Category: Academy Awards
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The Rundown: Original Screenplay
Our second rundown article this week takes us to the final screenwriting category for this year’s Oscars featuring another competition between Best Picture nominees. The general consensus is now that The King’s Speech has become a Best Picture frontrunner, it’s chances in Original Screenplay have improved.
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This Day in Oscar History: February 8
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Edith Evans (88 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actress, Supporting Actress –3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1894: King Vidor (88 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Directing, Drama Directing – 5 Noms, 1 Win} 1912: Rene Wheeler (88 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story –…
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The Rundown: Adapted Screenplay
We continue our rundown series this week with the writing awards, art direction and the supporting acting prizes. Today’s article features the Adapted Screenplay category. Come back tomorrow for Original.
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This Day in Oscar History: February 7
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: George Oppenheimer (77 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1920: Raphael Bretton (91) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction; Oscar Nominee: Art Direction,Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 4 Noms, 1 Win} 1923: Mary Ann Nyberg (56 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Costume Design (Color) –2…
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Precursor: Annie Awards
It’s not often I get a perfect score in predicting, but the Annie Awards went precisely as I expected. No love for Toy Story 3 and a ton of awards for How to Train Your Dragon. It was a clean sweep (in that How to Train Your Dragon won every category in which it was…
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Precursor: Art Directors Guild Awards
No unpredictability here. The Art Directors Guild has managed to reinforce most of what we were thinking with this year’s awards, seen below. The Awards Best Period Art Direction The King’s Speech (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes) Best Fantasy Art Direction Inception (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes) Best Contemporary Art Direction Black Swan (RU:Wesley, RU:Peter, Tripp, Wes)
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This Day in Oscar History: February 6
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Carroll Clark (74 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Plaque); Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color) –7 Noms, 1 Win} 1903: Louis Mesenkop (71 at death) {Oscar Winner: Special Effects, Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 3 Noms, 3…
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Precursor: Writers Guild of America Awards
The winners for this year’s Writers Guild of America awards have been announced with something of a surprise in the Original Screenplay category, but expectations met in the other categories. Here are the winners. The Awards Best Original Screenplay Inception (No one) Best Adapted Screenplay The Social Network (Wesley, Peter, Tripp, Wes) Best Documentary Screenplay…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 5
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Bronislau Kaper (81 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Drama/Comedy Score;Oscar Nominee: Song, Drama/Comedy Score, Substantially Original Score, Musical Score –4 Noms, 1 Win} 1919: Red Buttons (87 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1921: Ken Adam (90) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner:…
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Oscar Ceremony Updates
Several presenters and performers were named this past week for the Academy Awards. Before, I get to those, the final two sets of nominees for the Documentary Short Subject category (previously listed as Nominees to Be Determined) have been announced. Here’s a run down of those press releases: Sci-Tech Awards Marisa Tomei to Host Academy’s…
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Precursor: USC Scripter Award
Below is the winner of the USC Scripter Award announced this evening. The Award Best Adapted Screenplay Ben Mesrich (author) & Aaron Sorkin (screenwriter) – The Social Network
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Precursor Predictions: WGA, Annie, Scripter & ADG
Tonight and Saturday night, four precursors will be revealing their winners. Two guilds, one professional organization and one collegiate group. Starting things off tonight (Friday), the University of Southern California will reveal the winners of its annual Scripter award, a prize given to the best screenplay adapted from a literary source. The prize goes not…
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The Rundown: Makeup
Our final article this week is also the final category that has no professional guild representation. This week’s articles have all featured categories where there are few historical precursors that help us with our predictions. KEY: Appears on Four Lists Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick Tripp Burton Wes…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 4
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Jacques Prevert (77 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1913: Frank P. Keller (64 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 4 Noms, 1 Win} 1915: Ray Evans (92 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Song – 7 Noms, 3 Wins} 1916: Frank…
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The Rundown: Foreign Language Film
Now for our fourth entry this week, Foreign Language Film, a category that sometimes is easily predictable and other times is incredibly esoteric. We try our best with limited knowledge of the nominated films to pick a winner. KEY: Appears on Four Lists Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick…
