Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 48, 2012)
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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This Day in Oscar History: November 30 (2012)
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Shortlist: Best Live Action Short Film
Buried late in the day, here is the last of the short film shortlists. We should be getting further short lists for Foreign Language Film (at least the full eligible list), makeup, song and score at some point in the coming weeks.
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Shortlist: Best Visual Effects
Unlike the past few years, the Visual Effects category has been pre-narrowed to ten films, each of which has an equal chance of gaining one of the five Best Visual Effects nomination slots. Here’s the Academy press release. John Carter and Snow White seem to me the least likely to make it through with Skyfall,…
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Oscar Profile #113: Roland Young
Born November 11, 1887 in London, England, Roland Young was a graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He made his stage debut in 1908 and his Broadway debut in 1912. Becoming a U.S. citizen in 1917, he served with Uncle Sam in World War I. After his war service he married Frances Kummer…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 29 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: November 28 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: 28th Spirit Awards Nominations (2012)
The first thing to note here is the number of big names on the list. That so many prominent actors managed to find time to do indie films (some of them questionably indie), is a showcase of how important the genre still is. Of course, there are plenty of Oscar contenders on this list, including…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 27 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 23-25, 2012
We had five films releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Life of Pi It was a stellar Thanksgiving weekend for Oscar contenders with five potential nominees among the new releases. Life of Pi may be the strongest contender in the bunch. Ang Lee is at his best, but that may not be…
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Oscar Predictions: Nov. 2012 (Pre-Precursors)
With the precursors starting up very soon (tomorrow, in fact), it’s time we went on record before they do to show where we think the race is currently. Although we have many similar predictions, it’s the diversity that shows us what kind of race we’re looking at. When something’s obvious, we agree all three, but…
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Precursor Season Begins Tomorrow
This week marks the official beginning of Oscar season (tomorrow, specifically). For the next month, precursors are going to come fast and furious. We will do our best to make things as easy to follow as possible. Below is a calendar of events with several dates that are pure conjecture and others that have been…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 26 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: November 25 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: November 24 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
