Category: Academy Awards
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Precursor: 66th Directors Guild of America Awards (2013)
After an interminable wait (the awards ceremony went long), we finally have a winner. As expected, the director of the biggest spectacle with the most technical aspects to jungle has won the DGA award. It’s not surprising and after his run of precursors, should we have expected anything else. This is likely to mean the…
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86th Oscars: The DGA and a Potential Split
When I was writing the intro to our DGA predictions for yesterday, I was contemplating the Best Picture/Best Director split and how the Directors Guild of America (DGA) may help us forecast such an occurrence. Keep in mind, this is a theory as the Oscar electorate changes each year as younger members join. With the…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 25 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released Ceremonies
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 4, 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…
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2013 Precursor Predictions: Directors Guild
The DGA has been an accurate predictor of the Best Director winner at the Oscars in nearly every year they’ve existed. Discounting the unaligned eligibility periods of the first two years, the DGA has failed to predict Oscar in only seven contests: 1968, 1972, 1985, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2012. In three of those years (1985,…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 24 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Oscar Profile #170: Lew Ayres
Born December 28, 1908 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Irma and Louis Ayres II, an amateur musician and court reporter, Louis III (Lew) was a member of Henry Halstead’s orchestra in 1927 when he left to pursue an acting career. Discovered by a talent agent in 1929, he had two uncredited roles before being cast opposite…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 23 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Ceremonies
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This Day in Oscar History: January 22 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Ceremonies Our Site Milestones 2010: The Oscar Guy Became Cinema Sight (4)
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Oscar Predictions: Post-Nominations
Somehow I managed to forget to post this Friday when I had intended as opposed to today when I hadn’t intended. I haven’t changed any predictions, so the SAG and PGA victories over the weekend would not have impacted the below predictions. After the DGA, we’ll consider revising. Then, in February, we’ll start our annual…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 21 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jan. 17-19, 2014
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit When you look for Oscar contenders, it’s important to look beyond the high profile, message movies and give films that have a chance at tech nominations a look. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a spy thriller that…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 8
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”. Now that the Oscar nominations have been announced, we’re in the…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 20 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died Released
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Precursor: 25th Producers Guild Awards (2013)
For the first time in its history, the Producers Guild has ended in a tie giving their awards to 12 Years a Slave and Gravity. With American Hustle shut out, this race may have shifted into a two-film competition. Don’t count David O. Russell out. He could still pick up the DGA prize next weekend…
