Rating the Nominees, Group 1, #4
See Awards Season from a New Perspective
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New Poll Series Debuts This Week
With the closure of the Friday Face-Off, we decided to start up a new polling series that asks you to rate every Oscar nominee in most of the major categories. Every day of the week at noon (Central), a new poll group will post with anywhere between 30 and 35 nominees across two to four…
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Oscar History: April 3 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Leslie Howard (50 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actor 1897: John O. Aalberg (87 at death) {10 Noms, 3 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing, Special Effects Oscar Wins: Gordon E. Sawyer Award, John A. Bonner Medal, Sci-Tech Award – Type III (Certificate) 1898:…
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Contender: Dune: Part Two (2024)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. Dune: Part Two was added to this list based on the following criteria: 2023 Contender Type of Contender: Broad Contender Factor: 78. out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1…
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Oscar History: April 2 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2010: Cinema Sight: Looking at the Weekend (14) Born 1899: William Garity (72 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1902: Edward Eliscu (96 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Original Song 1908: William Kiernan (65 at death) {6 Noms, 0…
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Contender: The Bikeriders (2024)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2024 Contenders series. The Bikeriders was added to this list based on the following criteria: 2023 Contender Type of Contender: Narrow Contender Factor: 64. out of 100 (Stage 5 of 5 complete) Stage 1 –…
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Box Office History (Week 13, 2024)
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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Calendar Preview: April
Precursors to the Academy Awards come in many different forms and they can appear all year from festivals and national awards to critics groups and other organizations. Here’s what’s coming up this month. APRIL Awards Thursday, Apr. 4 – Critics Choice – Super (Awards) (Official) Sunday, Apr. 14 – Writers Guild (Awards) (Official) Monday, Apr.…
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Oscar History: April 1 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Wallace Beery (64 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1904: Sherman Todd (75 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing 1905: Harry Grey (58 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Two-Reel Short Film 1910: Robert Pirosh…
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Oscar History: March 31 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1896: Sarah Y. Mason (84 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation Oscar Win: Adaptation 1904: Sam Zimbalist (54 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Picture Oscar Win: Picture 1905: Robert Stevenson (81 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Directing 1907:…
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Oscar History: March 30 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Archie Stout (86 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Cinematography (Color) 1892: Ellsworth Hoagland (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Editing 1894: Ray Cory (73 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1897: Robert…
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The Ultimate List Poll #93
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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Oscar History: March 29 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Robert J. Kern (87 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1889: Warner Baxter (62 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Actor Oscar Win: Actor 1894: Franz Planer (68 at death) {5 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography (Black-and-White),…
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Oscar Profile: Harrison Ford
Born July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois to a radio actress and an actor turned advertising executive, Harrison Ford was a lackluster student with no athletic ability who never averaged more than a C grade. After dropping out of Ripon College in Wisconsin where he did some acting and later summer stock, he signed a…
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Oscar History: March 28 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1902: Flora Robson (82 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1905: Pandro S. Berman (91 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Picture Oscar Win: Irving G. Thalberg Award 1905: Eleanor Perry (75 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adapted…
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Contenders: A New Year
After a solid first year with the Contenders series, I wanted to try to adapt and refine my methodology to see if we could increase the accuracy. To that extent, one of my first changes was in segmenting out each film into a handful of categories if you will. Each of them represent a different…
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Oscar History: March 27 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1892: Ferde Grofe (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Musical Score 1895: Ray June (63 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Cinematography 1897: Gloria Swanson (86 at death) {3 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actress 1898: Norma Koch (81 at death) {3…
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