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Category: Academy Awards

  • Precursor: 57th Grammy Nominations (2014)

    The Grammy nominations are sometimes idiosyncratic. They are always poor predictors. The Grammy deadlines typically mean that several prior-year films make it into the mix, with this year being no exception. Completely disregard the Compilation Soundtrack category as none of them are Oscar eligible (this year or last). Toss out three-fifths of the soundtrack category…

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 49, 2014)

    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…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 5 (2014)

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  • Oscar Profile #215: Dana Andrews

    Born January 1, 1909 in Covington County, Mississippi, (Carver) Dana Andrews was one of thirteen children of a Baptist minister and his wife. The family later moved to Huntsville, Texas where his younger siblings, including actor Steve Forrest, were born. Educated at Sam Houston State University, he moved to Los Angeles in 1931 seeking employment…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 4 (2014)

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  • This Day in Oscar History: December 3 (2014)

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  • Precursor: 86th National Board of Review Awards (2014)

    The National Board of Review take a bizarre turn into new territory with their selection of The Most Violent Year as Best Film of 2014. The indie hadn’t been making much of an impact in early prognostication, but suddenly bursts into the competition with the most awards this year from NBR. Selma is left out…

  • 87th Oscars: Documentary Feature Shortlist

    The Academy has announced the 15 films that will compete for the Best Documentary Feature award. Of the five films nominated yesterday for the Producers Guild of American award for Best Documentary, only Life Itself and Virunga made this shortlist. Many of these titles seem well suited to the Academy’s tastes and any number of…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 2 (2014)

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  • Precursor: 26th PGA Documentary Nominations (2014)

    Notably absent from this list are documentaries with heavy political commentary. That won’t help many of these translate to Oscar nominations. Of these, Life Itself, Particle Fever and Virunga are the most likely to jump onto the Oscar ballot. The Nominations Best Documentary The Green Prince Life Itself Merchants of Doubt Particle Fever Virunga Producers…

  • Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 28-30, 2014

    We had two films release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Penguins of Madagascar Spun off from the highly popular, but Oscar averse franchise Madagascar, Penguins of Madagascar follows the adventures of the four antarctic denizens and their zany capers as super spies. With prominent placement in the founding franchise, their humorous…

  • Precursor: 23rd Annie Awards Nominations (2014)

    There are two notable results here. One in that The Boxtrolls topped the nomination count over what would have been the standard DreamWorks topper How to Train Your Dragon 2 (though, if you look at history, Laika does really well with the Annie Awards). Two, The Lego Movie only secured 6 nominations, fifth-most for the…

  • Precursor: 80th New York Critics Awards (2014)

    Birdman, a quintessentially New York film was completely ignored as the New York Film Critics Circle announced their winners for the best of the year. Boyhood picked up three prizes, taking Best Picture, Director and Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette). The Immigrant was the only other film to secure more than one award, winning for Best…

  • Precursor: 19th Satellite Nominations (2014)

    The first broad-audience precursor out of the gate is the International Press Academy and their Satellite Awards. Founded 19 years ago, the group has put forth some of the most eclectic choices and has been one of the worst barometers of Oscar recognition. Their early deadline has pretty much doomed films like Unbroken, which wasn’t…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 1 (2014)

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