For our January update, we’re closing in on the end and this will be our final update prior to the Oscar nominations. There are still several films that haven’t closed so are not currently at their end rating. There are a few more that have been removed and a few that are still stuck in
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1873: Adolph Zukor (103 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1906: Herb Magidson (79 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Original Song Oscar Win: Original Song 1908: Eliot Daniel (89 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Song 1910: Frank
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And the awards were also announced with nothing really to see here. Awards Tallies (3) Sinners (2) One Battle After Another (1) Hamnet The Awards Best Picture Sinners Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Best Actor Michael B. Jordan – Sinners Best Actress Jessie Buckley – Hamnet Best Supporting Actor Sean
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Their release window being different than the U.S., that explains the presence of two 2025 films and one that hasn’t been released stateside yet. The rest are pretty well expected nominees with the first showing for Kaouther Ben Hania and The Voice of Hind Rajab (at least recently). Nominations Tallies (7) One Battle After Another
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Another set of wins for One Battle After Another. Awards Tallies (6) One Battle After Another (3) Sinners (1) Eddington, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Hamnet, KPop Demon Hunters, Materialists, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, The Perfect Neighbor, Seeds, Sentimental Value, Sorry, Baby, Weapons The Awards Best Picture One Battle After Another (Runner-Up: Sinners)
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One Battle After Another didn’t find much love with this group but Sinners did. Awards Tallies (7) Sinners (3) Hamnet, One Battle After Another (2) KPop Demon Hunters, Sentimental Value (1) The Perfect Neighbor, Sorry, Baby The Awards Best Film Sinners Best Animated Film KPop Demon Hunters Best Director Ryan Coogler – Sinners Best Actor
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1891: Rochus Gliese (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design 1913: Jack Leonard (41 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1913: Loretta Young (87 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actress Oscar Win: Actress 1918:
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32 categories for such a small organization. Doesn’t seem necessary. They are also so small that their idiosyncrasies can secure nominations for otherwise ignored Seyfried in The Housemaid, though they largely stay with the current conventional wisdom in terms of nominations. Nominations Tallies (14) One Battle After Another, Sinners (10) Frankenstein (7) Sentimental Value (6)
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Until now, you might have thought the competition was between KPop Demon Hunters and Zootopia 2 but with the Annie Awards, the most nominations is key to winning and it looks like Elio showed up everywhere in a bit of a surprise move. Meanwhile, most of the main Oscar contenders for Animated Feature are here
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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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Combine these with the Art Directors Guild nominations and you should have a pretty clear picture who the contenders are. The Nominations Best Comedy/Musical Décor/Design Freakier Friday Kiss of the Spider Woman The Phoenician Scheme Roofman Wicked: For Good Best Period Décor/Design Downton Abbey: The Grand Vinale Hamnet Marty Supreme Sinners Springsteen: Deliver Me from
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1894: Leroy Stone (55 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1905: Richard A. Pefferle (64 at death) {6 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1905: Vladimir Pozner (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins}
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The awards have wrapped up and many of the frontrunners won and several that weren’t leading may have pulled forward. Still, one can’t help but wonder how much of this was wishful thinking on the critics’ parts rather than genuine opinion. With that many members, we have to assume the latter. Awards Tallies (4) Frankenstein,
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A few different choices but mostly the same we’ve seen all year so far. Nominations Tallies (14) One Battle After Another (11) Sinners (8) Marty Supreme (6) Sentimental Value (5) Bugonia, Frankenstein, It Was Just an Accident, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Weapons (4) Hamnet, Train Dreams (3) No Other Choice (2)
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While their nominations had a few surprises, their awards largely went as expected. Awards Tallies (5) One Battle After Another (3) Sinners (2) Weapons (1) Hedda, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, It Was Just an Accident, KPop Demon Hunters, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Secret Mall Apartment The Awards Best Picture One
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