We’re half way through the year and some of us see things as changing rapidly, others see it stagnating with little word about year-end releases. This week, we chose to add Sound and Visual Effects categories; however, Thomas wasn’t able to provide those predictions by publication time. We’ll update as soon as those are in
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1865: May Whitty (82 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1877: Charles Coburn (84 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1905: Mildred Natwick (89 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1906:
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CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Tuesday was added to this list based on the following criteria: Pre-Release Buzz Type of Contender: Acting Contender Factor: 60. out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: J. Theodore Reed (71 at death) {0 Noms, 0 Wins} Academy President #5: 1933-34, 1 term 1891: Con Conrad (47 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1902: Louis Alter (78 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations:
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CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. The Imaginary was added to this list based on the following criteria: Our Predictions Citation Type of Contender: Animation Contender Factor: 63.3 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1
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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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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Sammy Fain (87 at death) {10 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Wins: Original Song 1904: Ralph Bellamy (87 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1909: Ralph E. Winters (94 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Jack Eaton (80 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: One-Reel Short Film Oscar Win: One-Reel Short Film 1890: Stan Laurel (74 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1895: Lew Pollack (50 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Sidney Mitchell (53 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1894: Robert Russell Bennett (87 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Score, Musical Score Oscar Win: Musical Score 1895: Fay Babcock (75 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations:
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CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Armand was added to this list based on the following criteria: Festival Award Type of Contender: International Contender Factor: 65.2 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree
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We’re looking back at all of the Oscar winners and selecting what films and performances and comparing them to one another. The most effective way to do that is pit each winner against each other winner. This long-running series will ultimately result in a final ranking of every winner in every category (except the documentary
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1898: Harold Lipstein (76 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) 1899: Joseph Kish (69 at death) {5 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White) 1905: Steve Broidy (85 at death) {0
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CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Small Things Like These was added to this list based on the following criteria: Festival Award Type of Contender: Acting Contender Factor: 71.2 out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage
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Born October 28, 1897 in San Bernadino, California, Edith Claire Posener became Edith Head when she married her first husband, Charles Head in 1923. The future costume designer received a Bachelor of Arts degree in letters and science with honors in French from the University of California, Berkeley (1919), and a Master of Arts degree
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LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Quincy Jones and Juliet Taylor, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Richard Curtis and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The
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