Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: November 13 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 9-11, 2012
We had three films releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Skyfall With the 50th Anniversary of the James Bond Franchise being talked about a great deal, the inevitable discussion of Skyfall earning a series-first Best Picture nomination is everywhere. Will this be another case similar to Gary Oldman whose film was mostly…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 12 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: November 11 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: November 10 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Shortlist: Animated Short Film
Ten shorts have been made eligible for this year’s Oscar for Best Animated Short film. Three to five of the candidates listed below will be nominated. Here is the Academy press release. La Luna, which showed before this year’s Brave was nominated last year, explaining why Pixar didn’t have a horse in the race this…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 45, 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 9 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #110: Franchot Tone
Born February 27, 2005 in Niagara Falls, New York to well-to-do parents, Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone had an interest in the stage from an early age. President of the drama club at Cornell University, he made his Broadway debut in 1927. He drew attention a year later as Newland Archer, Jr. in Katharine Cornell’s production…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 8 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: November 7 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: November 6 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 2-4, 2012
We had four films releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Flight After twelve years of giving audiences a series of motion capture films that the Academy willfully ignored, Robert Zemeckis is back in the live-action seat with a film that is already earning Oscar buzz for lead Denzel Washington. Flight is the…
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This Day in Oscar History: November 5 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1930: 3rd Annual Academy Awards (Presentation Ceremony) {for the films of 1929/30}
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This Day in Oscar History: November 4 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
