• 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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  • Oscar History: February 21 (2024)

    Oscar History: February 21 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1888: Clemence Dane (77 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story      Oscar Win: Motion Picture Story 1898: Ray Moyer (87 at death)   {12 Noms, 3 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art Direction/Production Design (Black-and-White), Art Direction/Production Design (Color)      Oscar Wins: Art Direction/Production…

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  • 96th Oscars Poll: Best Makeup & Hairstyling

    96th Oscars Poll: Best Makeup & Hairstyling

    Every day through the Thursday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Makeup & Hairstyling Loading…

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  • 96th Oscars Poll: Best Cinematography

    96th Oscars Poll: Best Cinematography

    Every day through the Thursday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Cinematography Loading…

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  • Path to Oscar 2023: Original Song

    Path to Oscar 2023: Original Song

    With Original Song, the precursors are mostly strange. The added impact of the Grammy attention for one of the nominees may muddy the waters, so we only have the SCL to genuinely see what the industry in Hollywood might be thinking. Best Original Song Winner Predictions The Fire Inside – Flamin’ Hot I’m Just Ken…

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  • Oscar History: February 20 (2024)

    Oscar History: February 20 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1900: Bernard Knowles (74 at death)   {0 Noms, 0 Wins} 1912: Pierre Boulle (81 at death)   {1 Nom, 1 Win}      Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay      Oscar Win: Adapted Screenplay 1925: Robert Altman (81 at death)   {7 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing      Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1926: Tadeusz…

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  • Path to Oscar 2023: Original Score

    Path to Oscar 2023: Original Score

    The Society of Composers & Lyricists are the guild we look at when making our choices here. Best Original Score Winner Predictions Winner Predictions American Fiction Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer WLPPTL Poor Things Runner-Up Predictions Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny TL Killers of the…

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  • Box Office History (Week 7, 2024)

    Box Office History (Week 7, 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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  • 4th Make-Up Artists Guild Awards

    4th Make-Up Artists Guild Awards

    Maestro was the big winner this year, a bit shocking for a film with less special effects make-up than other films. Award Tallies (2) Maestro, Saltburn (1) Barbie The Awards Best Special Make-up Effects Maestro (Thomas) Best Period and/or Character Make-up Maestro (Thomas, RU:Peter) Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling Barbie (Wesley, RU:Peter) Best Contemporary…

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  • 96th Oscars Poll: Best Costume Design

    96th Oscars Poll: Best Costume Design

    Every day through the Thursday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Costume Design Loading…

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  • 96th Oscars Poll: Best Production Design

    96th Oscars Poll: Best Production Design

    Every day through the Thursday before the Oscars, we’re running polls to determine which of the Oscar nominees are the best. Keep checking back daily. Best Production Design Loading…

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  • Oscar History: February 19 (2024)

    Oscar History: February 19 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1887: Paul Terry (84 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Animated Short Film 1895: Louis Calhern (61 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actor 1899: Homer G. Tasker (90 at death)   {2 Noms, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nominations: Sound/Sound Mixing 1911: Merle Oberon (68…

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  • 64th British Academy Awards

    64th British Academy Awards

    Oppenheimer, Poor Things, and The Zone of Interest had big days with the former winning two major picture prizes while Anatomy of a Fall won only Best Original Screenplay and Barbie was shut out. Award Tallies (7) Oppenheimer (5) Poor Things (3) The Zone of Interest (2) The Holdovers (1) 20 Days in Mariupol, American…

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  • Oscar History: February 18 (2024)

    Oscar History: February 18 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Adolphe Menjou (73 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Actor 1907: Oscar Brodney (100 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Story and Screenplay 1917: Ralph S. Hurst (55 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1918: Ivan…

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  • 51st Annie Awards

    51st Annie Awards

    It was a big night for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which won every category in which it was nominated. The Boy and the Heron, its nearest competition only secured two wins as did Nimona. Award Tallies (7) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2) The Boy and the Heron, Nimona (1) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,…

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  • Oscar History: February 17 (2024)

    Oscar History: February 17 (2024)

    Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Sol Lesser (90 at death)   {0 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Win: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1898: Fred Guiol (66 at death)   {1 Nom, 0 Wins}      Oscar Nomination: Adapted Screenplay 1904: Milton Krasner (84 at death)   {7 Noms, 1 Win}      Oscar Nominations: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography (Color)…

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