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Category: Academy Awards

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 6

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1891: Rochus Gliese (87 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1913: Jack Leonard (41 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1913: Loretta Young (87 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Lead Actress – 2 Noms, 1 Wins}…

  • Precursor: Art Directors Guild Nominations

    Below are the nominees for the Art Directors Guild. This precursor is used to predict the Art Direction category nominees. The Nominations Best Art Direction (Period) The King’s Speech Get Low Robin Hood Shutter Island True Grit Best Art Direction (Fantasy) Alice in Wonderland The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Harry…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 5

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Leroy Stone (55 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Editing – 1 Noms, 0 Wins} 1905: Richard A. Pefferle (64 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction,Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color) – 6 Noms, 0 Wins} 1905: Vladimir Pozner (87 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story –…

  • Precursor: Writers Guild of America Nominations

    Below are the nominees for the Writers Guild of America. This precursor is used to predict the Original and Adapted Screenplay category nominees. This group often has the most controversy surrounding its omissions. The WGA rules prohibit films from being nominated if they are not guild signatories. Therefor films like this year’s Toy Story 3,…

  • Precursor: Producers Guild of America Nominations

    Below are the nominees for the Producers Guild of America. This precursor is used to primarily predict the Best Picture category nominees. It can also be used to help predict Best Animated Feature and Best Documentary, but with less accuracy considering the eligible film pools are different. The Documentary nominees were announced previously, but are…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 4

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1916: Lionel Newman (73 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Musical Score;Oscar Nominee: Song, Musical Score, Adaptation or Treatment Score – 11 Noms, 1 Wins} 1916: Robert Parrish (79 at death) {Oscar Winner: Editing – 2 Noms, 1 Wins} 1918: Buddy Baker (84 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama…

  • Precursor: Online Film Critics Society Awards

    Here are the winners for the 2010 OFCS Awards. Award Tallies (3) The Social Network (2) Inception, True Grit The Awards Best Picture The Social Network Best Animated Feature Toy Story 3 Best Director David Fincher – The Social Network

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 3

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1877: Josephine Hull (80 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actress –1 Nom, 1 Win} 1889: Robert M. Haas (73 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Black-and-White),Art Direction (Color) – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1898: Frederic Efrem Rich (58 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 2

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Ernst Marischka (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1911: Jack Martin Smith (82 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction, Art Direction (Color);Oscar Nominee: Art Direction, Art Direction (Black-and-White), Art Direction (Color) –9 Noms, 3 Wins} 1937: Peter Davis (73)…

  • This Day in Oscar History: January 1

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Joseph T. Rucker (70 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1887: Herman Rosse (78 at death) {Oscar Winner: Art Direction – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1891: Boris Morros (72 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Scoring – 3 Noms, 0 Wins} 1891: Charles…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 31

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Philip Stevenson (68 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1897: Orry-Kelly (66 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Costume Design,Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) – 4 Noms, 3 Wins} 1897: Frank Skinner (70 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Original Score, Scoring, Drama Score,…

  • Oscar Profile #18: Mitchell Leisen

    Born in 1898 in Menominee, Michigan, James Mitchell Leisen was trained as an architect, but worked in Hollywood form his early twenties as a set designer, art director and costume designer. Associated throughout the 1920s with Douglas Fairbanks and Cecil B. DeMille, he designed the costumes for Fairbanks’ Robin Hood (1920) and The Thief of…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 30

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Lawrence Weingarten (77 at death) {Oscar Winner: Irving G. Thalberg Award;Oscar Nominee: Picture – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1901: Henry Blanke (79 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Picture – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1903: Owen Crump (94 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Short – 1 Nom, 0…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 29

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: John Sturtevant (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Art Direction (Color) – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1891: Alfred Gilks (78 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color) – 1 Nom, 1 Win} 1900: C. C. Coleman Jr. (71 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Assistant Director – 1 Nom, 0…

  • This Day in Oscar History: December 28

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Frank Butler (76 at death) {Oscar Winner: Screenplay; Oscar Nominee: Original Screenplay, Screenplay – 3 Noms, 1 Win} 1908: Lew Ayres (88 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Nominee: Lead Actor – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1934: Herb Gardner (68 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay – 1…

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