Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Henry King (96 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing 1892: Gladys Lehman (101 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Screenplay 1914: Frank R. McKelvy (66 at death) {7 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White),
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We kick things off today with our first winner predictions for the year. Legend: Winner Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Runner-Up Predictions: Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette Wesley Lovell: Our first predictions will be interesting. Pete Patrick: There were no big surprises in the nominations other than the failure of Wicked: For
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Fred Niblo Jr. (70 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1906: Arthur Lonergan (83 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1910: Irene Sharaff (83 at death) {16 Noms, 5 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color), Costume
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Based on our nominations predictions, here’s how we did. Let’s start out with this year’s winner, Wesley Lovell, who managed 96 correct predictions out of 125. Thomas La Tourrette came in second with 92 with Pete Patrick following closely with 91. We agreed on a lot of predictions, but there were still several nominations that
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Let’s start with the top news most people will be hearing, Sinners has set a new record for most nominations in Oscar history, topping the previous record of 14 by two. That means even without the Best Casting category being new, the film would have set the record. Delroy Lindo’s performance in Supporting Actor and
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: The Oscar Guy Became Cinema Sight (15) Born 1875: David Wark Griffith (73 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1884: Fred Fox (65 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Assistant Directing Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1900: Fredric Hope (37
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Nothing revelatory in these picks. Nominations Tallies (14) Sinners (12) One Battle After Another (8) Frankenstein, Sentimental Value (7) Hamnet (4) F1, Marty Supreme, Train Dreams (3) Avatar: Fire and Ash, Bugonia, KPop Demon Hunters, Weapons, Zootopia 2 (2) Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Predator: Badlands, Tron: Ares, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives
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The winners are pretty much as expected. Awards Tallies (9) Sinners (2) KPop Demon Hunters (1) Avatar: Fire and Ash, Hamnet, The Librarians, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, The Perfect Neighbor, Sentimental Value, Weapons The Awards Best Picture Sinners Best Animated Film KPop Demon Hunters Best Director Ryan Coogler – Sinners Best Actor Michael
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Pretty standard nomination offerings with a few odd ball picks thrown in the mix. Nominations Tallies (15) Sinners (13) One Battle After Another (7) Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value (6) Frankenstein (5) F1, Hamnet (3) The Secret Agent, Train Dreams (2) Bugonia, KPop Demon Hunters, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Weapons (1) The
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Tomorrow’s the big day. After months of predictions and critics awards, it’s time to see how much the Academy agrees with the critics and prognosticators. We agreed fully on only two categories: Animated Feature and Actor. Beyond that, we are largely in agreement with several small discrepancies in each category, so predictable? Maybe. KEY: Appears
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Tomorrow morning, the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be announced. They’ll be revealed by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman. Want to follow along tomorrow. See the checklist at the end of this article and mark off the selections as they are revealed. Before the nominations are announced, I wanted to put down in
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: J. Carrol Naish (77 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1898: Rudolph Mate (66 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color) 1903: William Lyon (71 at death) {6 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Wins: Editing
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Interesting is that Avatar: Fire and Ash is not here, though it was on the Oscar shortlist. Mission: Impossible made it through, though, which is also interesting. The Nominations Best Sound Mixing – Live Action F1 Frankenstein Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning One Battle After Another Sinners Best Sound Mixing – Animated The Bad
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Mildred Griffiths (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1896: George Burns (100 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor Oscar Win: Supporting Actor 1907: Waldon O. Watson (79 at death) {6 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations:
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Not much in the way of original thinking here. Nominations Tallies (19) Sinners (16) One Battle After Another (11) Marty Supreme (10) Frankenstein (6) KPop Demon Hunters, No Other Choice, Sentimental Value (5) Hamnet, Train Dreams, Weapons (4) Bugonia, F1 (3) It Was Just an Accident, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Wicked:
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