Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar Morning: The Article (2016)
FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. After two years of a new format of announcing the nominations, the Academy has mixed things up again with an audience-free streaming announcement starting at 5:18am Pacific on Tuesday, January 24. Academy president Cheryl Boone-Isaacs will be joined by Oscar winners Jennifer…
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2016 Oscar Nominations Predictions: Final
And here we have it, our final predictions before the Oscar nominations tomorrow morning. Our contributors have put a lot of time and effort into their selections and their commentary. Looking over our lists, it’s notable to see that we share 9 films in common in the Best Picture race while nearly all of the…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 23 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Oscar Nominations
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Precursor: 37th London Critics Awards (2016)
The London Film Critics aren’t always the most instructive. Apart from their eligibility window not featuring the same films as the Oscars, they have a tendency to recognize British talent over American talent, even though they have separate categories. As such, Huppert’s win for Things to Come rather than Elle, Tom Bennett’s tied win of…
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Precursor: 21st Online Film & Television Nominations (2016)
The Online Film & Television Association has announced its nominees for 2016. There are some interesting selections here, including who did and did not make it. However, most of their selections match what’s been announced previously, so there are no major surprises. Nominations Tallies (16) La La Land (12) Moonlight (11) Arrival, Noctrunal Animals (10)…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 22 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Oscar Nominations Our Site Milestones 2010: The Oscar Guy Became Cinema Sight (7)
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This Day in Oscar History: January 21 (2017)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 3, 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: January 20 (2017)
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Oscar Profile #323: Mary Steenburgen
Born February 8, 1953 in Newport, Arkansas to Nellie May (Wall) and Maurice Steenburgen, a freight-train conductor, Mary Steenburgen grew up tap-dancing her way through talent shows and school functions. Active in school drama classes as well, she appeared in numerous high school plays, enrolling in Hendrix College upon graduation. At the recommendation of her…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 19 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: January 18 (2017)
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This Day in Oscar History: January 17 (2017)
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 8
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). The last week has been a whirlwind of precursor organizations announcing. Matter of fact, other than the Motion…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 16 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Oscar Nominations
