Going for ten nominations (more or less) in every category, they have highlighted a lot of potential Oscar nominees but along with that come a lot of non-contenders as well. Nominations Tallies (11) One Battle After Another (9) Hamnet, Sentimental Value, Sinners (7) Marty Supreme (6) No Other Choice (5) It Was Just an Accident,…
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23rd African American Critics Awards
It’s strange that they would go for Damson Idris for supporting actor when Delroy Lindo has at least been in the conversation for awards. Still, it’s a rather weak category this year. Everything else is about as expected. Awards Tallies (8) Sinners (2) Hedda (1) Black Man, Black Man, F1: The Movie, Hoops, Hopes &…
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10th Atlanta Critics Awards
Atlanta loved One Battle After Another and it wasn’t even close. Awards Tallies (8) One Battle After Another (2) KPop Demon Hunters, Sinners (1) Hamnet, It Was Just an Accident, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, The Perfect Neighbor, Sorry, Baby, Weapons The Awards Best Picture One Battle After Another Best Animated Film KPop Demon…
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17th Indiana Critics Shortlists
Although the Indiana journalists call this their nominations, they are in fact shortlists. Wicked: For Good is entirely shut out while The Naked Gun gets more mentions than it probably warrants. Their rules for getting on the shortlist don’t seem to be very particular and I’m guessing that it just takes one person to get…
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38th Chicago Critics Nominations
The battle between Sinners and One Battle After Another for most nominated seems to be ramping up with a tie here. There aren’t a lot of surprises otherwise. Nominations Tallies (12) One Battle After Another, Sinners (7) Marty Supreme (5) Frankenstein, Train Dreams (4) It Was Just an Accident, The Testament of Ann Lee (3)…
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Oscar History: December 9 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Oliver Emert (72 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1905: Dalton Trumbo (70 at death) {3 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Screenplay, Motion Picture Story Oscar Wins: Motion Picture Story 1911: Broderick Crawford (74…
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Box Office History (Week 49, 2025)
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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83rd Golden Globe Nominations
In a way, the old Golden Globes are back again. Oddball star-futzer mentality gets Julia Roberts a nomination while big name titles that score several nominations miss out in the top category (Wicked for Good for example). These don’t tell us nearly as much as they might once have. Still, there are a lot of…
