Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: January 7 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 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: Golden Globe Awards
This Sunday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) will present its annual Golden Globe Awards, one of the oldest awards giving bodies out there, their selections will give us hints towards what Oscar might be contemplating or should be contemplating. We’ve taken a look at the precursors and the nominations for the Golden Globe awards…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 6 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Oscar Profile #321: Florence Bates
Born April 15, 1888 to Jewish immigrants in Austin, Texas, Florence Rabe was the second of two children. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Mathematics in 1906, after which she taught school. She gave up her career in 1909 when she married her first husband and gave birth…
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Precursor: 21st Art Directors Guild Nominations (2016)
Here we have the nominees for the Art Directors Guild Awards. While several of the usual suspects are here, some noteworthy absences include period films Love & Friendship, Silence, Loving, and Rules Don’t Apply; fantasy films Alice Through the Looking Glass, The BFG, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, and A Monster Calls; and contemporary…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 5 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 11th Oklahoma Critics Awards (2016)
Taking only Best Picture and Best Director, La La Land came in third for most wins with Arrival and Manchester by the Sea securing more. Of these winners, they are following other precursors in all but one area: Best Actress where Amy Adams picks up only her second award so far this season. Of note…
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Precursor: 5th North Carolina Critics Awards (2016)
La La Land claimed another award for Best Picture this season and picked up three other awards. The selections, in general, are following the current trends. Awards Tallies (4) La La Land (2) Hell or High Water The Awards
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89th Oscars: Sci-Tech Achievements Announced
The Academy’s Sci-Tech committee has selected its scientific and technical achievements for the 89th Oscars. Below is their press release. If this is everything they’ll submit, it appears that there will be no Academy Awards of Merit (Type I), Gordon E. Sawyer Award, or John A. Bonner Commendations handed out this year. 18 SCIENTIFIC AND…
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Precursor: 69th Writers Guild Nominations (2016)
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This Day in Oscar History: January 4 (2017)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
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). When I said yesterday that there weren’t any precursors in the prior week to merit an article, that…
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Precursor: 56th American Cinema Editors Nominations (2016)
Of these eighteen nominees, five will likely be nominated by the Academy for Best Film Editing. There are some possible exclusions below that I’ll discuss in a minute, but for the most part, the Academy goes after what the ACE selects. This is also an indication of how strong certain films’ Oscar capabilities are. From…
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Precursor: 20th Online Critics Awards (2016)
Moonlight was the big winner with the Online Film Critics. Their selections follow the existing trends and do nothing to start new ones. Their early releases the last few years did more to position them as a trend-maker rather than a trend-follower. Now, they are back to being forgotten against the backdrop of the guild…
