Category: Academy Awards
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Precursor: 26th USC Scripter Nominations (2012)
The USC Scripter nominees are typically fairly intriguing. This year’s batch, however is a been-there-done-that list of Oscar and WGA nominees that doesn’t really go for anything original or exotic. And apparently, they couldn’t leave anything out, nominating SIX films for the award when they typically select only five. The Nominations Best Adapted Screenplay Argo…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 15 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2012: Polls: Best Of… (1)
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jan. 11-13, 2013
We had one film releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Gangster Squad In early 2012, Gangster Squad was one of a handful of films with high hopes of Oscar consideration. Shortly after the tragic shooting at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros. announced that out of consideration of…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 7
While there were some precursors of note this past week, most of the focus has to be on the Oscar nominations that were announced. Below, the winners and losers article will discuss the biggest winners and losers of the week, largely because of their performances at the Oscars. But, before we get into this week’s…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 14 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: 70th Golden Globe Awards (2012)
The winners have been announced. While a lot of tonight’s winners won’t repeat at the Oscars, it was still an entertaining show. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler had the most excellent opening, but disappeared for too long the rest of the night. Jodie Foster gave a beautiful speech accepting the Cecil B. DeMille award and…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 13 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: January 12 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 2, 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: 52nd American Cinema Editors Nominations (2012)
The Editors have had their say and they mostly agree with the Academy. This list has no major surprises, though. The Nominations Best Drama Editing Argo Life of Pi Lincoln Skyfall Zero Dark Thirty Best Comedy/Musical Editing The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Les Misérables Moonrise Kingdom Silver Linings Playbook Ted Best Animation Editing
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Oscar Predictions: First Post-Nomination Predictions
Now that the Oscar nominations have come out, it’s time for us to look back at our immediate reaction on who will win the Oscars this year. Being our first predictions, a lot may change as the season progresses, but for right now, considering prevailing winds, this is what we’re thinking. We didn’t agree on…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 11 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: 18th Broadcast Film Critics Awards (2012)
It may prove to be the least predictive Broadcast Critics awards in recent memory, but it proves that everything is still slightly up in the air this year. It proves that Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty aren’t as indestructible as we had been thinking and in the end, the film that picks up a slight…
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85th Academy Awards Nominations (2012)
The nominations have been announced and it was a morning full of shocks. Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson and Tom Hooper NOT nominated for Best Director. John Hawkes not in Best Actor. No Best Picture nomination for The Master. I’ll have more comments later. (UPDATE 1: The full nominations list is…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 10 (2013)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
