Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: January 10
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Academy Announces Makeup Shortlist & Nominations Announcer
Two pieces of Oscar news came out today. The first was that Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence was going to co-present the nominations with Academy president Tom Sherak. The second news, a little more interesting for us prognosticators, was that the Academy has announced the 7 finalists for the Best Makeup award. This is one of…
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of January, 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…
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Precursor: 64th Directors Guild of America Nominations (2011)
The big news here is that two names (Woody Allen and David Fincher) weren’t really expected to be on this list today. Yet, here they are, moving both films into surefire Best Picture contention. Steven Spielberg, Tate Taylor, Terrence Malick, Bennett Miller, Nicolas Winding Refn and to a lesser extent Stephen Daldry all took major…
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Precursor: 10th Visual Effects Society Nominations (2011)
The Visual Effects Society changed things up a little this year by adding a category for Virtual Cinematography, removing the Effects Animation and Short Film Visual Effects categories, and splitting the Created Environment category in two for live action and animated feature. Other than that, this looks pretty close to what I would expect from…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 9
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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This Day in Oscar History: January 8
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: 46th National Society of Film Critics (2011)
The National Society of Film Critics is definitely not dull. Although we’ve seen Kirsten Dunst’s name crop up a handful of time, this is the first time the film has really been showcased, winning Best Picture by 1 point. Normally, I’d say it was a rebuke of the conventional The Tree of Life wisdom, but…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 7
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: BAFTA Longlist (2011)
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) has released their annual longlist of productions. These selections are the only ones from which members may select the final nominees, which gives us a bit of insight into where the BAFTA group’s mindset is and, in tandem, what the Oscars might be thinking. BAFTA, being…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 1, 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: January 6
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
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Precursor: 64th Writers Guild of America Nominations (2011)
As is usually the case, the big news isn’t what was nominated, but what wasn’t and whether they were even eligible. The WGA is notorious about failing to allow non-guild members and animated screenwriters from participating. Thus, there are no inclusions for films like Rango and The Adventures of Tintin, the two most likely nominees.…
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Oscar Profile #67: Jane Wyman
The only wife of a future president of the U.S. to win an Oscar, and the only Oscar winning actress to be buried in a nun’s habit, the facts of Jane Wyman’s life are somewhat obscured and confusing. Born Sarah Jane Mayfield on January 5, 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri, young Sarah Jane’s parents were…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 5
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History.
