Month: February 2025
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97th Oscars: Performers Announced but Not for Songs
So, the Original Song nominees aren’t major stars enough to get butts to watch the Oscars. I’m sorry, Zoe Saldaña, H.E.R., Selena Gomez, and Elton John. None of you are famous enough to perform your nominated songs. The Academy has ignored performances of the original song nominees in the past and it was always a…
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28th Toronto Critics Awards – Canadian
No Oscar competition here so not a particularly Oscar-significant selection. The Awards Best Canadian Film Finalists Universal Language Best Canadian Documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story Toronto Film Critics Association Data First Awards: 1997 (28)
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Rating the Nominees, Group 2, #17
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: Supporting Actor
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, Screen Actors Guild. Below are our predictions in Best Supporting Actor. Best Supporting Actor Winner Predictions Yura Borisov – Anora Kieran Culkin – A…
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Path to Oscar 2024: Actor
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, Screen Actors Guild. Below are our predictions in Best Actor. Best Actor Winner Predictions Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (WL P) [New] (TL O)…
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97th Oscars Poll: Best Animated Feature
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 Animated Feature Loading…
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Oscar History: February 25 (2025)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Jed Harris (79 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1908: George Duning (92 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1911: Ingo Preminger (95 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Picture 1925: Larry Gelbart…
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Rating the Nominees, Group 1, #17
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 8, 2025)
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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Path to Oscar 2024: Sound
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, Cinema Audio Society and Motion Picture Sound Editors. Below are our predictions in Best Sound. Best Sound Winner Predictions A Complete Unknown (PP O)…