Category: Academy Awards
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Precursor: 41st Los Angeles Critics Awards (2015)
Winning one other award, Spotlight came out on top of this year’s L.A. Film Critics Awards, with Mad Max: Fury Road as runner-up and three other prizes of its own. Michael Fassbender gets some love, as does Charlotte Rampling. Rampling needs the attention to get an Oscar nomination, Fassbender doesn’t. Michael Shannon and Alicia Vikander…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 6 (2015)
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Precursor: 14th DC Critics Nominations (2015)
The DC Film Critics have bestowed their nominations with Carol and Mad Max: Fury Road earning the most nominations with 7 each, including the gerrymandered Rooney Mara in support for her co-lead role. Brooklyn had a good day, as did The Revenant, which hadn’t gotten a lot of love before today. Spotlight got a Best…
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Precursor: 4th Boston Online Critics Awards (2015)
Another critics group has been topped by Mad Max: Fury Road. We’ll have to wait to see if there’s a trend. Notably absent are The Revenant, Joy, and The Hateful Eight, all major awards players that screened late in the game. They may be able to overcome these issues, but the early-year competition might be…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 5 (2015)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 49, 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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This Day in Oscar History: December 4 (2015)
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Oscar Profile #264: James Earl Jones
Born January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi to actor Robert Earl Jones and his wife, James Earl Jones suffered from a childhood stutter that he studied dramatics to overcome. Writing and reading poetry in class helped him overcome the disability that he says he still has despite his reputation as the possessor of one of…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 3 (2015)
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Precursor: 81st New York Critics Awards (2015)
The New York Film Critics Circle have announced their annual awards with Carol dominating the proceedings with four awards including Best Picture, Director and Screenplay. No other film scored more than one award. Of note is that Michael Keaton was bumped to lead for Spotlight even though he’s being campaigned in support. Kristen Stewart manages…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 2 (2015)
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Precursor: 20th Satellite Awards Nominations (2015)
In spite of a website showing that their nominations announcement would be made tomorrow, they’ve announced early. As usual, the International Press Academy doesn’t know how to stick to their own rules. As to the nominations? Well, they are like Golden Globes nominations back before the Globes got serious about selecting the best films of…
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88th Oscars: Final Documentary Feature Shortlist
Now that the documentaries have been seen by the Academy’s documentary branch members, they’ve narrowed the final list down to 15 films, from which this year’s five Oscar nominees will be selected. Below is the official press release from the Academy. I can’t really say that there are any major surprises. All of these have…
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Precursor: 87th National Board of Review Awards (2015)
NBR’s predilection towards Warner Bros. continues unabated with Mad Max: Fury Road taking the top spot on their annual Best Of list. The film gets a sizable boost from the exposure, as does The Martian and Sylvester Stallone for Creed. Award Tallies (3) The Martian (2) The Hateful Eight, Room The Awards
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Precursor: 24th Annie Awards Nominations (2015)
Once-dominant DreamWorks suffered an embarrassing defeat at the Annie Awards securing a meager 3 nominations for its sole entry this year. This may be the first time in awhile they haven’t shown up at the Oscars. Pixar is back in force with a total of 24 nominations in the feature film categories with Inside Out…
