Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: November 3 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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85th Oscars Short List: Animated Feature
The Academy has announced 21 films submitted for consideration for the Animated Feature category at this year’s Oscars. Although all of these haven’t released, 6 or more of them would have to be no-shows to drop the maximum number of nominations below 5, so expect 5 with Brave, ParaNorman, The Pirates!, Rise of the Guardians…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 44, 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 2 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: November 1 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 31 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1929: 2nd Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1928/29}
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This Day in Oscar History: October 30 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 26-28, 2012
We had one film releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Cloud Atlas A film that could have easily been a Best Picture player didn’t receive the required excellent notices needed for such a feat. Genre films always have an added hurdle with the Academy as they need to be beloved by critics…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 29 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 28 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: October 27 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 43, 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: October 26 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Oscar Profile #109: Juvenile Award Winners
I attended New York’s Junior High School 109 from the ages of 12 through 14 so it’s fitting that for my 109th Oscar profile I focus on Oscar winners in that age group. Jackie Cooper was 8 years old in 1931 when he became the first child actor nominated for a competitive Oscar for his…
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This Day in Oscar History: October 25 (2012)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
