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Category: Academy Awards

  • Precursor: 20th Cinema Audio Society Awards (2012)

    And the musical won the Sound Mixing award. There’s really no surprise there, but it does put a damper on Skyfall‘s chances with the Oscars. The Awards Best Sound Mixing – Live Action Les Misérables Best Sound Mixing – Animated Brave Cinema Audio Society Data Year Founded: 1964 First Awards: 1993 (20)

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 16 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1970: 42nd Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1969} 1984: 56th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1983}

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 7, 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…

  • 2012 Precursor Predictions: CAS, ACE, MPSE & WGA

    This is a LOT of awards in one weekend, but we’ll persevere. Here are the guild awards that cover the sound categories, editing and writing for this year’s Oscars. Tripp was not able to submit predictions prior to publishing.

  • The Rundown 2012: Actress

    For our eleventh Rundown article, we look at the companion to yesterday’s category. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actress as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with two categories whose existence defines the quality of most pictures and are among…

  • 85th Oscars: Pre-Show and Backstage Pass Hosts Announced

    Here are two press releases from the Academy announcing the hosts for their annual pre-show coverage and their new Backstage Pass coverage: Hosts Named for Oscars® Red-Carpet Show

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 15 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 1996: The Oscar Guy Launched on GeoCities (17) Ceremonies 1954: 26th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1953} 2000: 72nd Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1999}

  • Oscar Profile #122: Sally Field

    Born November 6, 1946 to actress Margaret Field and her husband, an Army captain and later salesman, the doctor who delivered Sally Field allegedly told her mother “you have an actor”. Field’s parents divorced when she was five and her mother later married stunt man turned actor Jock Mahoney. She began her film career in…

  • The Rundown 2012: Actor

    For our tenth Rundown article, a category where the leader in the race has more precursor wins than any other. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actor as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover the last of the “companion” categories.

  • 85th Presenters: Affleck, Chastain, Lawrence

    And here’s the second presenter group, announced today. Oscar® Nominees Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain And Jennifer Lawrence To Present

  • 85th Presenters: Berry, Bullock, Kidman, Witherspoon

    Here’s the first presenter group, announced yesterday. Best Actress Oscar® Winners – Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman And Reese Witherspoon – To Present

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 14 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1989: 61st Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1988} 1990: 62nd Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1989} 1995: 67th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of…

  • The Rundown 2012: Documentary Feature / Documentary Short Subject

    For our ninth Rundown article, the only two non-fiction categories at the Oscars. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short Subject as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover one of the year’s two categories with the most precursors going towards…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 13 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1948: 20th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1947} 1996: 68th Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1995} 2001: 73rd Annual Academy Awards [Pictured (hover to see)]   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 2000}

  • 85th Oscars: Press Release Catch Up

    I missed a couple of press releases recently, so here are the last three of significant importance. The announcement of the cast of Chicago to present, the release of the commemorative poster and the announcement of the People Magazine Oscar Fan Experience. While there are smaller versions of the posters on the right side of…

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