Month: February 2025
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Oscar History: February 14 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Jack Benny (80 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy Awards Host: 16th | 2 times 1896: Werner Heyman (65 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Drama Score, Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1903: Stuart Erwin (64 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins}…
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16th GALECA Awards
Pretty standard group of winners this year. Nothing genuinely inspired. Awards Tallies (5) The Substance (2) Challengers, I Saw the TV Glow, Will & Harper (1) Flow, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, Problemista, The People’s Joker, Wicked The Awards Best Film of the Year The Substance Best Animated Film of the Year Flow Best Director…
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28th Film Music Critics Nominations
Seldom a good precursor for the Oscars, they are one of the few film critic organizations that look solely at film music. As such, it’s always a bit fascinating to see what obscure scores they adore. Nominations Tallies (4) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (3) Here, The Wild Robot (2) Avatar:…
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41st Casting Society Awards
While these awards won’t mean much this year, pay attention for next year, they might. That said, it’s interesting to see how few of the major Oscar contenders picked up a prize here. Four of the Oscar nominees for Best Picture won, so that’s a positive for those films but Anora and The Brutalist weren’t…
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6th Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards
An intriguing list of winners. Some expected, some less so. Some of these are the Oscar nominees, so they should get a boost from this recognition. The Awards Best Original Score for a Studio Film The Wild Robot WL Best Original Score for an Independent Film The Brutalist WL PP TL Best Original Song for…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #15
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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Path to Oscar 2024: Documentary Feature
We’re looking at each individual category for the Oscars and what our thoughts are going into the final stretch. We’ll adjust our thoughts based on the precursor associated with this category, Producers Guild of America. Below are our predictions in Best Documentary Feature. Best Documentary Feature Winner Predictions Black Box Diaries No Other Land (TL…
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Oscar Profile: James Mangold
Born December 16, 1963 in New York, New York, James Mangold is the son of artists Robert and Sylvia Plimack Mangold. He was raised in Washingtonville in New York’s Hudson Valley. After high school in New York, he attended the California Institute of the Arts film and video program under Alexander Mackendrick (Sweet Smell of…
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97th Oscars Poll: Best Production Design
Every day through the Friday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Production Design Loading…
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Oscar History: February 13 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1908: Lennie Hayton (63 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Musical Score Oscar Wins: Musical Score 1918: Nino Oliviero (62 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1918: Oliver Smith (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design…