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Category: Academy Awards

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 17 (2014)

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

  • Precursor: Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (2013)

    The mysterious Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild return giving out five awards to five different films, two of which are Oscar nominees, none of which are The Lone Ranger. The Period and/or Character Make-up and Special Make-Up Effects awards are probably the most key to understanding Oscar and both were won by Oscar nominees. Award…

  • Precursor: 55th British Academy Awards (2013)

    I never found a live stream of the BAFTA awards, so I had to get this information from the Variety live blog. As the “evening” progressed, 12 Years a Slave seemed like it was going down to defeat, losing Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. It held on to win Best…

  • 86th Oscars: The Polls – Best Costume Design

    As we approach the 86th Annual Academy Awards, we would like to see what our readers think are the best of this year’s Oscar crop. To achieve such, we will be running one new poll each day for the next 24 days. Best Costume Design Cinema Sight Asks: Which 86th Oscars nominee for Best Costume…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 16 (2014)

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

  • 2013 Precursor Predictions: Motion Picture Sound Editors

    They aren’t a perfectly-matched group, but the Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards are a interesting look at how sound editors feel about the works nominated for the Oscars and their decisions may signal interesting results on Oscar night. These awards will be given out Sunday evening. Below are our predictions and some commentary…

  • 86th Oscars: The Polls – Best Makeup & Hairstyling

    As we approach the 86th Annual Academy Awards, we would like to see what our readers think are the best of this year’s Oscar crop. To achieve such, we will be running one new poll each day for the next 24 days. Best Makeup & Hairstyling Cinema Sight Asks: Which 86th Oscars nominee for Best…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 15 (2014)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Ceremonies Our Site Milestones 1996: The Oscar Guy Launched on GeoCities (18)

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 7, 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…

  • The Rundown 2013: Supporting Actor

    For our sixth Rundown article, we look at the supporting men. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actor as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category that seems like a foregone conclusion, but could generate some fascinating results…

  • 2013 Precursor Predictions: British Academy Awards

    Outside of the guilds, the BAFTAs are the most like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. That’s because BAFTA is the British equivalent, containing various members of the cinematic community. Yet, until the guild moved its awards to before the Oscars, the BAFTA often went different, and often strange, directions. Since then, they’ve…

  • 86th Oscars: The Polls – Best Animated Feature

    As we approach the 86th Annual Academy Awards, we would like to see what our readers think are the best of this year’s Oscar crop. To achieve such, we will be running one new poll each day for the next 24 days. Best Animated Feature Cinema Sight Asks: Which 86th Oscars nominee for Best Animated…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 14 (2014)

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

  • Oscar Profile #173: Robert Redford

    Born August 18, 1936 in Santa Monica, California, Charles Robert Redford Jr. began his acting career in 1959. First on Broadway with a minor role in Tall Story, he had an uncredited role in the 1960 film version. His first major role was in the 1960 TV version of The Iceman Cometh with Jason Robards…

  • The Rundown 2013: Supporting Actress

    For our fifth Rundown article, we look at the supporting women. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actress as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover the men.

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