Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Profile #372: Gloria Grahame
Born November 28, 1923 in Los Angeles, California to Reginald Hallward, an architect and author, and Jean Grahame, a British stage actress and acting teacher, Gloria Grahame (Hallward) began acting in theatre while still in high school. Signed to an MGM contract she made her film debut in 1944’s Blonde Fever, followed by a small…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 28 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 27 (2017)
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Precursor: 6th North Carolina Critics Nominations (2017)
A strong race for Best Picture has emerged with the North Carolina critics who have put all five of the top nominees into the Best Picture category with Three Billboards leading by one. These selections roughly match other selections, so there isn’t much new here. Nominations Tallies (6) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (5) The…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 26 (2017)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 22-24, 2017
We had four films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Downsizing Alexander Payne has a tremendous history with the Oscars, but his latest film might just be his least recognized yet. Payne has made 7 movies as of Downsizing. His first, Citizen Ruth in 1996, was well reviewed and performed decently…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 5
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). It was a very slow week and next week will be equally slow before the new year when…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 25 (2017)
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Precursor: 21st Florida Critics Awards (2017)
Dunkirk picks up its first Best Picture prize of the season, also winning Best Director. However, it wasn’t as successful in the tech categories where it came in second in nearly every race to Blade Runner 2049, which was the largest winner of the day. The rest of the selections are familiar faces this season…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 24 (2017)
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Precursor: 7th Nevada Critics Awards (2017)
Getting a bit of love when it has only gotten a smattering before, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won top prize with The Shape of Water also doing quite well. These are all winners we’ve seen before. Award Tallies (3) The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2) Blade Runner 2049, The Disaster…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 23 (2017)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 51, 2017)
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: December 22 (2017)
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Precursor: 21st Florida Critics Nominations (2017)
Following everyone that came before them, the Florida Critics throw in a little spice, but have mostly created a list that duplicates other lists. Award Tallies (9) The Shape Of Water (8) Dunkirk (7) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (6) Get Out, Lady Bird (5) Call Me By Your Name (4) Blade Runner 2049, I,…
