• New Poll Series Debuts This Week

    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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  • Box Office History (Week 44, 2024)

    Box Office History (Week 44, 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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  • Oscar History: November 4 (2024)

    Oscar History: November 4 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1879: Will Rogers (55 at death)   {0 Noms, 0 Wins}      Academy Awards Host: 6th | 1 time 1895: Ben Sharpsteen (85 at death)   {3 Noms, 2 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Live Action Short Film      Oscar Wins: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short 1899: Tregoweth Brown (84…

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  • Oscar History: November 3 (2024)

    Oscar History: November 3 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1914: Gyula Trebitsch (91 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Foreign Film 1924: Robert E. Thompson (79 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1933: John Barry (77 at death)   {7 Noms, 5 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Original Song, Original Score, Non-Musical Score,…

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  • Oscar History: November 2 (2024)

    Oscar History: November 2 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1885: Victor Baravalle (53 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Scoring 1892: Alice Brady (46 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress      Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1901: James Dunn (65 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actor      Oscar Win:…

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  • The Ultimate List Poll: The End

    The Ultimate List Poll: The End

    It is with regret that I have decided to cancel this weekly feature. After more than 120 weeks of work, the polls are only pulling in a single vote each week (thanks, Pete!). As such, it’s not worth the amount of time required to put it together each week. I think the poll had a…

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  • 2024 Calendar Preview: November

    2024 Calendar Preview: November

    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. NOVEMBER Nominations Wednesday, Nov. 6 – Seattle Critics – PNW Filmmaking (Nominations) (Unconfirmed) Wednesday, Nov. 6 – European Film Awards (Nominations) (Unconfirmed)…

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  • Oscar History: November 1 (2024)

    Oscar History: November 1 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1880: Grantland Rice (73 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: One-Reel Short Film      Oscar Win: One-Reel Short Film 1895: Franz Bachelin (84 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1904: Jerry Fairbanks (90 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar…

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  • Oscar Profile: James Stewart Revisited

    Oscar Profile: James Stewart Revisited

    Born May 20, 1908 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, James Stewart was the son of a hardware store owner and his wife.  He was educated at a local prep school where he was an athlete (football and track), musician (singing and accordion), and sometime actor.  In 1929, he went to Princeton University where he studied architecture and…

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  • Oscar History: October 31 (2024)

    Oscar History: October 31 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Our Site Milestones 2019: Upcoming Precursors (5) Born 1879: Sara Allgood (70 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress      Oscar Win: Supporting Actress 1893: John Waters (71 at death)   {2 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Assistant Directing      Oscar Win: Assistant Directing 1896: Ethel Waters (80…

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  • Oscar History: October 30 (2024)

    Oscar History: October 30 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1870: Lawrence Grant (81 at death)   {0 Noms, 0 Wins}      Academy Awards Host: 4th | 1 time 1889: Arthur Johns (57 at death)   {4 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Special Effects      Oscar Win: Special Effects 1890: Warren Doane (73 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination:…

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  • 34th Gotham Awards Nominations

    34th Gotham Awards Nominations

    The latest awards have been announced and their way of nominating is a bit bizarre. People who vote in the acting categories don’t vote in picture and vice versa. Thus the absence of The Brutalist or The Piano Lesson in Best Picture is no indication that the films in Best Picture are thought to be…

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  • Oscar History: October 29 (2024)

    Oscar History: October 29 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Hope Emerson (62 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1899: Akim Tamiroff (72 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actor 1901: Daniele Amfitheatrof (81 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score, Musical Score 1935: Isao Takahata…

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  • Box Office History (Week 43, 2024)

    Box Office History (Week 43, 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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  • Oscar History: October 28 (2024)

    Oscar History: October 28 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1897: Edith Head (83 at death)   {35 Noms, 8 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Costume Design, Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color)      Oscar Wins: Costume Design, Costume Design (Black-and-White), Costume Design (Color) 1902: Elsa Lanchester (84 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Supporting Actress 1907: Don Walker…

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