Category: Academy Awards
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Precursor: 64th Sound Editors Guild Nominations (2016)
The Motion Picture Sound Editors, three days after the Oscar nominations, have announced their nominations. The surprising thing here is that Rogue One captured three nominations, but failed to show up at the Oscars. Meanwhile, all five Oscar nominees show up in these nominations, albeit in different locations since La La Land got a token…
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Precursor: 56th American Cinema Editors Awards (2016)
In a night of expectations and upsets, the American Cinema Editors selected their 56th set of winners. Leading the pack was expected Oscar winner La La Land winning the comedy/musical prize, a category all of our contributors guessed correctly. In the highly competitive drama field, Arrival took the prize for its time-hopping sci-fi spectacle. In…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 28 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 4, 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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2016 Precursor Predictions: Screen Actors Guild & Producers Guild
Two of the biggest guild precursors announce this weekend. One will be at a private dinner on Saturday night and the other will be a glitzy telecast on Sunday evening. The Screen Actors Guild is voted on by members of the acting community, both those working in television and in film. The Producers Guild of…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 27 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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Oscar Profile #324: Anna Magnani
Born March 7, 1908 to Marina Magnani and an unknown father in Rome, Italy, Anna Magnani was raised in poverty by her maternal grandparents with whom her mother left her. Although it was first said that Magnani’s father was Egyptian, she later claimed that he was from Calabria, Italy, although she never knew his name.…
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2016 Precursor Predictions: American Cinema Editors
The first Guild to announce its winners this year will be the American Cinema Editors who announce their selections on Saturday night. One of the best categories to use to predict the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Editing is one of the first places we look and the Best Picture frontrunner is the one we…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 26 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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2016 Oscar Winner Predictions: First Post-Nominations Predictions
Our first look at the Oscar landscape after the nominations has revealed itself in our first predictions of this year’s winners. I had intended to post this article last night, but somehow it missed the scheduling. Below you will find our first predictions. We have 100% agreed in 13 of 24 categories and selected identical…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 25 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Oscar Nominations
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89th Oscars: Academy Awards Nominations
And there you have the full list of Oscar nominees. La La Land enters a three-way tie for most Oscar nominations in history with past Best Picture winners All About Eve and Titanic. When it showed up in Sound Editing, it was clear the film was tying the record. Costume Design sealed the deal. Other…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 24 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 9
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). There were only two groups announcing this past week and neither will have significant impact on the Oscar…
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Precursor: 37th Golden Raspberry Nominations (2016)
Sometimes the Razzie Awards nomination, a longtime pre-Oscar tradition, are a gestalt examination of the worst of the year. Sometimes, they are a sour grapes tribute. This year is a mixture of both. While the hate of Batman v. Superman is understandable, citing Ben Affleck as Worst Actor is pure sour grapes, not raspberries. Picking…
