Rating the Nominees, Group 7, #3
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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: February 3 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1909: Dorothy Spencer (93 at death) {4 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Editing 1932: Peggy Ann Garner (52 at death) {0 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1936: James Bridges (57 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay 1938: Victor Buono (43…
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The Ultimate List Poll #86
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: February 2 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1882: Anne Bauchens (85 at death) {4 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Editing Oscar Win: Editing 1886: Frank Lloyd (74 at death) {4 Noms, 2 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Directing Oscar Wins: Directing Academy President #6: 1934-35, 1 term 1902: Wallace Kelley (80 at death) {1 Nom, 0…
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Oscar Profile: Alexander Payne
Born February 10, 1961in Omaha, Nebraska, Alexander Constantine Papadopoulos, known professionally as Alexander Payne, is the son of the owners of Omaha’s legendary Virginia Café, a popular restaurant founded by his paternal grandfather. He is the youngest of three brothers. Payne was educated at the prestigious Brownell-Talbot Elementary School, Lewis and Clark Junior High, Creighton…
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Calendar Preview: February
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. FEBRUARY Festivals Thursday, Feb. 15 – Berlin Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Nominations Thursday, Feb. 1 – ASCAP (Nominations) (Unconfirmed) Sunday, Feb. 4…
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Oscar History: February 1 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: David Boehm (69 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Motion Picture Story 1894: John Ford (79 at death) {6 Noms, 4 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Picture, Directing Oscar Wins: Directing 1901: Clark Gable (59 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Actor Oscar Win:…
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2024 Sundance Film Festival: Schedule
We’re going to try do do a bit more general festival coverage here, starting with the revelation of this year’s Sundance Film Festival entries. Below is their official press release, far later than is relevant since the festival just wrapped up on Sunday. Still, it’s interesting to see what films are in competition as they…
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Oscar History: January 31 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1903: Ellis J. Thackery (87 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Special Effects 1921: Carol Channing (97 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Supporting Actress 1929: Jean Simmons (80 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Actress, Supporting Actress 1937: Philip Glass…
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Oscar History: January 30 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Percy Heath (49 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Adaptation 1892: Oliver T. Marsh (49 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination: Cinematography (Color) Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1899: Edward G. Boyle (78 at death) {7 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design,…
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Box Office History (Week 4, 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: January 29 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1886: Alfred Junge (78 at death) {2 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) Oscar Win: Art Direction/Production Design (Color) 1903: Vina Delmar (86 at death) {1 Nom, 0 Wins} Oscar Nomination: Screenplay 1913: Daniel Taradash (90 at death) {1 Nom, 1 Win} Oscar Nomination:…
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24th Vancouver Critics Canadian Nominations
Vancouver’s critics have also put together their annual Canadian nominations, which were announced on the same dame but took time to filter out. Nominations Tallies (6) BlackBerry, Seagrass (3) Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, I Used to Be Funny, Seven Veils, To Kill a Tiger (1) Anything for Fame, The Burning Season, Close to…
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6th Latino Journalists Nominations
The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association, which has allowed its website to lapse making it difficult to come across these, put Barbie barely on top over Oppenheimer thanks to its three song citations. Poor Things and Killers of the Flower Moon also did well with Society of the Snow performing well in limited release. Award Tallies…
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57th Kansas City Critics Awards
KC’s film critics were big on Oppenheimer like most groups. And they seemed to rank Killers of the Flower Moon second in nearly every category. Award Tallies (6) Oppenheimer (2) Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers (1) 20 Days in Mariupol, All of Us Strangers, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Godzilla Minus One,…
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Oscar History: January 28 (2024)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1889: Karl Hajos (61 at death) {2 Noms, 0 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Drama/Comedy Score 1892: Ernst Lubtisch (55 at death) {3 Noms, 1 Win} Oscar Nominations: Directing Oscar Win: Special/Honorary 1893: Edwin B. Willis (70 at death) {32 Noms, 8 Wins} Oscar Nominations: Art Direction/Production Design, Art…
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