Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: February 13
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1948: 20th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1947} 1996: 68th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1995} 2001: 73rd Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 2000}
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Precursor: 54th Grammy Awards (2011)
Prior to the live broadcast, the Grammy Awards for all of the film-related categories have already been announced. Here are the winners. With television in one category and 2010 releases in the other two, these will have absolutely no influence on this year’s Oscars (nor even next year’s). Of course, last year’s Oscar nominees (but…
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Precursor: 53rd British Academy Awards (2011)
And there you have the winners of the 53rd Annual British Academy of Film & Television Arts Awards. There were very few surprises and a lot of waters became clear, but a couple of contests remain as competitive as ever, though BAFTA may give us the final glimpse into the Oscar competition. Streep picking up…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 12
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1950: 22nd Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1949} 1951: 23rd Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1950} 1955: 27th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1954} 1973: 45th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of…
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Oscar Week in Review: February 5-11, 2012
Oscar News Monday the Academy held their annual nominee luncheon, where nominees could socialize, get lectured on the rules of the awards ceremony and pose for photos, including the Oscar Nominee Photo. Among the guilds and minor awards this past week, Rango took Best Film at the Annies, Rise of the Planet of the Apes won the…
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Oscar Presenters: Emma Stone
Emma Stone to Make First Oscar® Show Appearance Oscar Sunday, February 26 Beverly Hills, CA (February 10, 2012) – Emma Stone will present at the 84th Academy Awards® ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today. It will be her first time presenting on the show. Stone appears in the Best Picture nominee…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 11
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1940: 12th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1939} 1952: 24th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1951} 1982: 54th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1981} 1987: 59th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of…
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The Rundown 2011: Best Supporting Actress
For our eighth Rundown article, we hit the category with the most support from a single film. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actress as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category that’s probably the prettiest to look…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 6, 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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2011 Precursor Predictions: Grammy Awards
In this vote, I’m going to be very very alone and very very wrong. But it’s all in fun, so let’s have at it. GRAMMY AWARDS Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1 Burlesque Glee: The Music, Volume 4 (Wesley) Tangled True Blood: Volume 3 (RU:Wesley) Wesley Lovell: I have a hard…
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2011 Precursor Predictions: British Academy Awards
We are certainly a bit more rusty in predicting the British Academy Awards, but that doesn’t stop us from trying. Every year, the BAFTA presentation ends up becoming more Oscar-portentous each time out. So, we look to these awards to act as a sort of mirror for what might be on Oscar voters minds. They…
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2011 Precursor Predictions: Am. Society of Cinematographers
The American Society of Cinematographers often don’t care who’s doing what around them and go out of their way to choose their favorite piece, not necessarily the most celebrated. The only guild announcing over the weekend, the ASC will be an interesting award to watch. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS AWARDS Best Cinematography The Artist (RU:Peter…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 10
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1941: 13th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1940} 1949: 21st Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1948} 1977: 49th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1976} 1998: 70th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of…
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The Rundown 2011: Best Animated Feature
For our seventh Rundown article, we look at a category that some say shouldn’t exist and others celebrate its typical selection of quality productions. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Feature as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover one of the more pre-determined categories…
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Oscar Profile #72: Fred Zinnemann
Born April 29, 1907 in Vienna, Austria, Fred Zinnemann grew up wanting to be a musician but ended up studying law instead. While studying at the University of Vienna he became interested in films and got his start as a cameraman working alongside such future greats as Billy Wilder and Robert Siodmak. Moving to the…
