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Category: Academy Awards

  • Precursor: 30th American Society of Cinematographers Awards (2015)

    Will Emmanuel Lubezki become the default choice every year from now until the end of time? It’s sure beginning to look that way. The Awards Best Cinematography The Revenant (Wesley, Tripp, Thomas) American Society of Cinematographers Data Year Founded: 1919 First Awards: 1986 (29)

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 15 (2016)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Ceremonies Our Site Milestones 1996: The Oscar Guy Launched on GeoCities (20)

  • 88th Oscars: Presenters, Part 3

    I’m a bit late in posting this, but here goes. The third announcement of presenters for this year’s Oscars. The press release is below. We’re still missing performers for two of the nominated songs, “Simple Song #3,” which might not get a well-known name attached (at least outside of operatic circles) and “Manta Ray,” which…

  • Precursor: 57th British Academy Awards (2015)

    The two films with the most Oscar nominations came out on top at this year’s BAFTA Awards with no other film pulling in more than one award. Many of the frontrunners continued while a few other pieces fell into place. It’s looking increasingly likely that The Revenant will be taking the Oscar for Best Picture…

  • Precursor: 20th Online Film & Television Awards (2015)

    The Online Film & Television Association celebrated its twenty years with its awards for 2015. Introducing the ranked Best Picture list and runners-up, the organization continues to show it isn’t interested in just predicting the Oscars. Mad Max: Fury Road, which isn’t on anyone’s radar as being a Best Picture frontrunner dominated these awards with…

  • 88th Oscars: The Polls – Best Sound Mixing

    For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2015 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 14 (2016)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Ceremonies

  • Precursor: 68th Writers Guild of America (2015)

    Is this the beginning of a big weekend for Spotlight or this its final victory. We’ll know at BAFTA tomorrow. Until then, the expected winners triumphed in all three categories. The Awards Best Original Screenplay Spotlight (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Best Adapted Screenplay The Big Short (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Thomas) Documentary Screenplay Going Clear: Scientology…

  • 88th Oscars: The Polls – Best Foreign Language Film

    For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2015 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 13 (2016)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Ceremonies

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 7, 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…

  • 2015 Precursor Predictions: British Academy

    The closest kin to the Academy Awards there is, the British Academy of Film & Television Arts will give out its prizes this Sunday. It will be broadcast, but will be shown on a time delay meaning winners will be revealed long before it actually airs for anyone.

  • 2015 Precursor Predictions: Writers Guild of America

    Largely uncharacteristic of the Academy’s nominations selections, the WGA does a better job selecting winners, at least when they’ve nominated the future Oscar winner. This year shouldn’t be an exception as the lead contenders are all Oscar nominees with the lone exception of Steve Jobs.

  • 2015 Precursor Predictions: American Society of Cinematographers

    The American Society of Cinematographers hand out their prizes on Sunday, but don’t expect it to mean much with the Academy. While they do often match-up, they just as often don’t. That means that in a close race, like this one, it could be an influential choice.

  • The Rundown 2015: Supporting Actor

    For our tenth Rundown article, we look at the companion to Monday’s female-driven race. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actor as well as general commentary about the race. /Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category with the leads.

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