Month: November 2024

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • New Poll Series Debuts This Week

    New Poll Series Debuts This Week

    With the closure of the Friday Face-Off, we decided to start up a new polling series that asks you to rate every Oscar nominee in most of the major categories. Every day of the week at noon (Central), a new poll group will post with anywhere between 30 and 35 nominees across two to four…

  • 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,…

  • 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:…

  • 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…

  • 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)…

  • Oscar History: November 1 (2024)

    Oscar History: November 1 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Grantland Rice (73 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: One-Reel Short Film      Oscar Win: One-Reel Short Film 1895: Franz Bachelin (84 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1904: Jerry Fairbanks (90 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar…