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Category: Academy Awards

  • 87th Oscars: Best Supporting Actor

    J.K. Simmons – Whiplash Presented by: Lupita Nyong’o Standing Ovation: Partial Correct Predictions: Wesley / Peter / Tripp / Thomas Runner-Up Predictions: No One

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 22 (2015)

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

  • Precursor: 30th Spirit Awards (2014)

    The split many have been predicting for the Oscars is happening at the Spirit Awards. That doesn’t mean much since the Film Independent voting body is much more keyed-in to trends and they tend to make hipper choices (though not all the time). Many of Saturday’s winners will likely carry over to the Oscars. Award…

  • Precursor: 35th Golden Raspberry Awards (2014)

    The Golden Raspberry Awards picked on the usual suspects, but also went a new direction, giving its top prize along with three other awards to Kirk Cameron’s ego-driven monstrosity Saving Christmas. Award Tallies (4) Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas (2) Transformers: Age of Extinction The Awards Worst Picture Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 21 (2015)

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

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 8, 2015)

    Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…

  • 87th Oscars: Oscar Guy’s Final Thoughts

    We’re down to the wire. Sunday, we will find out just how much we did and did not know about this Oscar season. While I’ve contributed quick thoughts to our Rundown articles, I always like to do more with my final post of the year. This will include how I think the races will finish…

  • 2014 Oscar Predictions: Final

    We’ve come now to the end. Sunday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will alleviate our suspense by announcing the winners of its 87th annual prizes. While many of our predictions are the same, we tend to differ in what films will spoil the race. Below are our final unified predictions for this…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 20 (2015)

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

  • 87th Oscars: The Polls – Your Choices

    The 87th Academy Awards arrive on Sunday. In our coverage leading up to the big event, we’re going to be hosting two sets of polls. The first set will be your predictions for the winners of this year’s Academy Awards. The second set, delivered later this week, will ask you to vote for which Oscar-nominated…

  • Oscar Profile #223: Tony Curtis

    Born June 3, 1925 in The Bronx, New York, the eldest of three boys to Hungarian Jewish emigrants Helen and Emanuel Schwartz, Bernard Hershel Schwartz would rise to become one the screen’s best known actors after changing his name to Tony Curtis. Young Bernie had a rough childhood. His father was a tailor and the…

  • 2014 Precursor Predictions: Spirit Awards

    The Academy Awards seem to be turning into the Spirit Awards, with dozens of surprise matches between the groups. Best Picture at the Oscars contains four of the five films nominated for Best Feature here. This will be the last precursor of the season and won’t really have much impact since it’s showing the day…

  • The Rundown 2014: Picture

    For our sixteenth and final Rundown article, we look at the Big One. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Picture as well as general commentary about the race.

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 19 (2015)

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

  • The Rundown 2014: Production & Costume Design

    For our fifteenth Rundown article, we look at the visual foundations of all films. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover the final category.

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