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Category: Academy Awards

This Day in Oscar History: February 1 (2014)

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February 1, 2014
Oscar in Box Office History (Week 5, 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…

January 31, 2014
2013 Precursor Predictions: ASC, WGA & Annies

There are three precursors announcing prizes the same night (Saturday). One of them, the Annie Awards, will be live streamed (At least, it should be. I haven’t checked, but it has been in the past.) Since the Annies are quite a bit more difficult to predict since they sometimes feel so whim-intensive, none of our…

January 31, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: January 31 (2014)

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January 31, 2014
Oscar Profile #171: Joanne Woodward

Born February 27, 1930 to Wade and Elinor Woodward, Joanne Woodward was named after Joan Crawford by her avid movie fan mother. When she was 9, her mother took her to the world premiere of Gone With the Wind in Atlanta. When Vivien Leigh exited her limo, young Woodward jumped in the car and sat…

January 30, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: January 30 (2014)

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January 30, 2014
Academy Rescinds Nomination

For the first time in 21 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has decided to rescind the nomination of controversial Best Original Song nominee “Alone Yet Not Alone.” After information surfaced that composer Bruce Broughton may have used his influence and status as a former governor of the Academy’s Music Branch, the…

January 29, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: January 29 (2014)

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January 29, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: January 28 (2014)

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January 28, 2014
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jan. 24-26, 2014

We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Visitors Koyaanisqatsi has a reputation for being an evocative documentary that wasn’t well rewarded at the time of its release in 1982. Since then, director Godfrey Reggio has teamed with Phillip Glass on a handful of documentaries, each using music to…

January 27, 2014
Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 9

As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. This week saw few precursors, but a major one did announce.…

January 27, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: January 27 (2014)

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January 27, 2014
Precursor: 56th Grammy Awards (2013)

With the weird eligibility period of the Grammys, they often regress with their selections. This time, they chose last year’s winner for Best Original Song at the Oscars for this year’s win, “Skyfall” and then gave the same prize to the score soundtrack. Sound City wasn’t nominated for anything at the Oscars this year, so…

January 26, 2014
Precursor: 18th Online Film & TV Association Nominations (2013)

The Online Film & Television Association have announced their 18th Annual slate of the best of the year. Founded to recognize excellence, the small but dedicated group always has interesting choices, even if some of them are modestly questionable. 12 Years a Slave becomes only the fifth non-musical film in the group’s history to secure…

January 26, 2014
This Day in Oscar History: January 26 (2014)

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January 26, 2014