Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: January 2 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Our Site Milestones 2012: Polls: Most Anticipated (4)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 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: January 1 (2016)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Oscar Profile #268: Haskell Wexler
Born February 26, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, Haskell Wexler was one of four children of Simon and Lottie Wexler. Educated at the University of California, Berkeley, he served a stint with the United States Merchant Marine during World War II. He briefly made industrial films in Chicago before becoming an assistant cameraman in 1947. His…
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2015 Oscar Predictions: December / Pre-Guild
What a difference a month can make. In November, we were certain that Joy and The Hateful Eight would be major players. Now, they are almost afterthoughts. A month ago, no one thought Mad Max: Fury Road would so effectively dominate the critics awards, yet after countless prizes for Best Picture and Best Director, we…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 31 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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This Day in Oscar History: December 30 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Our Site Milestones 2011: Friday Face-Off (4)
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This Day in Oscar History: December 29 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 25-27, 2015
We had two films release this past weekend (see note) with the potential for Oscar nominations. (NOTE: I screwed up last week. I posted my thoughts on the releases of Dec. 25-27, 2015 rather than Dec. 18-20, 2015. I’ve added a note to that post referencing the error. This post will, instead, focus on those…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 5
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). A smattering of stragglers have polished off their choices in the last week, but the critics section of…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 28 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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This Day in Oscar History: December 27 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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This Day in Oscar History: December 26 (2015)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 52 & 53, 2015)
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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Precursor: 9th Houston Critics Nominations (2015)
I’m not sure when these were announced as the Houston Film Critics website is one of the most poorly controlled sites any critics organization uses. I found these by happenstance while looking at their list on IMDb. As to the nominees themselves, there are few insights here other than the horrid tendency to classify co-lead…
