Category: Academy Awards
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Oscar History: February 26 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: John Leipold (82 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Scoring Oscar Win: Scoring 1900: Jean Negulesco (93 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing 1905: Vernon Harris (93 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1916: Jackie Gleason (71…
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97th Oscars: Performers Announced but Not for Songs
So, the Original Song nominees aren’t major stars enough to get butts to watch the Oscars. I’m sorry, Zoe Saldaña, H.E.R., Selena Gomez, and Elton John. None of you are famous enough to perform your nominated songs. The Academy has ignored performances of the original song nominees in the past and it was always a…
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28th Toronto Critics Awards – Canadian
No Oscar competition here so not a particularly Oscar-significant selection. The Awards Best Canadian Film Finalists Universal Language Best Canadian Documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (28)
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Path to Oscar 2024: Supporting Actor
We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Screen Actors Guild. Below are our predictions in Best Supporting Actor. Best Supporting Actor Winner Predictions Yura Borisov – Anora Kieran Culkin – A…
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Path to Oscar 2024: Actor
We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Screen Actors Guild. Below are our predictions in Best Actor. Best Actor Winner Predictions Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (WL P) [New] (TL O)…
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97th Oscars Poll: Best Animated Feature
Every day through the Friday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Animated Feature Loading…
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Oscar History: February 25 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Jed Harris (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1908: George Duning (92 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1911: Ingo Preminger (95 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Picture 1925: Larry Gelbart…
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Box Office History (Week 8, 2025)
Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…
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Path to Oscar 2024: Sound
We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Cinema Audio Society and Motion Picture Sound Editors. Below are our predictions in Best Sound. Best Sound Winner Predictions A Complete Unknown (PP O)…
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Path to Oscar 2024: Cinematography
We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, American Society of Cinematographers. Below are our predictions in Best Cinematography. Best Cinematography Winner Predictions The Brutalist (WL P) [New] (PP P) [New] (TL…
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97th Oscars Poll: Best Directing
Every day through the Friday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Directing Loading…
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Oscar History: February 24 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Marjorie Main (85 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1890: Fred Sersen (72 at death) {8 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Special Effects Oscar Wins: Special Effects 1895: Nat W. Finston (84 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Scoring 1897:…
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39th Society of Cinematographers Awards
The last of the guilds to announce is also one of the uneven predictors, so of course we were waiting for their announcement with much anticipation (especially since our commentary on Cinematography is due today). Of course, then they honor people who are legends without any chance of winning an Oscar. As is the selection…
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72nd Sound Editors Guild Awards
In a night of surprises, Saturday Night stops any potential competitors to Dune: Part Two. Meanwhile, Wicked mutes the CAS win of A Complete Unknown. Awards Tallies (1) The Blue Angels, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, Music by John Williams, Saturday Night, Wicked, The Wild Robot The Awards Best Sound Editing: Feature Effects / Foley…
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11th Phoenix Critics Circle Awards
Phoenix critics circle pick The Brutalist Awards Tallies (4) The Brutalist (2) Anora, Nosferatu, A Real Pain (1) All We Imagine as Light, Dune: Part Two, The Substance, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, The Wild Robot The Awards Best Picture The Brutalist Best Animated Film The Wild Robot Best Director Brady Corbet – The Brutalist…
