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Category: Academy Awards

  • Precursor Predictions: VES, DGA & SAG

    Over the weekend, we have three guilds handing out awards. The Visual Effects Society announces its winners on tonight, the Directors Guild of America has their banquet Saturday night and the Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony will be shown live on TNT starting at 8pm ET, 7pm CT, 6pm MT & 5pm PT. I’ll be…

  • Predictions: Post-Hangover Predictions

    So, in the first day or two after nominations are announced, we’re often in such a hangover of information overload that when we make predictions within that time, we sometimes make rash decisions. Our contributors have taken a moment to calm down after the hangover and make some new predictions. Here they are. And we’ve…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 28

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Karl Hajos (61 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1892: Ernst Lubitsch (55 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary;Oscar Nominee: Directing – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1893: Edwin B. Willis (70 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color);…

  • Oscar Presenters Update

    Today, a new presenter was announced: Hugh Jackman. From this point forward, I’ll try to update the list every day there’s an update, but you’ll have to look at the link in the sidebar on the right. If I can’t get to the update, I’ll post it temporarily in the sidebar.

  • Oscar Profile #22: Gregory Peck

    Born April 5, 1916 in La Jolla, California, Eldred Gregory Peck was raised by his grandmother after his parents divorced when he was five. Sent to a Catholic military school by his father, after the death of his grandmother, he later enrolled as a pre-med student at U.C.-Berkeley, but caught the acting bug. After graduation…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 27

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Jerome Kern (60 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Song; Oscar Nominee: Song, Musical Score – 8 Noms, 2 Wins} 1894: Irvin Talbot (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1895: Buddy de Sylva (55 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom,…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 26

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Hugo Riesenfeld (60 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Scoring – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Eddie Killey (78 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1906: Russ Saunders (81 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1908: Beatrice Dawson…

  • Predictions: First Oscar Winner Predictions

    Now that we’ve had a chance to digest all of the Oscar nominations, we’re taking our first stab at predicting this year’s winners. We reserve the right to change them at any time. KEY: Appears on Four Lists Appears on Three Lists Appears on Two Lists Wesley Lovell Peter Patrick Tripp Burton Wes Huizar (New)…

  • Predictions: How Did We Do?

    After months of making changing predictions, the nominations have finally been announced. Now let’s see how our contributors fared with nominations. We’ve got four special tracking orders. “Perfect Scores” are contributors who correctly predicted all nominees in the category, “Universal Omissions” are Oscar nominees that no one predicted, “Alone in Thought” are individual predictions that…

  • Academy Awards Nominations

    The 83rd Annual Academy Awards nominations have been announced. Below are those nominations. (Editor’s Note: List completed) Nominations Tallies (12) The King’s Speech (10) True Grit (8) Inception, The Social Network (7) The Fighter (6) 127 Hours (5) Black Swan, Toy Story 3 The Nominations Best Picture Black Swan – Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 25

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1901: Mildred Dunnock (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actress –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1905: Edward Colman (89 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1919: Norman Newell (85 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1945:…

  • Precursor: Razzie Nominations

    The Golden Raspberries have announced the nominees for its 31st Annual Film Awards. Below are the results. Nomination Tallies (9) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Last Airbender (7) Sex and the City 2 (4) The Bounty Hunter, Vampires Suck, Valentine’s Day (3) Little Fockers (2) Jonah Hex, Clash of the Titans, The Spy Next Door…

  • Oscar Predictions: Cinema Sight Final

    Tomorrow, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will announce their nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. We’ll be covering the announcement live and posting the results as we get them. But before we do that, it’s time for Cinema Sight’s four contributors to lay down their final nominations predictions. Here are our…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 24

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Henry King (96 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Directing – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1892: Gladys Lehman (101 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1914: Frank R. McKelvy (66 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction,Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color) –…

  • Precursor: OFTA Film Awards Nominations

    The Online Film & Television Association has announced the nominees for its 15th Annual Film Awards. Below are the results. Nomination Tallies (13) Black Swan, Inception (10) The Social Network (9) 127 Hours, The King’s Speech (8) True Grit (7) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Toy Story 3 (6) Easy A, The Kids Are All…

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