Category: Academy Awards
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This Day in Oscar History: January 17
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Mack Sennett (80 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Novelty Short Film, Special/Honorary; Oscar Nominee: Comedy Short Film, Novelty Short Film – 2 Noms, 2 Wins} 1912: Morton Scott (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score –2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1914: Irving Brecher (94 at…
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Precursor: Golden Globe Awards
Below are the winners of this year’s 68th Golden Globe Awards. They will be updated live as tonight’s Golden Globes are held. Update: The winners are now complete. AwardsTallies (4) The Social Network (2) The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right (1) Barney’s Version, Black Swan, Burlesque, The King’s Speech, In a Better World, Toy…
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Tonight on Cinema Sight: Golden Globe Awards
Tonight, the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast live on NBC starting at 7pm Central (8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific). I’ll be live tweeting the broadcast tonight as well as updating a single post with all of the winners and tallies as the night goes on.
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This Day in Oscar History: January 16
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1878: Harry Carey (69 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Supporting Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1884: Hans Kraly (66 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Writing; Oscar Nominee: Writing, Original Story – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1890: Claudine West (53 at death) {Oscar Winner: Screenplay – 3 Noms,…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 15
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Irving Ries (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Special Effects – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1905: Allie Wrubel (68 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Song – 2 Noms, 1 Win} 1907: Marcello Pagliero (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Story and Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1911:…
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Precursor: Broadcast Film Critics Association
(Critics’ Choice) AwardsTonight, the winners of the 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards will be announced live on VH1 starting at 9pm ET/8pm CT. I will be posting my thoughts about the show on Twitter as I watch it and will be updating this post as the evening goes on. Before a winner is announced, the category will…
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Oscar Predictions: Week Ending January 14, 2011
As we get closer to the Oscar nominations (Tuesday, January 25, 2011), we’re going to try to continuously update our predictions. Because of the vast array of categories, we’ll only share our updated predictions each week based on which guild or category-based precursors have come out during the week. This week we had another combination…
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Predictions: Golden Globe Awards
Sunday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will announce the winners of its 68th Golden Globe Awards. In preparation for this event, one of the oldest regularly-telecast productions on television and second only to the Oscars for televised film awards shows, we have decided to put together our thoughts and predictions for this weekend’s awards. KEY:…
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Tonight on Cinema Sight: Critics’ Choice Awards
This evening, I will be Tweeting live from my living room as I watch the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics’ Choice Awards on VH1. Not only will you get frequent Tweets throughout the night on our official Twitter page, but you’ll also get a single thread that will be updated with winners throughout the night.…
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Precursor: American Cinema Editors Nominations
Below are the nominees for the 2010 American Cinema Editors awards. The Nominations Best Editing, Drama Black Swan The Fighter Inception The King’s Speech The Social Network Best Editing, Comedy/Musical Alice in Wonderland Easy A The Kids Are All Right Made in Dagenham Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
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This Day in Oscar History: January 14
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Hal Roach (100 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Comedy Short Film,One-Reel Short Film, Special/Honorary; Oscar Nominee: Comedy Short Film, One-Reel Short Film –3 Noms, 3 Wins} 1896: Hans J. Salter (98 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score –6 Noms, 0 Wins} 1898: Margaret Booth…
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Hopefuls Update
With two awards shows going this weekend (Friday are the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics’ Choice Awards and Sunday are the Golden Globe Awards), I figured I should get my predictions updated beforehand (and since it’s been almost a month since I last updated them). I haven’t changed a heck of a lot, but the…
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Oscar Profile #20: Gladys Cooper
Born December 18, 1888 in London, England, Gladys Cooper would have one of the most celebrated stage and screen careers of the Twentieth Century. Considered a great beauty even as a child, she became a photographer’s model at the age of six. She made her stage debut at 16 in 1905 in the British touring…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 13
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Herbert Brenon (78 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Drama Directing –1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1885: James Monaco (60 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 4 Noms, 0 Wins} 1901: Sidney Wagner (46 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1901:…
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This Day in Oscar History: January 12
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Melchior Lengyel (94 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1893: Edward Selzer (77 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Documentary Short,Animated Short Film – 11 Nom, 5 Wins} 1904: Joseph Gershenson (84 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Musical Score,Adaptation or Treatment Score –…
