Category: 89th Oscars (2016)
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2016 Precursor Predictions: American Society of Cinematographers
Saturday evening, all eyes are going to be on the Directors Guild of America. While some will be paying attention to the American Society of Cinematographers, most of those will be Oscar aficionados looking for Oscar hints. Below are our predictions for Saturday’s ASC event.
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2016 Precursor Predictions: Annie Awards
While all eyes will be on the Directors Guild of America tomorrow night, I’ll be gladly checking out the ceremony for the Annie Awards. One of the brightest spots of the Oscar season, their livestreamed awards are often funny and quite engaging. You won’t find great production values, but being entertained is often more important.…
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2016 Precursor Predictions: Directors Guild of America
The big guild announcement this weekend will be the Directors Guild of America. One of the most accurate Oscar barometers out there, the winner here is almost guaranteed the Best Director Oscar and his film is likely to also be the Best Picture winner, that’s how often this group aligns with the Academy.
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The Rundown 2016: Best Supporting Actor
For our third Rundown article, we take a glimpse into the competition for one of the four acting categories. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Supporting Actor as well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category that goes great with…
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89th Oscars: The Polls – Best Supporting Actor
For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2015 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…
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The Rundown 2016: Best Original Song
For our second Rundown article, we examine one of the individual components of a score. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Song as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover a category where male individuals bolster their leading counterparts.
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89th Oscars: The Polls – Best Original Score
For the next 24 days, we’re going to present to you polls for who and what you think the best of 2015 was based on the Oscar nominations. Every morning at 8am, we’ll post a new poll for each category. Just submit your vote for the best in that category and that’s it. We’ll have…
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89th Oscars: Presenters Announced, Part 1
Over the next few weeks before the Oscars at the end of February, the Academy will unveil individual presenters for the ceremony. Tradition dictates that the prior year’s acting honorees show up the following year to present the opposite gender’s category. This year will be no exception as the Academy has announced that all four…
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The Rundown 2016: Best Original Score
For our first Rundown article, we look at the musical category that defines the overall tone of a film. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Score as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover a companion category that is a part of the whole.
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 10
As the precursor awards continue unabated until Oscar night, I’m going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (and in some cases other outside influences). I missed yesterday’s due date, so I’m catching up with the Oscar Preview post today. The Oscar nominations…
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Precursor: 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards (2016)
There you have the year’s Screen Actors Guild winners. Denzel Washington finally earns his SAG award, briefly upending the streak Casey Affleck had been making towards Oscar glory. Hidden Figures takes the prize for Best Cast against stiff competition from fellow Oscar Best Picture nominees. Emma Stone repped future Oscar-winning Best Picture La La Land…
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2016 Precursor Predictions: Screen Actors Guild & Producers Guild
Two of the biggest guild precursors announce this weekend. One will be at a private dinner on Saturday night and the other will be a glitzy telecast on Sunday evening. The Screen Actors Guild is voted on by members of the acting community, both those working in television and in film. The Producers Guild of…
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2016 Precursor Predictions: American Cinema Editors
The first Guild to announce its winners this year will be the American Cinema Editors who announce their selections on Saturday night. One of the best categories to use to predict the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Editing is one of the first places we look and the Best Picture frontrunner is the one we…
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2016 Oscar Winner Predictions: First Post-Nominations Predictions
Our first look at the Oscar landscape after the nominations has revealed itself in our first predictions of this year’s winners. I had intended to post this article last night, but somehow it missed the scheduling. Below you will find our first predictions. We have 100% agreed in 13 of 24 categories and selected identical…
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89th Oscars: Academy Awards Nominations
And there you have the full list of Oscar nominees. La La Land enters a three-way tie for most Oscar nominations in history with past Best Picture winners All About Eve and Titanic. When it showed up in Sound Editing, it was clear the film was tying the record. Costume Design sealed the deal. Other…
