Category: Academy Awards

  • The Rundown 2012: Supporting Actor

    For our sixth Rundown article, we look at the race to give someone a second or third Oscar. 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 has no precursor to…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 8 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1943: 15th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1942}

  • Oscar Profile #121: Ava Gardner

    Born December 24, 1922 the youngest of seven children of a North Carolina tobacco farmer and his wife, Ava Gardner was discovered by an MGM scout who saw her picture in her brother-in-law’s photo shop in New York in 1941. Brought to Hollywood because of her great beauty, she had no acting experience and wasn’t…

  • The Rundown 2012: Supporting Actress

    For our fifth Rundown article, the race where past winners are the only competition for the current frontrunner. 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 one category where someone will be taking home second (or third)…

  • 85th Presenters: Theron, Tatum, Gordon-Levitt and Radcliffe

    Now we have some rather bizarre selections, not from who was chosen, but how they are doing it. In years’ past, each presenter received his or her own announcement. This makes three releases so far that have had multiple names attached (I don’t count the Ted/Mark Wahlberg announcement since MacFarlane, who voiced Ted, is already…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 7 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1936: 8th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1935} 1937: 9th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1936}

  • 85th Presenters: Downey Jr, Evans, Jackson, Renner & Ruffalo

    It’s a good thing they put “The Avengers Cast” in quotes…this is barely the cast. No Scarlett Johansson, no Chris Hemsworth, no Tom Hiddleston and no Clark Gregg, all of whom would have been great to see there. Were they ask? In the case of Gregg, I doubt it. But wouldn’t have also been great…

  • The Rundown 2012: Animated Feature

    For our fourth Rundown article, the youngest Oscar category shows the big boys how it’s done…sometimes. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Feature as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover one of the few categories this year where most prognosticators have declared the race…

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 6 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • Precursor: 11th Visual Effects Society Awards (2012)

    The Visual Effects Society has announced their awards and by their count, Life of Pi should be the hands-down winner of this year’s Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. With four prizes including Best Visual Effects, There appears to be no real competition for the film among this year’s crop of nominees. Award Tallies (4)…

  • 85th Presenters: Streep, Dujardin, Spencer & Plummer

    It is an annual tradition (infrequently violated) that the prior year’s winners in Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress are asked to return to the show to present the opposite gender’s category the following year. While the winners have sometimes been unavailable (or deceased), the tradition has held firm for along time. We…

  • 2012 Precursor Predictions: Visual Effects Society

    Only one of the twelve categories presented by the Visual Effects Society will have any bearing on Oscar, but the strength of a film’s performance here often indicates the strength of its chances with Oscar. The VES will present its awards on tonight (Tuesday), though I probably won’t get the results until tomorrow morning.

  • The Rundown 2012: Animated Short Film / Live-Action Short Film

    For our third Rundown article, two short film categories where fiction reigns. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Short Film and Best Live-Action Short Film as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover the youngest Oscar category.

  • This Day in Oscar History: February 5 (2013)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10

    The most significant guild precursors are now over with the DGA giving its prize out Saturday evening. There are other guilds still to come and a couple of major precursors left (BAFTA anyone?), but we’re through the most significant phase of Oscar season. Now just to get a few precursors to point the way in…

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