Category: Academy Awards
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38th European Film Excellence Nominations
They’ve added a casting director award but removed the award for visual effects. Not much to see here. Nominations Tallies (5) Bugonia, Siråt, Sound of Falling (3) Sentimental Value (2) Franz (1) Die My Love, Duse, The Stranger, The Voice of Hind Rajab The Nominations Best Casting Director Sentimental Value Siråt Sound of Falling Best…
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Oscar History: November 26 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Charles Brackett (76 at death) {8 Noms, 4 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Screenplay, Story and Screenplay, Motion Picture Story Oscar Wins: Screenplay, Story and Screenplay, Special/Honorary Academy President #12: 1949-55, 6 terms 1908: Leonard Spigelgass (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture…
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9th Hollywood Creative Alliance Nominations (Full)
With their creative nominees announced last week and their full nominations today, we have the full info about the Astra Awards and they’ve really over-extended themselves to get as many nominees together as possible. The International Press Academy was the last organization that tried separating the supporting categories by drama and comedy/musical and even they…
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Oscar History: November 25 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1899: W. R. Burnett (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1926: Murray Schisgal (93 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1939: Stephen H. Burum (86) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography 1990: Stephanie Hsu (35) {1 Nom,…
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Box Office History (Week 47, 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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Oscar History: November 24 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: Corinne Griffith (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Actress 1905: Irving Allen (82 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Two-Reel Short Film Oscar Win: Two-Reel Short Film 1912: Garson Kanin (86 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay,…
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Oscar History: November 23 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1913: Samuel E. Beetley (74 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing 1925: Johnny Mandel (94 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1928: Pierre Etaix (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Live Action Short…
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Oscar History: November 22 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1895: John Monk Saunders (44 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Story Oscar Win: Original Story 1899: Hoagy Carmichael (82 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1915: Oswald Morris (98 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win}…
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Oscar History: November 21 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Julia Heron (79 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1909: Charles Frend (67 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1935: Michael Chapman (84 at death) {2 Noms,…
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16th Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Sinners won big while Diane Warren: Relentless likely secured an Oscar nomination from this win. That said, none of the winners here are guaranteed anything since this group is a relative neophyte in its Oscar correlations. Awards Tallies (3) Sinners (2) Diane Warren: Relentless (1) Avatar: Fire and Ash, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,…
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Oscar Profile: Carroll Baker
Born May 28, 1931 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania to a travelling salesman and his wife, Carroll Baker studied at Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg where her classmates included Marilyn Monroe, Shelley Winters, Rod Steiger, and James Dean. Baker began acting in TV commercials in 1951, which led to small roles in TV dramas. She made her…
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Oscar History: November 20 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Tony Gaudio (67 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography 1909: Piero Gherardi (61 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color), Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) Oscar…
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9th Hollywood Creative Alliance Nominations
Splitting up your creative arts awards is always a bad move and it seems certain based on what is known about this organization that it’s done in order to maximize publicity for the forgotten cousin of the Critics Choice Awards. Their nominations seem to focus on some titles we’ve been expecting but also highlighting a…
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2025 Nominations Predictions: November
Our final predictions before the precursors begin to flood in at the beginning of December, we’ll take a look back in a month to see how close we were. Until then, have a look at our newest predictions with numerous changes setting us up for the awards season that will likely precede Thanksgiving this year…
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25th AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations
Each year, the AARP nominees hew closer and closer to the Academy’s and this has to be one of the most consistently Oscar-friendly set of nominations yet. Sure, there are selections for films like A Private Life and Goodbye June that have no chance with the Academy but most of these selections are at least…
