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Precursor: 25th USC Scripter (2011)
The USC Scripter awards is an adequate, but not infallible predictor of the Oscars. However, I’m thinking their selection this year is fairly likely to carry over. In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and…
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Precursor: 19th Cinema Audio Society (2011)
If you wanted a signal that Hugo could be popular enough to take this category at the Oscars, look no further. While they missed last year, the CAS has done fairly well naming all four of the prior contests, so it’s a fairly good bet that this one should duplicate. In addition to the nominees…
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Precursor: 51st American Cinema Editors (2011)
Looks like The Artist might be taking the editing prize at the Oscars after all. Or perhaps, surprisingly, The Descendants. The ACE has correctly predicted the Oscar winner five out of the last five years. While it has historically been the Drama Editing prize that corresponds, I think this year may be different considering The…
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Oscar Week in Review: February 12-18, 2012
Oscar News The Artist was the big winner at another award’s show last weekend, picking up 7 awards from the British Academy of Film and Television, including Best Picture and Best Director. The acting awards went to Jean Dujardin, Meryl Streep, Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer. Emmanuel Lubezki won the prize for Best Cinematography from the American…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 18
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1956: 28th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1955} 1957: 29th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1956} 1958: 30th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1957}
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Trailer Watch: Unicorn City
Lesson 3: Claims to be a cross between a good film and a bad film usually means you’re getting a bad film. Hell, crosses between two good films generally result in a bad film, so you lose when you cross. Unicorn City Plot Summary: In an effort to obtain a prestigious job at a prominent…
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What to See: Feb. 17-19, 2012
On Sundays, we list the weekend’s upcoming films along with previews of trailers and posters. On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their…
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2011 Precursor Predictions: Pre-Oscar Weekend Onslaught
With no less than five precursors coming out this coming weekend, we’re previewing all of them today. Saturday, we have the Cinema Audio Society, American Cinema Editors and USC Scripter awards; then on Sunday, we get the Motion Picture Sound Editors and Writers Guild of America awards.
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The Rundown 2011: Actress
For our thirteenth Rundown article, the race for first or third should be the talk of the night. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Actress as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category that will tell us more about…
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Oscar in Box Office History (Week 7, 2012)
Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
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Friday Face-Off #8
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar…
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84th Presenters: Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller to Present at 84th Academy Awards® Oscar® Sunday, February 26 Beverly Hills, CA (February 16, 2012) – Ben Stiller will present at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today. Stiller will be playing the title character in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” which he is…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 17
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1976: 48th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1975} 1981: 53rd Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1980} 1983: 55th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1982} 1988: 60th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of…
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Poll: Best Original Song (2009 – 2010)
Return Links Best Picture Poll Archive Best Original Song Poll: 2009 – 2010 Which Original Song winner is best? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Trailer Watch: Brake
Lesson 2: If it stars Stephen Dorff, it’s probably going to stink (and that’s not speaking ill of the actor, but his role choices). Brake Plot Summary: Locked in a plastic box inside a spacious trunk, a CIA agent is psychologically and physically tortured so that his captors can uncover the secret location of the…
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