Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: November 28 (2016)
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Precursor Anniversaries
This week, we start the ball rolling (and rolling fast) of Precursor Season. This year, several organizations are celebrating milestone anniversaries. Below, please find the list of precursors and their anniversary celebrations. It should also be noted that last year, I neglected to post this congratulatory posted, so I’ve included all anniversaries from last year…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 27 (2016)
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This Day in Oscar History: November 26 (2016)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 48, 2016)
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: November 25 (2016)
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Oscar Profile #315: Miklos Rozsa
Born April 18, 1907 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary) to Jewish parents, Miklos Rozsa’s father was a well-to-do industrialist and landowner, his mother was a pianist. He himself studied the violin from the age of five. In 1926 he began studying music composition at the Leipzig Conservatory. In 1929, his violin concerto was performed there.…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 24 (2016)
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89th Oscars: Animated Short Film Shortlist
The Academy has announced its ten-film shortlist for consideration for the Best Animated Short Film category at this year’s Oscars. Five these titles will become Oscar nominees. Of these, the only film I suspect to be a lock is Piper from Pixar. Walt Disney’s Inner Workings is also a likely nominee. 10 ANIMATED SHORTS ADVANCE…
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89th Oscars: Live-Action Short Film Shortlist
The Academy has announced its ten-film shortlist for consideration for the Best Live-Action Short Film category at this year’s Oscars. Five these titles will become Oscar nominees. I am not familiar enough with any of these films to know which will become nominees. 10 LIVE ACTION SHORTS ADVANCE IN 2016 OSCAR® RACE LOS ANGELES, CA…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 23 (2016)
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Precursor: 32nd Spirit Awards Nominations (2016)
There is a lot to take in with this set of nominees. Hell or High Water, one of the most acclaimed films of the early part of the year, misses out in the major categories, only earning nominations for Supporting Actor, Screenplay, and Editing. This pretty much assures us that it’s not nearly as much…
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Precursor: 28th PGA Documentary Nominations (2016)
Cue accusations of racism. 13th, Ava DuVernay’s acclaimed documentary isn’t nominated. Those accusations may or may not be accurate, but it seems highly suspicious that a film so acclaimed would be ignored in favor of five documentaries, only two of which are familiar outside of film critics (The Eagle Huntress, O.J.: Made in America) and…
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89th Oscars: The Precursors Are Coming!
Today begins Precursor Season. Film Independent will announce its nominations for the annual Spirit Awards, a recognition of the best indie films released in 2016. We’ll also get the Best Documentary Feature nominees from the Producers Guild of America. With these, Oscar season will have officially begun and, after Thanksgiving, will begin snowballing through December,…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 22 (2016)
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