Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: December 16 (2013)
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Precursor: 47th Kansas City Film Critics Awards (2013)
Chalk up another win for Steve McQueen’s slave drama, which carried off a slew of awards from an organization that I didn’t realize was this old. Sandra Bullock picks up an unexpected award. Award Tallies (6) 12 Years a Slave (2) Gravity The Awards Best Picture 12 Years a Slave
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This Day in Oscar History: December 15 (2013)
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86th Oscars: Makeup Finalists Announced
The Academy has revealed the seven films that will compete for this year’s Academy Award in the Makeup and Hairstyling category. A surprisingly awful list of films are up for consideration this year, excluding some very big known quantities like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Thor: The Dark World. They’ll nominate three of…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 14 (2013)
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 50, 2013)
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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Precursor: 7th Detroit Film Critics Society (2013)
Although this won’t translate into an Oscar nomination, Brie Larson picks up a deserved prize for Best Actress for Short Term 12, which apart from Best Picture winner Her, was the only film to take more than one award. This also marks a victory for Matthew McConaughey who hasn’t done very well this Oscar season…
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Precursor: 26th Chicago Film Critics Nominations (2013)
Another good report for 12 Years a Slave, which picked up a slew of nominations, four more than its nearest competitors. Most of these nominations reflect what we’ve been hearing for the last few weeks, so there’s nothing particularly shocking about these. Nominations Tallies (11) 12 Years a Slave (7) Gravity, Her (6) Inside Llewyn…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 13 (2013)
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86th Oscars: Original Score Shortlist Announced
The Academy has announced the 114 eligible Original Score contenders for this year’s Oscars. The big exclusion on this list that many had hoped would be ruled eligible is Inside Llewyn Davis. I suspected it wouldn’t be, but this pretty much confirms that. Frozen was also a no-show thanks to its predominant song score (which…
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Oscar Profile #164: Margaret Hamilton
Born December 9, 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio to Jennie and Walter Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton expressed an early interest in acting but yielded to her parents’ wish that she get an education and dutifully went to college and taught school until the acting bug took hold. She never gave up her love of children and animals,…
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Precursor: 71st Golden Globe Nominations (2013)
First observation was that Harvey Weinstein plied the HFPA for all it’s worth. So many nods for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and a surprise nomination for Philomena in screenplay. Second observation was that The Wolf of Wall Street continues its explicable disappearance from the precursor race. It may still make an appearance, but not…
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This Day in Oscar History: December 12 (2013)
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Precursor: 18th San Diego Film Critics (2013)
Although it took 10 nominations from this group, 12 Years a Slave went home empty-handed as Spike Jonze’s Her was the only multi-prize winner taking Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Score. Award Tallies (3) Her The Awards Best Picture Her
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Precursor: 18th San Diego Film Critics Nominations (2013)
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave leads a hefty pack of nominations for the San Diego Film Critics nominations. Short Term 12 continues to impress as one of the least seen Oscar season contenders out there. The Academy won’t give it any respect, but these awards might at least give them a chance to consider…
