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Category: Academy Awards

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 23

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Fred Niblo Jr. (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adaptation – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1906: Arthur Lonergan (83 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Color) – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1910: Walter Greene (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Musical Score – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1910:…

  • Precursor: Producers Guild Awards

    The Producers Guild of America are announcing their awards this evening. As I get the results, I’ll post them here. There are only three categories we’ll be concerned with, so bare with as it takes time to get past all the other awards. (Editor: As of 12:30 am CT, all prizes have been awarded) The…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 22

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1875: David Wark Griffith (73 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Special/Honorary –0 Noms, 1 Win} 1884: Fred Fox (65 at death) {Oscar Winner: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1900: Fredric Hope (37 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1909: Ann…

  • Oscar Morning: The Article

    FOR AN OSCAR MORNING TRACKING SHEET, CLICK HERE. My predictions are in BOLD. On Tuesday morning, January 25, 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be announcing its nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards. It will be broadcast live at just after 5:30a PST (6:30a MST, 7:30a CST, 8:30a EST). While…

  • Precursor: Golden Reel Awards Nominations

    The Motion Picture Sound Editors present the Golden Reel Awards each year for the best in sound editing. This award can be seen as a precursor to the Sound Editing award at the Oscars. Nomination Tallies (2) Black Swan, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, Inception, Tangled, The Social Network The Nominations Best…

  • Precursor: Costume Designers Guild Nominations

    Below are the nominees for the 2010 Costume Designers Guild Awards. The Nominations Best Period Costume Design The Fighter The King’s Speech True Grit Best Fantasy Costume Design Alice in Wonderland The Tempest TRON Legacy Best Contemporary Costume Design Black Swan Burlesque Inception The Social Network Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 21

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: J. Carrol Naish (77 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1898: Rudolph Maté (66 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 5 Noms, 0 Wins} 1903: William Lyon (71 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 6 Noms, 2 Wins}…

  • Oscar Profile #21: Billie Burke

    Born August 7, 1884 in Washington, D.C, Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke spent her early life touring the world with her father, the famous clown, Billy Burke. Eventually settling in England, the redheaded beauty became a star on the London stage in 1905 and returned to America in 1907 to star opposite John Drew in…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 20

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Mildred Griffiths (55 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Color) – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1896: George Burns (100 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1907: Waldon O. Watson (79 at death) {Oscar Winner: John A. Bonner Medal,Sci-Tech Award –…

  • Short List: Foreign Language Film

    The Academy’s Foreign Film branch has narrowed the potential Oscar nominees down to 9 from 66. From this list, five will be selected: Beverly Hills, CA (January 19, 2011) – Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards®. Sixty-six films had originally…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 19

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1883: Elliott Clawson (59 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Writing – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1902: Gene Milford (89 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 3 Noms, 2 Wins} 1906: Millen Brand (74 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1907: Charles Henderson (63 at…

  • Oscar Hopefuls: The Near-Final List

    It’s getting fairly close to the Academy Awards Nominations (one week to be exact) and I’m becoming more solidified in my choices. I’ve made another pass through my predictions and updated them again. While this is not my FINAL set of predictions, it almost is and the final set will be solidified by Monday. Below…

  • Precursor: British Academy Award Nominations

    The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced it’s nominees for this year’s awards. According to the last information I got directly from their site a month or so ago, they weren’t supposed to announce until later this week, so I have no idea why these are out now, but here they…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 18

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Anton Grot (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Certificate); Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White) – 5 Noms, 1 Win} 1887: Frank Harling (71 at death) {Oscar Winner: Scoring; Oscar Nominee: Scoring, Drama/Comedy Score – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1904:…

  • Golden Globe Awards Recap

    Year after year, the Golden Globe Awards, as given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are a hit-or-miss event with roughly half the winners picking up prizes and a few of them even missing out on nominations. Yet, with 2 or 3 exceptions, every single winner of last night’s awards will either go on…

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