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Category: Academy Awards

  • The Rundown 2014: Makeup & Visual Effects

    For our ninth Rundown article, two visual makeover categories. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Makeup and Best Visual Effects as well as general commentary about the race. Wednesday, we’ll cover the category that brings it all together.

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 10 (2015)

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

  • Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 11

    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 are only two more precursor weeks to go and the biggies are already done. Yet, we still…

  • Oscar Preview: Weekend of Feb. 6-8, 2015

    We had no films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations.

  • The Rundown 2014: Director

    For our eighth Rundown article, we look at one of the most hotly contended categories of the year. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Director as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we’ll cover two categories that remake people and landscapes from differing perspectives.

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 9 (2015)

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

  • Precursor: 57th Grammy Awards (2014)

    Handed out before the televised awards, Grammy winners were announced in the three film-related categories. As expected, last year’s big winner, “Let It Go” triumphed over all newcomers to win Best Song. The film also Best Compilation soundtrack in a surprise over Guardians of the Galaxy. The one bit of Oscar-relevant news is that The…

  • Precursor: 56th British Academy Awards (2014)

    And there you have it. The ceremony has barely started and all the winners have been announced. Although it came away with the most awards, The Grand Budapest Hotel went home without Best Picture. Instead, BAFTA reversed the guild trend with a Boyhood victory for Best Picture. The Theory of Everything took home-turf honors this…

  • 87th Oscars: Presenters & Performances Update

    With the site maintenance issues we’ve experienced over the last couple of weeks, I’ve missed out on posting a number of important Oscar ceremony announcements, namely the announcement of several performers and presenters. Here is the summary followed by the official Academy press releases. Performers: Adam Levine performing “Lost Stars” from Begin Again Common and…

  • Precursor: 19th Online Film & TV Association Awards (2014)

    Another precursor yields a win for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s experimental film Birdman. A number of Oscar front-runners also went home with awards as did films and achievements snubbed by the Academy. Nominations Tallies (6) Birdman, Guardians of the Galaxy (4) Boyhood (3) Gone Girl, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Lego Movie The Nominations

  • Precursor: 67th Directors Guild Awards (2014)

    The conversation has changed. First, I’m a bad site host for falling asleep before I got the winner announced and boy am I ever sorry I did. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu won Best Director from the DGA in a surprise upset over heavy favorite Richard Linklater. Birdman now completes the triple-crown of guild precursors taking DGA,…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 8 (2015)

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

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 7 (2015)

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

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 6, 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…

  • 2014 Precursor Predictions: British Academy Awards

    Several BAFTA winners have turned the Oscar conversation in new directions or confirmed prevailing sentiments. With its current pre-Oscar position, it’s become an even more important bellwether. What happens here could send ripples through the blogosphere.

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