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Category: Academy Awards

  • Precursor: 68th Directors Guild Doc Nominations (2015)

    The final set of DGA nominations have been announced and all five titles are on the Academy’s Best Documentary Feature shortlist. Most notably absent from this list and likely expected was Joshua Oppenheimer for The Look of Silence. His prior film, The Act of Killing was nominated both for the Oscar and the DGA director’s…

  • 2015 Oscar Predictions: Final Nominations

    Tomorrow morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for the 88th Academy Awards. Our predictors have examined the data and, with a lot of struggling to come up with uor final lists, we’ve finally put them together. There are a couple of guilds left to announce nominations today, but…

  • Oscar Morning: The Article (2015)

    FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. For the second year in a row, Oscar enthusiasts around the globe will be able to experience the joy of knowing the Oscar nominees as they are announced. Beginning at 5:30am Pacific (7:30am Central / 8:30am Eastern), the Academy will announce nominations…

  • Precursor: 36th Golden Raspberry Nominations (2015)

    It is tradition for the Golden Raspberry awards to announce nominations the day before the Oscars. Other than their “dark” period where they shifted to after the Oscars, this has been the case as long as I can remember. Typically, they go for very obvious choices and this year is no different. Among the year’s…

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

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

  • Precursor: 14th Visual Effects Society (2015)

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the film I most expect to take home the Oscar for Best Visual Effects made an expected strong showing here topping all others with seven nominations. Typically, the film with the highest nominations tally will also be the Oscar winner, but as certain Bets Picture nominees of the past can…

  • Precursor: 68th Directors Guild Nominations (2015)

    The big news is that The Big Short director Adam McKay is among the final five for Best Director from the DGA. The man who gave us Talladega Nights and The Other Guys finally turned out a film that earned genuine critical plaudits and has become a major force in this year’s Oscar competition. Tom…

  • Precursor: 23rd Cinema Audio Society Nominations (2015)

    A mix of Best Picture contenders and technical marvels were among this year’s nominations. What’s most notable is that of the five nominees in Live Action, only two of them are action films, which has been the increasing normality of the category in recent years. The Nominations Best Sound Mixing – Live Action Bridge of…

  • How to Count Best Picture Ballots

    For some, one of the most confusing aspects of predicting the Oscars is understanding their somewhat convoluted method of tabulations. While their preferential balloting is strange enough, Best Picture is a wholly other matter. To help you understand the process as simply as possible, I’m going to do my best to demystify the whole experience.…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 12 (2016)

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

  • 88th Oscars: Nominations Announcement Details

    As with last year’s awards, the Academy will announce nominations in all 24 categories live. The details are in the press release below. I’ll have a live stream embedded in my Oscar Morning article on Wednesday that you can use to watch these announced. I’m not sure yet what order these will be announced in,…

  • 88th Oscars: Scientific & Technical Awards

    Every year, the Academy selects scientific and technical achievements to receive certificates, plaques, and, in rare circumstances, statuettes. This year, they have selected 11 achievements to be honored at the separate Sci-Tech Oscar ceremony. Eight of the achievements are Class III Technical Achievement Awards, which receive certificates. Two of the achievements are Class II Scientific…

  • Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 7

    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 was some big news this past week as the guilds have finally started revealing their nominations. We’ll…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 11 (2016)

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

  • Precursor: 73rd Golden Globe Awards (2015)

    The Golden Globe Awards have been announced and apart from the early shock of Kate Winslet winning Best Supporting Actress, most of the categories when as expected. The Revenant was a modest surprise winning both Best Picture and Best Director apart from the expected win for Leonardo DiCaprio. While this might not change nominations predictions,…

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