• 15th Hollywood Music in Media Nominations (2024)

    15th Hollywood Music in Media Nominations (2024)

    Not a terribly great precursor for the Oscars but some of their selections will put things in our head about potential and clearly Emilia Pérez has the most potential, especially in the Original Song category. Nominations Tallies (5) Emilia Pérez (3) Blitz (2) African Giants, Better Man, Challengers, A Complete Unknown, Elton John: Never Too…

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  • 9th Seattle Critics Nominations (PNW Filmmaking)

    9th Seattle Critics Nominations (PNW Filmmaking)

    These were announced 11/1 with the rest being announced in December. The Nominations Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking All We Carry Fish War Gasoline Rainbow Rainier: A Beer Odyssey Strange Darling Seattle Film Critics Society Data First (Reboot) Awards: 2016 (9)

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  • Nominees Polls, Group 3, #1

    Nominees Polls, Group 3, #1

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…

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  • Contenders 24: November Update

    Contenders 24: November Update

    For our November update, several films moved on from one stage to the next. Today, we’ll look at where each film moved and look at a new ranking of each of the contenders. Before we get to that, please note that I have also removed four films from this year’s contenders list as it does…

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  • Oscar History: November 6 (2024)

    Oscar History: November 6 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Gus Kahn (54 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Scoring      Oscar Win: Scoring 1897: Rowland Brown (65 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Story 1911: Stephen Bosustow (69 at death)   {14 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Documentary Short, Animated…

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  • Nominees Polls, Group 2, #1

    Nominees Polls, Group 2, #1

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…

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  • 37th European Film Awards Nominations

    37th European Film Awards Nominations

    With a new rule this year that the documentary and animated feature nominees are also Best Picture nominees, that slate is rather lengthy. It also means that there are a lot more 2-nomination films than typically. Good news for a few major Oscar contenders, Emilia Pérez, The Room Next Door, Ralph Fiennes, and Daniel Craig.…

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  • Oscar History: November 5 (2024)

    Oscar History: November 5 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Farciot Edouart (85 at death)   {9 Noms, 17 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Special Effects      Oscar Wins: Special Effects, Special/Honorary, Sci-Tech Award – Type II (Plaque), Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1895: Charles MacArthur (60 at death)   {3 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Original Story, Screenplay      Oscar…

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  • Nominees Polls, Group 1, #1

    Nominees Polls, Group 1, #1

    Over the next several weeks, we’ll be looking at the quality of the Oscar nominees. In most of the major categories, you’ll be asked to rank the nominees in a specific category on a scale from 1 to 10 with ten being best, 1 being worst. Even if you don’t like a movie, please be…

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  • Box Office History (Week 44, 2024)

    Box Office History (Week 44, 2024)

    Every week, we’ll take a look back at how Oscar-nominated films performed at the box office. Due to the lack of data prior to 1980, some of these early years may have minimal information. From the mid-1990s back to 1980, the data exists, but is sometimes spotty. Everything after that should be accurate. We’ll look…

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  • Oscar History: November 4 (2024)

    Oscar History: November 4 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Will Rogers (55 at death)   {0 Noms, 0 Wins}      Academy Awards Host: 6th | 1 time 1895: Ben Sharpsteen (85 at death)   {3 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Live Action Short Film      Oscar Wins: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short 1899: Tregoweth Brown (84…

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  • Oscar History: November 3 (2024)

    Oscar History: November 3 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1914: Gyula Trebitsch (91 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Foreign Film 1924: Robert E. Thompson (79 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1933: John Barry (77 at death)   {7 Noms, 5 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Original Score, Non-Musical Score,…

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  • Oscar History: November 2 (2024)

    Oscar History: November 2 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Victor Baravalle (53 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1892: Alice Brady (46 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress      Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1901: James Dunn (65 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor      Oscar Win:…

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  • The Ultimate List Poll: The End

    The Ultimate List Poll: The End

    It is with regret that I have decided to cancel this weekly feature. After more than 120 weeks of work, the polls are only pulling in a single vote each week (thanks, Pete!). As such, it’s not worth the amount of time required to put it together each week. I think the poll had a…

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  • 2024 Calendar Preview: November

    2024 Calendar Preview: November

    Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. NOVEMBER Nominations Wednesday, Nov. 6 – Seattle Critics – PNW Filmmaking (Nominations) (Unconfirmed) Wednesday, Nov. 6 – European Film Awards (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)…

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