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  • 84th Presenters: Tom Hanks

    Tom Hanks to Present at 84th Academy Awards® Beverly Hills, CA (January 31, 2012) – Two-time Academy Award®-winning actor Tom Hanks will present at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today. Hanks, who is a governor of the Academy, won consecutive Oscars® in 1993 and 1994 for his…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 31

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • 84th Presenters: Jennifer Lopez

    Jennifer Lopez to Present at 84th Academy Awards® Beverly Hills, CA (January 30, 2012) – Jennifer Lopez will present at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today. Lopez, who serves as a judge on “American Idol,” will be seen next in the feature “What to Expect When You’re…

  • Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 9

    As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article “Oscar Preview”. Today, we look back at the results of the New York…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 30

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011)

    The SAG Awards are often reflective of the larger body of popular opinion, but not necessarily of Oscar predilections. Just looking at the statistics at the bottom of the page, you can see the only perfect correlation comes from Best Actor, a category that isn’t likely to repeat for them this year. Matter of fact,…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 29

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • 64th Directors Guild of America Awards (2011)

    And tonight, as I expected, the race for Best Picture ends. The Artist won the award it needed to in order to become the key juggernaut of the season. We now have both Best Director and Best Picture at the Oscars sewn up…tomorrow’s SAG awards will still leave some mystery, but we might have a…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 28

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

  • 2011 Precursor Predictions: DGA & SAG

    Saturday and Sunday, two of the major Oscar precursors present their awards. The DGA will announce first on Saturday at a gala dinner that we’ll get snippets from, but won’t be able to see. If you see anyone with a giant medallion plaque in the media, be wary. The first four silver ones will be…

  • Oscar in Box Office History (Week 4, 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…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 27

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 2004: 76th Annual Academy Awards   (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 2003}

  • 84th Presenters: ‘Bridesmaids’ Cast

    The “Bridesmaids” Cast – Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig – to Present at 84th Academy Awards® Beverly Hills, CA (January 26, 2012) – Six actresses – Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig – from the hit comedy “Bridesmaids” will be…

  • Oscar Profile #70: Donna Reed

    Born January 27, 1921 in Denison, Iowa as Donna Belle Mullenger, the future Donna Reed was discovered by a Hollywood talent scout while attending Los Angeles City College. Signed by MGM, she was in three films in 1941, her first year in films, including a major supporting turn in Shadow of the Thin Man with…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 26

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.

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