Oscar History: November 23 (2024)
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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Calendar Preview: October
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. OCTOBER Festivals Wednesday, Oct. 4 – BFI London Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Friday, Oct. 6 – Warsaw Film Festival (Festival) (Official) Thursday,…
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Contender: My Happy Ending (2023)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. My Happy Ending was added to this list based on the following criteria: Pre-Release Buzz Contender Factor: 32.8 out of 80 (Stage 5 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director: Sharon…
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Contender: Huesera: The Bone Woman (2023)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Huesera: The Bone Woman was added to this list based on the following criteria: 80+ MetaCritic Score Contender Factor: 42.4 out of 80 (Stage 5 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree…
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The Ultimate List Poll #68
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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Contender: The Fabric of the Human Body (2023)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. The Fabric of the Human Body was added to this list based on the following criteria: 80+ MetaCritic Score Contender Factor: 39.6 out of 80 (Stage 5 of 6 complete) Stage 1…
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Oscar Profile: Angela Bassett
Born August 16, 1958 in New York, New York to a social worker and her husband, Angela Bassett was raised primarily by her mother in Florida after her divorce from her father when she was four. Having graduated from Yale with a B.A. in African-American Studies in 1980, Bassett studied acting at the Yale School…
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Contender: Foe (2023)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. Foe was added to this list based on the following criteria: Pre-Release Buzz Contender Factor: 33.9 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director: Garth Davis Writers:…
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Academy Replacing Hattie McDaniel’s Decades Late
Good that they are finally doing it, but this seems like a decision that should have been made decades ago. THE ACADEMY AND ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES TO PRESENT HOWARD UNIVERSITY A REPLACEMENT OF HATTIE MCDANIEL’S BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ACADEMY AWARD® Hattie McDaniel was the First Black Person to Be Nominated for and Win…
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Contender: American Fiction (2023)
CLICK HERE for more details about the Contenders series. CLICK HERE to see a list of other films in the 2023 Contenders series. American Fiction was added to this list based on the following criteria: Festival Award Contender Factor: 66.2 out of 100 (Stage 6 of 6 complete) Stage 1 – Pedigree Director: Cord Jefferson…
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